A series of two lessons for Christmas including: Interpreting scale drawings Number problems and designs Coordinate pictures (makes a Gizmo!) At the end of the lesson there are problem solving questions that lead to not only who kidnapped Santa, but where they are hiding him! Also included is a quick Christmas Quiz :) Happy Holidays!

A set of activities that allow classes to plan their Christmas Dinner, from using recipes to calculate quantities needed, to comparing prices of ingredients for their Dinner. An extension I used was to have them plan their timing of Christmas Eve/Day in order to ensure all recipes were completed at the same time. Happy Christmas!

I created this lesson as I was struggling to find a simple introduction to inequality symbols. This lesson aims to teach pupils how to correctly use the symbols for: - Greater than - Less than - Greater than or Equal to - Less than or Equal to - Not equal to - Equal to This was aimed at a mid-high ability year 7 group (who were struggling to correctly understand that equals means equal to, not 'the answer is') and a lower ability year 8 group. The final activity is a problem solving activity that I used with teams. The pupils must solve the problems, then choose an inequality that represents their solutions. To extend further, pupils created their own situations and used inequality notation to describe a number, and their peers had to guess what the number was. Those of us following the Kangaroo Maths Scheme of Learning, this fits in with Stage 7 - Counting and Comparing.

Full lesson for revision/consolidation of estimating the mean. Pupils answer the questions, then check their answer against the prepared answers. If they are correct, the story will continue and push them on towards the next question. Great way to encourage literacy as well as reviewing taught materials.

One or Two lessons worth of introducing the concept and skills needed behind factorising quadratics and solving. Worksheet activity can take a whole lesson for a low ability group, or half a lesson for a mid-high ability group. Helps students easily identify rules for putting quadratic expressions into brackets and enabling them to draw their own conclusions behind methods and reasoning. Allows students to see the relationship between factorising and expanding, while developing further skills with problem-solving, checking their answers and factors.

Whole lesson on Angles of Elevation and Depression for high ability year 10 groups. Can be adapted to suit. Lesson includes: Starter - Assess current ability and introduce new use of trigonometry. Main activity - Differentiated so that students can choose to either draw their own diagrams and check against the diagrams provided, or match the diagrams and build their answers from them. Plenary - Find and correct the mistakes - approaching misconceptions and common errors. Flipchart - Including examples and board work to introduce the topic. Lesson can last over 2 full lessons, to enable adaptation to strengths and weaknesses of the class.

Used in the Kangaroo Maths Stage 7 scheme of learning (Investigating Properties of Shapes). Students are provided with the solids on their desk and are given a brief description on faces, edges and vertices. Students complete the table using information provided, the cheat sheet is used to encourage independent learning. (They should already know the names of the solids, but may need encouragement)

I found it really difficult to find resources that worked and matched to the Kangaroo Maths scheme of work, so I created this sheet for my mid-ability year 7 class. The sheet is differentiated 3 ways for 3 separate objectives, designed to build fluency and confidence in using algebraic notation and creating expressions. Print double sided so that students can check their answers as they work through it.

A tiered booklet I created for use with year 10/11 intervention groups. These can be used in small groups led by a teacher/MKO enabling students to progress towards improving their understanding and ability with plotting straight line graphs. Each objective is accompanied by a corresponding task that increases with difficulty. There is also a helpful 'Steps to Success' section which provides key points to remember/perform when completing the questions. There is an evaluation section at the front to help students identify key areas for improvement in order to focus their home learning after intervention sessions. There is a MathsWatch clip number provided to further enable students to review their learning at home. In this booklet, the objectives are: 1 - Substituting into equations to find solutions. 2 - Using/creating a table of values from a given equation. 3 - Reading coordinates from a table of values. 4 - Plotting the coordinates to create the straight line graph. 5 - (Extension) Using a created linear graph to find solutions. Please leave feedback for areas of improvement or any topics you would like to see created in this format. There are two files: one for old style GCSE (A* - G) and another for the 2015 specifications (9 - 1)

Used in revision sessions. Increasing difficulty to enable differentiation. Answers printed on the back.

Used in GCSE revision sessions. Increasing difficulty to allow for differentiation. Answers printed on the back.

A series of 4 lessons introducing trigonometry ratios and solving these styles of problems. Completed in one week, the following week used to explore exam-style questions and consolidating the class skills further, incorporating Pythagoras. Lesson 1 - Labelling triangles and identifying which ratio to use. Lesson 2 - Calculating missing sides. Lesson 3 - Calculating missing angles. Lesson 4 - Consolidation of skills. Each lesson has differentiated tasks, alongside prompt material that was displayed around the board for the full week. Pupils were encouraged to use these throughout. Task for Lesson 4 (Challenging) taken from MathsWatchVLE. Support tasks for this lesson from MathsBox. Homework task courtesy of KangarooMaths (not attached) Level 8 - Trigonometry.

Resource for consolidation lesson on Nth term. Stages progress as such: Using nth term, finding linear nth term, finding simple quadratic nth term, finding trickier nth term and combination nth term. Pupils track their own progress on the IWB using the power point and post-it notes. Feel free to leave any comments/feedback.

Used as a consolidation exercise of a broad ability, top set group. Pupils write their name on a post-it note (I colour coded mine by target level) and place it on the power point up on the IWB, starting with Stage One. Pupils are allowed to progress at their own rate, and focus on the areas they find the weakest. Questions and Answer sheets provided to collect on different colours as noted on the powerpoint. Please feel free to leave any feedback or let me know if there are any errors on there!

Used as a consolidation activity for year 8's. Pupils work in groups and are given clue cards and a graph. They share the cards out equally and must communicate what is on their cards without showing anyone the actual card. The aim is to discover facts about the murder after having constructed a graph to support their theory.

Created for my second set year 7 class. There was a big divide in capability with rounding, so I made this to give each individual ample opportunity to work on their weaknesses. Lesson works as a ladder, with difficulty increasing as we go through. Everyone starts at the bottom and works through. Went very well as those that were struggling got more support early on and those that were excelling got support for the estimation activities. Also used the board as a progress tracker. Every student had a post - it note with their name on at the beginning of the lesson that they placed on the starting part of the ladder. They could then move their name when they moved up a level. Actually ended up running for two lessons, as they were really benefiting from it.

Expanding upon a resource shared on TES by kilskeery1. This resource was used as a follow-up lesson to introduce unknowns into function robots and to enable lower ability pupils to become accustomed to how expressions and equations can be created. \n\nDifferentiated into 4 levels (Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum) which scaffold from simple calculations using known numbers, into two step calculations involving unknowns.

I made this for a small group of my top set year 8's.\n\nBecause of the group size, the level range is quite large (Lowest 6C, highest 7A) and it becomes very tricky to differentiate.\n\nThis was created for a lesson on general factorisation, and was provided to the top tables after they had practiced some difficult linear factorisations. \n\nSince they are very strong, their independent learning skills are excellent, and they thrive on challenge. Worked very well for them.\n\nCould also be useful as a revision aid, I've not tried it as that yet, but probably will in the near future.

Used for a low ability (nurture) year 9 group, as well as a low set year 7 group.\n\nLesson involved showing techniques, and then practicing using the medal grid. Pupils gained a sticker in their book when they met the success criteria for each level. Worked well at keeping pupils engaged (may have helped that the platinum sticker was quite big!)

Includes rectangles, compound shapes and other polygons. Increases in difficulty towards the end of the game, starting with shapes where all sides are provided, developing into missing sides on rectangles towards compound shapes.\n\nChallenge question is usually something they can complete on the main board in the classroom.