Set of homework slips with instructions and 32 famous mathematicians on for students to research. Names contain a mix of the big names to lesser known mathematicians, and include people from ancient Greece to present day. There are also lots of non-Western names and female mathematicians to research too. The slips state this should be in students own words to try and avoid Wikipedia copy and pastes and they also contains a check-list for the very basic information. Ideal to let students imaginations run wild over a holiday.

The two names in the data set are the location of our school's different campuses, but obviously can be amended to whatever fits your setting. The worksheet also contains a checklist to remind students of key elements when constructing bar charts. I&'ve found this works particularly well as a scaffolded activity with students struggling with presentation, or as a homework. As an additional little challenge, there is no scale given either so students have to deduce this from the data set and example given.

Includes conventions for labelling points, lines, polygons and angles as well as parallel and perpendicular. Aimed at KS3, but valuable for KS4 as a run-up to exams. Wider rationale and reflection at: https://mrdrapermaths.wordpress.com/2016/08/11/notation/

Scaffolded activity ranging from basic calculations in a full grid to sorting raw data into groups to then analyse. There's also an in-built extension task for students to compare the actual mean with the estimate for question 4 and explain why. [Edited: Q1 corrected from 20-30 to 20-29 11/3/14]

A simple hand-out of three data sets and a blank table to fill in the frequency of each number occurring. It's important to stress marking off each number as you go along for correct tallying technique as students could just count each number to fill in the table. There is also an extra column to either work out the cumulative frequency or to collect values to find the mean from a frequency table.

A simple magic square activity based on the magic square at La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona. Potential for cross-curricular links with humanities and a way for low attaining students to practice basic addition in a fun way. The powerpoint contains quite a few slides to guide the activity (including the solutions!) and the worksheet is A4 for students to explore how many solutions they can find.

10 quick angle questions. 5 to measure and 5 to draw. The angles are all rotated too to help students appreciate an angle as a measure of turning. This is a good starting point for discussion too as the direction isn't specified either.

Interleaved resource to focus on effective method-selection in right-angled triangles. There’s a mixture of Pythagoras, right-angled trigonometry and finding missing angles in right-angled triangles so learners can practice effectively deciding what maths is needed when. Primarily for use as a revision exercise or to consolidate prior learning.

An activity to place fractions, decimals and percentages on a number line in the correct order to spell a word. Works well as a consolidation exercise for KS3 or as a starter for KS4. The two .pdf files are copies to print and photocopy, whilst the word document contains a template to alter the amounts and/or the solution word to your own students' needs.

A selection of 6 exit slips to check for understanding at the end of a lesson or as a mini-plenary or starter. Rotations, reflections, translations and enlargements are covered, with page 1 of the document explaining how I've used them. Good for peer assessment and consolidation.

A simple homework sheet for students to find their own recipes and then scale the ingredients up/down for different quantities of people.

This homework is made of collated exam questions. Part 1 deals with solving quadratics in the general form using the formula (provided on the sheet) Part 2 deals with setting up quadratics in different contexts and is differentiated with R being the easiest, followed by A and then G. All sheets have a success criteria at the bottom to provide feedback.

A really simple table formatted to print 4 to a page to allow students to practice measurements of circles and includes calculation columns to spot the relationship between circumference and diameter.

Three worksheets, the first of which allows students to compare the different elements of music to show a given effect. I used Vaughan-William's Sky Above The Roof and Schubert&'s Erlkonig. The second two sheets are to structure ideas for a tune to write on keyboards to show a given effect or tell a story. Both sheets are the same for this and can be differentiated and scaffolded depending on need in the class. A lesson plan is included.

Collection of questions that explicitly link angle facts with ratio (primarily sharing into a given ratio). Starts off with some simple sharing and ends with algebraic proof off the back of an angle fact and ratio problem. One .pdf version and an editable .ppt Answers included.

This resource is intended to provide extra practice and examples based on the resources found on Don Steward’s Median blog: https://donsteward.blogspot.com/search/label/lengths These resources have been used as AO2 practice for addition/subtraction of decimals, as well as isolating finding missing lengths before introducing compound area/perimeter of rectilinear shapes. A suggested use is outlined on page one of the document.

Selection of questions that apply Pythagoras with other mathematical contexts (circumference, area, perimeters, ratio, reasoning etc.) Some contain answers whereas others have more comprehensive worked solutions.

Reasoning questions for bearings looking at properties of north in different positions and a synoptic-style question combining multiple geometric content areas. Commentary on usage here: https://mrdrapermaths.wordpress.com/2020/02/23/reasoning-with-bearings/