Key Stage 3. Ratio & Proportional Reasoning 4. For the beginnings of ratio and where it is found and used.

Brief intro slides with a little annotated animation. Give them a try. They may provide a pleasant surprise.

How much will your pupils pay *you* to switch over to a Red Nose Day-themed revision sheet/lesson? Charge them what you can and pay it through to Comic Relief! :-)

Something inspired by thoughts on sun dials and a once-held belief that the world was flat; possibly a flat disc floating in water. In essence it may provide (at least) a "holding" answer to an old teenage question: "If zero degrees is north (a.k.a. "up" on a 2D map) for bearings questions, why is it east for more advanced trigonometry?". The STEM-Ginger Beer Glass answers a separate (but related) question (or begins to).

A gentle starter for those beginning to grasp proportionality. It enables extension by encouraging pupils to design their own questions (with answers). Proportionality is visualised using a familiar item (macaroni) that they may see at home. Recognising that such a familiar item may be used in this way may lead to experimentation beyond the classroom.

Translations-based code word revelation.

**A couple of poems with a few mathematical questions. Nothing too heavy; but enough to spur some thought.

A single A3 sheet summary of the paths from a Grouped Frequency Table. With examples. With practical vocabulary.

Folllowing the timeline for the Autumn term I have provided on this website, these break each objective into four steps: consolidating; developing; securing; mastering. Each objective is taken directly from the "new" UK National Curriculum for Key Stage 3 [where an objective is given for each bullet point (from page 5): https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/239058/SECONDARY_national_curriculum_-_Mathematics.pdf ] . Consolidating - is generally pitched for the weakest pupils: who are revisiting key stage 2 material that may have been first taught before year 6. Mastering - will generally pitched to stretch at or beyond expectations for key stage 3. Problem solving exercises will need to be set within and around material each week. Three hours per week has proven enough to deliver the material to the very most committed and able pupils (when accompanied with sufficient homework); however, five hours per week (and some looping back to earlier objectives if/when later objectives prove inaccessible) may suit pupils who would benefit from such an approach.

Folllowing the timeline for the Spring term I have provided on this website, this breaks each objective into four steps: consolidating; developing; securing; mastering. Each objective is taken directly from the "new" UK National Curriculum for Key Stage 3 [where an objective is given for each bullet point (from page 5): https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/239058/SECONDARY_national_curriculum_-_Mathematics.pdf ] . Consolidating - is generally pitched for the weakest pupils: who are revisiting key stage 2 material that may have been first taught before year 6. Mastering - will generally pitched to stretch at or beyond expectations for key stage 3. Problem solving exercises will need to be set within and around material each week. Three hours per week has proven enough to deliver the material to the very most committed and able pupils (when accompanied with sufficient homework); however, five hours per week (and some looping back to earlier objectives if/when later objectives prove inaccessible) may suit pupils who would benefit from such an approach.

Place Bearing Point on ground and calibrate to magnetic north using compass/GPS. Pupil stands on Bearing Point with trundle wheel. Giant scale map-making/diagram-drawing begins. Corners/Vertices can be marked using cones. Bearing point can be lifted and replaced with cone at each vertex to aid taking further bearings. £4.50 IKEA Mat: http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/40239429/ Chalk pen: http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=pens+chalkérh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Apens+chalk [might work with Tippex pen]