A series of activities for teaching L5+ pupils about Improper Fractions. There is nice progression in the activities for use with lesson observations and worded problems to address literacy requirements. As always please leave feedback and comments and follow @boostprogress.

As a warm-up to this summer's festivities I have put together a simple lesson for students to analyse the scores from the 2010 world cup. The table in EXCEL could also be modified for a spreadsheet or formula activity. Ideal for practicing tally&'s and progressing to more detailed analysis of mean, mode and comparing performance against ranking. Lots of possibilities and I will probably add to this resource as the lessons develop. As always leave feedback and follow at #CE4ET and #boostprogress.

This lesson is for L$ + students to enable understanding of percentages as proportions. It can be made kinesthetic using blocks or cards. There is also good progression to L5+ with conversions between FDP. AS always leave feedback and comments and follow @boostprogress,

A range of activities around working out percentages from different proportions and converting between fractions, decimals and percentages. Basis of a good lesson around L4+ and a few stretch activities. As always leave comments and follow on @boostprogress.

A fun starter to proportions using M&M sweets. Supply students with bags of 20 MéMs with 10 of one colour, 5 of another colour, 4 of another colour and 1 of a final colour. There is a worksheet to support this and a couple of activities with cubes and cards. Great fun so give it a go. Photos soon to follow and support these lessons. Please feedback comments and follow @boostprogress.

Resources for supporting the teaching of L4 and, possibly L5 students learning enlargement. Covers a range of shapes and the geometrical techniques. There is the basis for a lesson and please provide any feedback or improvements. Follow on @Boostprogress

Resources for supporting the teaching of L4 and, possibly L5 students learning reflection. Covers a range of shapes and the geometrical techniques. There is the basis for a lesson and please provide any feedback or improvements. Follow on @Boostprogress

One or two lessons on reflective symmetry covering a range of 2D shapes, including letters, flags and road signs, Progresses to some higher L4 and low L5 tasks on lines of symmetry. As always follow me @boostprogress and leave feedback on the resource.

About 1 lesson on L4 measuring mass using proper scales and objects (see the science department) and then L5 converting between different measures of mass. Also starts with a fun problem-solving activity to find the sweets in the jar using the mass of one of them...so get your money out for the sweetie shop!! Being a scientist I also try to sort out the terms Mass and Weight! As always follow me @boostprogress and provide comments and feedback.

A great lesson for L4 - L7 or GCSE students in mathematics of science. The practical component can be done outside of a lab as well, as long as water is available. The focus is to explore types of independent variables and link them to appropriate graphing techniques. There are lots of opportunities to take the lesson in your own bespoke direction and I will shortly add a few more resources. If you are a mathematician then seek a scientist to get you started on this great cross-curricular opportunity! Of course any comments or suggestions would be appreciated. You can follow me @boostprogress

A fun approach to collecting data using simple paper helicopters and cutting propellors to different lengths. Students are introduced to accurate measurement and there are options for pooling class results and investigating reliability. Then progress to graphing data using scatter graphs and possibly constructing a coversion graph relating the two variables. Ideal for the L5+ student and the disengaged mathematician or scientist! As always the activities are an outline for you to enrich. Please leave comments and feedback to further improve this resource.

Mostly L6 work...these lesson activities cover the generation of coordinates for equations and using equations to generate coordinates. Plenty of diffentiation. Also useful if supported by 10 Ticks resources. Follows on from the first lesson. As always the frame of a lesson and add your own flavour and enrichment. Please provide comments, ratings and suggestions for improvement. You can also follow me @boostprogress

A L4 resource which goes with the Mathematics of Area resource. Good kinesthetic basis with lollipop sticks, ideal for the disengaged pupils. There is a link to a Maths Watch video and good differentiation throughout. Lacks te rich questioning but a sound basis for starting of the topic with L4 and L5 pupils. There is ample scope for enlarging the kinesthetic task and making it more problem based, less teacher-led. Follow me on twitter for updates on latest resources: https://twitter.com/boostprogress

A resource to investigate the mathematics skills needed for calculating magnification of cells and objects. Also covers the idea of a formula. Engaging context and has a card sort for kinesthetic activities. If used please send me feedback.

You need a maths brain and knowledge of the 'disease spreading' practical. Needs a risk assessment doing. However, great fun to bring maths to life in this interesting context. Students spread a disease and then analyse the spread. Follow me on twitter for updates on latest resources: https://twitter.com/boostprogress

An applicational/contextual resource for students to gain some familiarity with mathematics of banking, especially percentages.

This is a great application/contextual task to challenge maths thinkers. Follow the link to watch the video by clicking ont he image and then students work in groups to solve the differentiated problems. Follow me on twitter for updates on latest resources: https://twitter.com/boostprogress