Erica makes mistakes; lots of mistakes. You have her homework on every topic covered in the first year of her A level mathematics course where she consistently makes mistakes. Your job, or more accurately, the students in your classes’ job is to correct Erica’s errors and explain where she’s gone wrong so that she doesn’t make the same mistakes again. These have gone down well in my classes and really encourage discussion about the mathematics and should embed a deeper understanding.

Much of this has been copied from GCSE and A Level and parts amended to fit the course. It obviously includes matrices, factor theorem and calculus that don’t appear in the Maths GCSE. Each topic gives the tools required for each topic, a couple of examples and some for the students to do themselves. Modified in the summer of 2020 to include product rule for counting, more on functions, simultaneous equations with three unknowns, trigonometric identities, solving trigonometric equations (including quadratics) and many other things.

I wrote this for new students joining Year 8 to do over the summer (if they wanted to) given that they hadn’t attended school due to lockdown for a few months. Each of the twelve topics is typical Year 7 topics and each sheet is self-marking whether is forms an image, questions and answers match or a punchline to a joke, so students can work independently and ensure that they are not rusty in September. Topics include angles, area, averages, directed numbers, HCF/LCM, probability, properties of number, ratio, sequences, simplifying expressions, solving equations, substitution. If they get stuck, each sheet has a QR code that when scanned using a smartphone takes you to a short tutorial video. There are two activities for each topic (24 activities in total) and answers are provided; if printed out as a booklet the answers are on the reverse of the question sheet.

This 500+ slide Powerpoint covers all of the first year of the single A Level Pure course (based upon the Edexcel course). It includes explanations, worked examples and questions for students to do. I have included everything, possibly more than you may need but I’d rather give people the option to skip a slide than have to make something up on the spot. I used this during the first year of the new course.

All these are available individually for free but if you want them as a single bundle then here they are. They offer questions that form a joke and I use them as light relief from exam questions and text books or as homeworks, plenaries or starters.

I wrote this for new students joining Year 7 to do over the summer (if they wanted to) given that they hadn’t attended school due to lockdown for a few months. Each of the ten topics is taken from the Year 6 national curriculum and each sheet is self-marking whether is forms an image, questions and answers match or a punchline to a joke, so students can work independently and ensure that they are not rusty in September. Topics include angles, coordinates, fractions, decimals, percentages, measures, ratio, rounding, numerical calculations, statistical graphs. If they get stuck, each sheet has a QR code (bar a metric conversions one) that when scanned using a smartphone takes you to a short tutorial video. There are two activities for each topic (20 activities in total) and answers are provided; if printed out as a booklet the answers are on the reverse of the question sheet.

Erica is struggling with many aspects of the A level mathematics course and needs help from your students. What you have here is 17 of her homeworks, each with mistakes in solutions which your students need to find, correct and explain where Erica has gone wrong. These are purely designed to generate discussion and to allow students to demonstrate their understanding, whilst also allowing them to show their own methods of solving problems. These are all based upon the new A level curriculum.

This powerpoint takes students from simplifying to sharing to proportion with a table of success criteria to show how far they've got.

A series of lessons taking students through 'I think of a number' problems to simple equations, equations with brackets to letters on both sides to equations with fractional parts.

This is designed to take the students from simple expanding a bracket to simple factorising to multiplying out two brackets to factorising quadratics to simplifying algebraic fractions to solving quadratics by completing the square to solving quadratics using the quadratic formula and simultaneous equations involving quadratics. There are questions for each as well as examples and explanations. Between each section there is a 'Where are you now?' section to show progress.

Over 35 homework sheets aimed at the AQA Further Maths Level 2 Certificate course, each with a tutorial video QR code link for those who require help to complete the questions.

This is a powerpoint covering basic calculus for GCSE. It contains brief notes by way of an explanation, model answers to questions and a question or two for the students to do; all of the questions come with answers that you can display when ready. The slide show comes with a progress grid (regularly referred to in the presentation) so that students can mark their progress from start to finish and pinpoint any areas that may need extra work with a “red/amber/green” system that they fill in; each one is given an approximate grade in both new (2017 onwards) and old system in England. It’s what I use in my lessons before setting tasks from worksheets or text books to practise.

This 270 slide Powerpoint covers all of the first year of the single A Level Applied course (based upon the Edexcel course). It includes explanations, worked examples and questions for students to do. I have included everything, possibly more than you may need but I’d rather give people the option to skip a slide than have to make something up on the spot. Colleagues of mine used this during the first year of the new course. The “Forces and Motion” part has been edited.

I wrote this for students entering Year 11 to do over the summer (if they wanted to) given that they hadn’t attended school due to lockdown for a few months. Each of the eleven topics is typical Year 10 higher topics and each sheet is self-marking whether is forms an image, questions and answers match or a punchline to a joke, so students can work independently and ensure that they are not rusty in September. Topics include algebraic fractions, completing the square, compound measures, cumulative frequency, functions, negative/fractional indices, proportion, simultaneous equations, surds, transformations, tree diagrams. If they get stuck, each sheet has a QR code that when scanned using a smartphone takes you to a short tutorial video. There are two activities for each topic (22 activities in total) and answers are provided; if printed out as a booklet the answers are on the reverse of the question sheet.

This is a powerpoint covering all areas of Decision 1 (I realise they are only putting it in further maths from 2017). It contains brief notes by way of an explanation, model answers to questions and a question or two for the students to do; all of the questions come with answers that you can display when ready. The slide show comes with a progress grid (regularly referred to in the presentation) so that students can mark their progress from start to finish and pinpoint any areas that may need extra work with a “red/amber/green” system that they fill in. It’s what I use in my lessons before setting tasks from worksheets or text books to practice.

I wrote this for new students joining Year 9 to do over the summer (if they wanted to) given that they hadn’t attended school due to lockdown for a few months. Each of the twelve topics is typical Year 8 topics and each sheet is self-marking whether is forms an image, questions and answers match or a punchline to a joke, so students can work independently and ensure that they are not rusty in September. Topics include angles in polygons, averages, bearings, equations of lines, quadratics, inequalities, percentage change, perimeter/area/volume, Pythagoras, speed, transformations. If they get stuck, each sheet has a QR code that when scanned using a smartphone takes you to a short tutorial video. There are two activities for each topic (24 activities in total) and answers are provided; if printed out as a booklet the answers are on the reverse of the question sheet.

This is a 220+ slide PowerPoint with notes, diagrams, examples and questions based around the entire Edexcel A Level Applied course. It is obviously fully editable.

This is a powerpoint covering all aspects of fractions, decimals and percentages including equivalence and calculations. It contains brief notes by way of an explanation, model answers to questions and a question or two for the students to do; all of the questions come with answers that you can display when ready. The slide show comes with a progress grid (regularly referred to in the presentation) so that students can mark their progress from start to finish and pinpoint any areas that may need extra work with a “red/amber/green” system that they fill in; each one is given an approximate grade in both new (2017 onwards) and old system in England. It’s what I use in my lessons before setting tasks from worksheets or text books to practise.