I have been a teacher for 20 years and have made a lot of resources that have worked in my classroom. You can find them on Tes . I have also made some Boomcards which you can preview on the linktree link below.
I have been a teacher for 20 years and have made a lot of resources that have worked in my classroom. You can find them on Tes . I have also made some Boomcards which you can preview on the linktree link below.
Two Fun and Engaging Codebreaker Activities – Perfect for Reviewing Averages!
Unlock the fun of reviewing mean, median, mode, and range with these two exciting Codebreaker Activities! One is an easy challenge, perfect for beginners, while the other provides a more difficult puzzle to really stretch learners’ critical thinking skills.
Here’s how it works: As students answer questions about averages, their answers will gradually reveal the punchline to a hilarious joke! It’s a great way to keep students engaged while reinforcing key math concepts.
Easy Codebreaker: Perfect for younger learners or those just starting with averages.
Challenging Codebreaker: Ideal for advanced students looking to push their understanding of averages.
This is a fun, interactive way for students to practice their math skills while also having a laugh! Perfect for homework, in-class activities, or math revision.
Get your learners cracking codes and solving puzzles today!
★Engage Your Class with an Editable Times Table Starter Challenge! Perfect for Primary and Secondary Students★
►This Times Table Starter is a dynamic, timed activity designed to sharpen students’ mental arithmetic and concentration skills. Students begin by drawing a 4x4 grid on mini whiteboards or paper, aiming to fill it with the correct answers to multiplication questions that appear on screen for just one second each. Questions repeat throughout the quiz, challenging students to think quickly and stay focused.
►To accommodate all learners, a second version of the PowerPoint is included, where questions are displayed for two seconds—ideal for those who may need a bit more time. Once the quiz ends, you can review each question and answer by clicking on individual tiles, encouraging discussion and reinforcing times tables fluency.
This fast-paced, interactive activity is a hit with students, who enjoy the thrill of the timed challenge and look forward to improving their multiplication skills each time they play!❤❤
If you like the resource check out this other Memory Maths game
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/memory-maths-mental-math-quiz-12053487
✱Fraction of Amount Christmas Maze! ✱
Make practicing Fraction of Amounts exciting with this Christmas-themed Fraction of Amounts Maze! Students solve Fraction of Amounts questions, using their answers to find the correct path through the maze and reach the finish line. This activity adds a festive twist to math practice, keeping students engaged and reinforcing essential Fraction of Amount skills in a fun, interactive way.
Why You’ll Love It:
✱Engaging Format: Students stay focused as they navigate the maze, building motivation to complete each percentage question correctly.
✱Holiday Spirit: A Christmas theme adds seasonal joy to learning.
Skill Reinforcement: Ideal for practicing Fraction of Amounts, boosting accuracy and confidence.
✱Perfect for classroom warm-ups, holiday math activities, or even as a fun homework sheet.
Download now to add some festive learning magic!
✱Percentage of Amount Christmas Maze! ✱
Make practicing percentages exciting with this Christmas-themed Percentage Maze! Students solve percentage questions, using their answers to find the correct path through the maze and reach the finish line. This activity adds a festive twist to math practice, keeping students engaged and reinforcing essential percentage skills in a fun, interactive way.
Why You’ll Love It:
✱Engaging Format: Students stay focused as they navigate the maze, building motivation to complete each percentage question correctly.
✱Holiday Spirit: A Christmas theme adds seasonal joy to learning.
Skill Reinforcement: Ideal for practicing percentages of amounts, boosting accuracy and confidence.
✱Perfect for classroom warm-ups, holiday math activities, or even as a fun homework sheet.
Download now to add some festive learning magic!
✱Christmas Coordinates Activity - Unwrap the Fun of Learning with a Holiday Twist! ✱
Transform math practice into a festive adventure with this engaging Christmas Coordinates Activity! Students will use basic coordinate plotting skills to create their very own Christmas tree, following a series of carefully planned coordinates. As they connect the dots, a delightful tree shape emerges, making learning both fun and visually rewarding.
Why Educators & Parents Love This Resource:
✱Builds Essential Math Skills: Perfect for reinforcing graphing and plotting skills in an interactive way.
✱Holiday Spirit in the Classroom: Integrates the joy of the holiday season into learning.
✱Step-by-Step Learning: Coordinates are grouped into parts, making it easy to follow and suitable for students at various skill levels.
✱Ideal for individual practice, group work, or even a fun holiday-themed classroom competition, this Christmas Coordinates Activity combines education with creativity.
Download, print, and let the holiday-themed learning begin!
Festive Worksheet for Solving Linear Simultaneous Equations – Christmas Edition!
Make math merry with this Christmas-Themed Worksheet on Solving Linear Simultaneous Equations! Featuring 10 questions, this engaging resource includes both equations with common coefficients and those without, giving students a well-rounded practice experience. Perfect for teaching, assessing, or reviewing simultaneous equations, this worksheet combines holiday spirit with essential algebra skills, making it a fun and festive way to learn during the Christmas season.
Why Teachers & Students Love This Worksheet:
✱Engaging Practice: Unique holiday theme makes algebra more enjoyable.
✱Skill-Building Variety: Includes a range of equation types for comprehensive practice.
✱Perfect for All Settings: Use as an in-class activity, homework, or review
material.
Give your students a gift they’ll actually use this Christmas – holiday-themed math practice that boosts confidence and algebra skills!
✱Promote Fun Learning with the Circumference and Area of Circles Christmas Maze! ✱
Make mastering circles engaging with this Christmas-themed Circumference and Area Maze! Students calculate the circumference and area of circles, using their answers to find the correct path through the maze and reach the finish line. This festive activity adds holiday fun to math practice, helping students stay focused and build confidence with circle calculations.
Why You’ll Love It:
✱Engaging Format: Students stay motivated as they navigate the maze, making circle calculations both fun and challenging.
✱Holiday Spirit: A Christmas theme brings seasonal joy to math practice.
✱Skill Reinforcement: Perfect for reinforcing understanding of circumference and area, enhancing both accuracy and speed.
✱Ideal for classroom warm-ups, festive math activities, or as a fun homework task.
Download now to bring holiday cheer into your math lessons!
✱Get into the festive spirit with these fun and interactive Christmas-themed math activities, perfect for Primary Level or Functional Skills Entry Level Maths students! In this exciting challenge, students will plot coordinates on a grid and shade in the corresponding boxes to reveal hidden Christmas pictures.✱
The activities feature two seasonal favorites: a reindeer and a snowman. As students practice plotting coordinates, they’ll also develop their understanding of graphing and spatial awareness. With each coordinate they plot and box they shade, the Christmas images come to life, making learning both engaging and enjoyable!
Perfect for reinforcing key skills in a creative and festive way, these activities encourage attention to detail and problem-solving. Ideal for individual or group work, and a fantastic way to celebrate the holiday season while mastering important maths concepts. Let the countdown to Christmas begin with this merry maths adventure!✱✱
✱Engage your KS2, KS3, and Functional Skills Maths students with a festive Santa-themed activity that makes learning coordinates both fun and educational! In this activity, learners will practice plotting coordinates in all four quadrants of a graph, enhancing their understanding of coordinate geometry in a creative and interactive way.
✱This Santa-themed challenge provides a hands-on approach to mastering key skills, helping students to become confident in identifying and plotting points across all quadrants. As they work through the activity, they’ll reveal a festive Santa image, keeping them motivated and excited to learn. Perfect for classroom use, this activity is ideal for reinforcing essential skills in a festive, engaging context.
✱Whether you’re looking to boost students’ coordinate graphing skills or add a holiday twist to your lessons, this activity is the perfect choice for teachers aiming to make maths more enjoyable and relevant!
Unlock the code to escape the room by answering best buy questions. I use this with a set of combination locks I bought cheap in a poundshop. I set the locks to open on a set combination which can only be got by answering the questions. The quickest team to get the combination win. This activity generates great fun in class and is worth the investment in a set of cheap combi locks
Fun percentage of an amount codebreaker. Learners answer percentage of an amount questions to reveal a maths joke. The joke is How do you make seven even? Remove the s. Fun way to get learners to practice percentage of amounts on a calculator. Solution provided.
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★Unlock the World of Scale Drawings with This Comprehensive Worksheet!
Embark on a fascinating journey of precision and measurement with this meticulously crafted Scale Drawings Worksheet. Perfect for both in-class exploration and home learning, this resource is designed to empower learners in understanding and applying the principles of scales to calculate real-life distances effortlessly.
What to Expect:
►Clear Explanations: This worksheet provides crystal-clear explanations of scales, breaking down the concept into digestible bits of knowledge. Learners can grasp the fundamentals at their own pace, ensuring a solid foundation.
►Step-by-Step Process: We believe in learning by doing. That’s why our worksheet includes highlighted examples, guiding learners through each step of the process. Watch as they confidently navigate the complexities of calculating real-life distances using scales.
** Versatile Learning Resource:**
•In-Class Mastery: Elevate your classroom experience with a resource that seamlessly integrates into your lessons. Enhance student engagement as they explore the fascinating world of scale drawings through interactive exercises.
•Home Learning Excellence: Whether for homework or independent study, this worksheet empowers learners to take control of their learning journey. The convenience of home learning is now coupled with the effectiveness of a well-structured, comprehensive resource.
** Comprehensive Content:**
•4-Page Worksheet: Dive into a wealth of knowledge with our detailed 4-page worksheet. Each page is carefully curated to present different aspects of scale drawings, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of the topic.
•Answer Sheet Included: No more guesswork! The included answer sheet allows learners to check their progress independently, promoting self-assessment and boosting confidence.
Unlock the Power of Scales Today! Equip your students with the skills needed to tackle real-life distances using scales confidently. Grab your copy now and let the learning adventure begin! ❤❤
A Maths casino game which I have found to be a fun way of engaging students in revision lessons. The students look forward to these lessons and see them as a fun lesson . They are a great way of getting students to learn and work together.
This activity is aimed at GCSE Foundation and Functional Skills Maths Level 2. It includes questions on mean, median, mode and range and also explaining why a certain average was used and what the range tells us.
Functional Skiills Examiner Reports have identified that learners are losing marks by not been able to explain why they used an average and what the range shows.
Answers are included on the slides.
Instructions:
Print off some money, I have included £5, £10 and £20 notes for printing.
Arrange students in groups and give each group £100
Students bet between £5-20 on each topic (before seeing the question)
I write the students team names on whiteboard and then get them to stick their money bets on the whiteboard with bluetac or to write up their bets
Learners will double their money with a correct answer or lose it for a wrong answer.
Students will practice calculating the total cost of meals at Dougie’s Donuts with this fun donut-themed activity! Students will find the total cost for different guest orders. Each order includes a combination of sales tax, tip, and/or discount. The last two bills are open-ended and allow the students to create their own orders.
An answer key is included.
1 x Worksheet(Intercative)
1 x Powerpoint(Interactive)
1 x Worksheet (Print)
Suitable for Home Learning, 3 different versions of the activity available, a PDF where the answers can be typed in by the student, saved and returned
A Powerpoint where answers can be typed in by the student and returned. learner has to save the Powerpoint as a Macro Enabled presentation when prompted. Best to get them to save it with their full name as the save name.
A printable worksheet
An 11 page workbook suitable for GCSE Foundation Maths and Functional Skills Maths. Workbook includes methods and questions.
The workbook includes a range of tasks on tally charts, pictographs and bar charts. There are also tips, diagrams and tables that will enhance the learning experience for your students. With the methods included in the worksheet this should aid students ability to work independently.
ANSWERS INCLUDED.
Transform currency exchange learning into an engaging experience with our Maze Activity! This self-checking worksheet challenges students to strengthen their skills by solving currency exchange calculations while navigating through the maze.
Included is a currency exchange maze that encourages students to apply their understanding of exchanging currencies in a fun and interactive way. It’s an ideal resource for quick assessments, homework assignments, math stations, or for early finishers, adding versatility to your teaching toolkit.
Elevate your online learning experience and make currency exchange practice enjoyable for students with this engaging activity!
Suitable for FS Maths, KS3 and GCSE Foundation
Animated Powerpoint lesson on how to find equivalent fractions, simplified fractions and fractions of amounts. Suitable for KS2/KS3 Maths and GCSE Foundation 5-1 as well as Functional Skills L1/L2.
Learner Outcomes
Find equivalent fractions
Simplify fractions
Find fractions of amounts
Pack Includes
A colourful and engaging 18 slide powerpoint showing methods with questions and answers
Equivalent Fractions Puzzle
Fraction Matching Starter
Fraction of Amounts Codebreaker Joke
Questions in equivalent, simplified fracctions as well as fractions of amounts in powerpoint
Questions with answers included in powerpoint and worksheets
Suitable for Functional Skills Entry Level Maths Learners. This lesson teaches students to use a.m. and p.m. to say if events happen before or after noon. It includes an interactive presentation and worksheet
1 x Powerpoint
1 x Editable Worksheet
1 x Answer sheet
Answers included
A full lesson on Place Value and Negative Numbers includes Starters, Differentiated and Exam Questions, Teaching Powerpoint, Activities, Worksheets, Escape the Room Plenary. Suitable for New Functional Skils Maths L1/L2. The lesson covers
reading and writing large numbers
putting whole numbers including negatives in order
finding difference between positive and negative numbers
Contains
1 x Interactive Teaching powerpoint
1 x Maths in the News printables
1 x Negative Numbers worksheet
1 x ordering numbers differentiated gold, silver, bronze worksheet
1 x Escape the Room whole lesson plenary
This lesson starts with a discussion on large numbers prompted by on screen slide. There is then a Starter in which students have to unscramble the letters to create the numbers.
Then the method for writing and reading large numbers is discussed and examples given on the slides.
This leads into questions displayed on screen which learners can complete on mini whiteboards.
At this point learners look at laminated news headlines placed around the room and answer the questions on the worksheet that accompanies the task
There is then a plenary task on election results to complete assess learning.
Examples are then shown of how to put numbers in order of size, followed by a differentiated gold, silver bronze question sheet and a plenary question to assess learning
Examples of how to find difference between positive and negative numbers are then shown, followed by some questions to test the skills and then an activity that involves learners answering find the difference questions and creating a bar chart. A plenary question assesses learning on this outcome.
To assess whole lesson learning there are 3 exam style questions to complete and an Escape the Room activity sheet.
I hope you find this resource as useful and leave a positive review if you and your students have enjoyed it.
Differentiated Simplifying Fractions questions with answers in a RAG type worksheet, powerpoint version included.
Suitable for KS3, GCSE Foundation Maths and Functional Skills L2. Also a Powerpoint of the worksheet questions and answers included to display to students to cut down on printing and marking.
Includes
1 x Worksheet
1 x Display Version of Worksheet
Answers Incuded
The differentiated questions allow all students to access the topic at their own confidence levels and the answers are always readily available to check their understanding.
I like to use this differentiated question sheets as a starting point in lessons to recap topics already covered as it easily picks up misconceptions, then again as a plenary or mini-plenary. The questions can also be used as a homework sheet or an in class assessmnet sheet. Having the answers also reduces workload as students can self-mark. Suitable for Home Schooling
The gold (hardest) questions really stretch the most able students