Printouts of blank pumpkins and six different types of shapes to make your own pumpkin design! Explore the geometry of Halloween with this activity. Do you want a fun themed activity to teach your students about shapes? Use this task to do just that and get your maths lesson or any other lessons ready for the holiday. 3 SLIDE POWERPOINT WITH A BLANK PUMPKIN, 42 SHAPES TO CUT OUT AND AN EXAMPLE PUMPKIN DESIGN! Created for any ages, with the option to make it maths related with harder tasks or the images can just be used to design and colour in a pumpkin. Buy this lesson pack now to show your students the fun of shapes at Halloween! WHAT IS INCLUDED? A blank pumpkin is included with 42 standard shapes including… A right angled triangle An equilateral triangle An isosceles triangle A square A rectangle A circle Each slide has images of the pumpkin and the shapes, so they can be moved around and printed separately if desired. WHAT PREPARATION IS REQUIRED? Print out blank pumpkins and shapes so they can be cut out and stuck on the pumpkin, or to make the class more advanced have the students draw the shapes on themselves. The activiy is provided as a single Powerpoint file that can be adapted by yourself to your needs. HOW CAN THEY BE USED? Once you have downloaded the lesson slides you can use it time and time again in varying scenarios such as… Create the pumpkin designs yourself and ask the students to list how many of each type of shape are included Create a list of tasks including different numbers of shapes and colours that need to be found on the students’ designs Ask your students to draw their own shapes as a pumpkin design and measure all the angles to make sure they are correct Enjoy the topic and explore the maths behind it as a class or individually, there are endless possibilities for this set of slides. Explore shapes for Halloween!

Individual images of five pancake making ingredients with a question to challenge your students on weight and mass. Enjoy baking pancakes with maths! Whether it’s Pancake Day or a regular day and you are feeling like pancakes, answer these questions to get you in the pancake making mood. Do you want a fun maths activity to challenge your students and get them thinking before you start teaching and get on the usual stuff? Use these maths questions to do just that and take your maths lessons outside of the classroom. 5 PANCAKE THEMED MATHS QUESTIONS, EACH WITH AN IMAGE, WRITTEN QUESTION AND ANSWER! Created for any exam board, testing maths involving measurements at the Key Stage 2 level. Buy this activity pack now to show your students how maths can be applied to any situation! WHAT IS INCLUDED? 5 questions each with an image, a description of the question and an answer available. With questions asking you to… Convert the mass of eggs from kilograms to grams Compare two masses of lemons Read the weight of flour on a scale Add the weight of two milk cartons together Find the difference between two masses of sugars Using weight and mass measurements. Each question image comes with a similar image that includes the question and the answer in red. WHAT PREPARATION IS REQUIRED? Show the question on the board at the front of the classroom, print the desired question or share over the school’s online system. All questions and answers are provided as PNG image files in the same format. HOW CAN THEY BE USED? Once you have downloaded the activity set you can use it time and time again in varying scenarios such as… Use as a starter to get your students focused and thinking Group up students and have them discuss the best way to answer the question Use as extra work for higher ability students Use as a fun maths based quiz Work as a team, mark each other’s work or challenge your students to compete in a quiz, there are endless possibilities for this set of questions. Explore baking and Pancake Day with maths!