I'm a teacher of 10 years in Mathematics and various other subjects. I have a Masters in Education as well as being a professional lesson content creator. All lessons I create I use myself as well as share to my own department. I'm always looking to better my lessons in such elements as: the quality of content; quantity; engagement of the pupils; exam prep; efficiency of the lesson; retention curve; accessibility and challenge and various others. I have big plans for Blacksmith Maths.
I'm a teacher of 10 years in Mathematics and various other subjects. I have a Masters in Education as well as being a professional lesson content creator. All lessons I create I use myself as well as share to my own department. I'm always looking to better my lessons in such elements as: the quality of content; quantity; engagement of the pupils; exam prep; efficiency of the lesson; retention curve; accessibility and challenge and various others. I have big plans for Blacksmith Maths.
This lesson is designed to help GCSE pupils learn about cumulative frequency graphs. This is a complete lesson that includes a wealth of resources whilst maintaining a high standard of work. The lesson is suitable for all abilities and offers both accessibility and challenge.
This resource goes through interpreting cumulative frequency graphs and drawing them. The lesson offers plenty of time for AfL and for the students to reflect. Exam questions, cross topic exposure and problem solvers also included.
Lesson includes
Title, date, objective, success criteria, key words
Teacher Guide
Glossary
Starter
Lesson plan (QTS and NQT ready)
Discussion task
Definitions and examples
Differentiated questions and solutions
Accessible for lower ability and challenge high ability
Exam style questions (GCSE- A level) and mark scheme run through.
Problem solver
Plenary - Mathematical reasoning
FUSE
Reasonings
Paper-less lesson
Please review and follow
This lesson is designed to develop further on changing the subject. This is a complete lesson that includes a wealth of resources whilst maintaining a high standard of work. The lesson is suitable for all abilities and offers both accessibility and challenge.
This includes factorising. The lesson offers plenty of time for AfL and for the students to reflect. Exam questions, cross topic exposure and problem solvers also included.
Lesson includes
Title, date, objective, success criteria, key words
Teacher Guide
Starter
Cognitive load friendly
Discussion task
Definitions and examples
AfL Diagnostic questions
Differentiated questions and solutions
Accessible for lower ability and challenge high ability
Exam style questions (GCSE- A level) and mark scheme run through.
Cross-topic exposure
Problem solvers -one topic based, one random.
Exit ticket
Plenary - Mathematical reasoning
FUSE
Reasonings
Paper-less lesson
Please review and follow
Bundle includes:
6 lessons and 2 homeworks
Lesson 1 - Area and perimeter
Lesson 2 - Area and circumference of circles
Lesson 3 - Volume of prisms
Lesson 4 - Surface area of prisms
Lesson 5 - Volume of spheres, cones and pyramids.
Lesson 6 - Volume of compound shapes
After this bundle of lessons students should not only be able to calculate volume and surface area of a vast amount of shapes. They will also gain a deeper understanding of area, perimeter, volume and surface area.
Please review and follow
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The worksheets included go through the entire surds topic for GCSE. It is also great for AS mathematics as a recap. Each worksheet has a lesson that links to it. The lessons are £3 and include these worksheets.
Topics included
L1 - Adding and subtracting surds
L2 - Simplifying surds
L3 - Rationalising the denominator
L4 - Rationalising the denominator (Binomials)
H1 - No rationalising denominator of (Binomials)
H2 - Entire Surds topic
Extra - Codebreaker
Extra - Escape room
Worksheets include
Starter questions
Differentiated worksheet
Challenge questions
Exam style questions with mark scheme
Cross topic questions
Problem solvers
Solutions
Word and PDF versions
This lesson is designed to help GCSE pupils learn about solving quadratic equations with the coefficient of the x squared term being greater than 1. This is a complete lesson that includes a wealth of resources whilst maintaining a high standard of work. The lesson is suitable for all abilities and offers both accessibility and challenge.
This resource goes back through factorising. The method taught in this lesson is splitting the equation in half. The lesson offers plenty of time for AfL and for the students to reflect. Exam questions, cross topic exposure and problem solvers also included.
Lesson includes
Title, date, objective, success criteria, key words
Teacher Guide
Starter
Lesson plan (QTS and NQT ready)
Discussion task
Definitions and examples
AfL Diagnostic questions
Differentiated questions and solutions
Accessible for lower ability and challenge high ability
Exam style questions (GCSE- A level) and mark scheme run through.
Cross-topic exposure
Problem solvers -one topic based, one random.
Plenary - Mathematical reasoning
FUSE
Reasonings
Paper-less lesson
Please review and follow
This lesson is designed to teach students how to Estimate the mean, median and identify the model class. This is a complete lesson that includes a wealth of resources whilst maintaining a high standard of work. The lesson is suitable for all abilities and offers both accessibility and challenge.
This lesson comes with a worksheet that follows the lesson. The lesson offers plenty of time for AfL and for the students to reflect. Exam questions, cross topic exposure and problem solvers also included.
Lesson includes
Title, date, objective, success criteria, key words
Teacher Guide
Starter
Cognitive load friendly
Discussion tasks
Definitions and examples
Visual aid
AfL Diagnostic questions
Differentiated questions and solutions
Accessible for lower ability and challenge high ability
Exam style questions (GCSE- A level) and mark scheme run through.
Exit ticket
FUSE
Reasonings
Paper-less lesson
Please review and follow
Lesson includes
Title, date, objective, success criteria, key words
Starter
Discussion task
Definitions and examples
AfL practise questions
Differentiated questions and solutions
Accessible for lower ability and challenge high ability
Plenary
FUSE
Please review and follow
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This lesson is designed to teach students to factorise using difference of two squares. This is a complete lesson that includes a wealth of resources whilst maintaining a high standard of work. The lesson is suitable for all abilities and offers both accessibility and challenge.
This includes coefficents bigger than 1 and powers bigger than 2. The lesson offers plenty of time for AfL and for the students to reflect. Exam questions, cross topic exposure and problem solvers also included.
Lesson includes
Title, date, objective, success criteria, key words
Teacher Guide
Starter
Cognitive load friendly
Discussion tasks
Definitions and examples
Visual aid
AfL Diagnostic questions
Differentiated questions and solutions
Accessible for lower ability and challenge high ability
Exam style questions (GCSE- A level) and mark scheme run through.
Exit ticket
FUSE
Reasonings
Paper-less lesson
Please review and follow
Lesson includes
Title, date, objective, success criteria, key words
Starter
Definitions and examples
AfL quick fire questions
AfL whiteboard
Match up worksheet
Accessible for lower ability and challenge high ability
Plenary
FUSE
Please review and follow
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Homework includes:
Title, name, due date
Questions
Challenge questions
Problem solver
Exam style questions
-Solutions for all
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This bundle of lessons is designed to help GCSE pupils learn about power and roots. This is a complete unit of work with lessons, worksheets, homeworks. Each lesson includes a wealth of resources whilst maintaining a high standard of work. The lessons are suitable for all abilities and offers both accessibility and challenge.
Bundle includes
Lesson 1 - Indices, roots and reciprocals
Lesson 2 - Index laws (numbers)
Lesson 3 - Negative fractional indices
Lesson 4 - Writing standard form
Lesson 5 - Adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing standard form
Lesson 6 - Introduction to surds
Lesson 7 - Simplifying surds
Lesson 8 - Rationalising the denominator
Lesson 9 - Rationalising the denominator ( Binomials as denominators)
Homework 1 - Indices, roots, reciprocals and index laws
Homework 2 - Negative fractional indices
Homework 3 - Standard form
Homework 4 - Surds
Each Lesson includes
Title, date, objective, success criteria, key words
Teacher Guide
Starter
Student worksheet
Lesson plan (QTS and NQT ready)
Discussion task
Definitions and examples
AfL Diagnostic questions
Differentiated questions and solutions
Accessible for lower ability and challenge high ability
Exam style questions (GCSE- A level) and mark scheme run through.
Cross-topic exposure
Problem solvers -one topic based, one random.
Plenary - Mathematical reasoning
FUSE
Reasonings
Please review and follow
Homework includes
Recall questions (previous topic)
Topic skill questions
Applied questions
Random problem solver
Reflection page
Solutions
Lesson includes
Title, date, objective, success criteria, key words
Starter
Discussion task
Definitions and examples
Investigation tasks
AfL whiteboards
Questions and solutions
Accessible for lower ability and challenge high ability
Plenary
FUSE
Please review and follow
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This lesson is designed to help GCSE pupils learn about Pythagoras within 3D shapes. This is a complete lesson that includes a wealth of resources whilst maintaining a high standard of work. The lesson is suitable for Higher GCSE and offers both accessibility and challenge.
This resource goes back through Pythagoras. The lesson looks at calculating the space diagonal. The lesson offers plenty of time for AfL and for the students to reflect. Exam questions, cross topic exposure and problem solvers also included.
Lesson includes
Title, date, objective, success criteria, key words
Teacher Guide
Starter
Student worksheet
Lesson plan (QTS and NQT ready)
Discussion task
Definitions and examples
AfL Diagnostic questions
Treasure hunt
Accessible for lower ability and challenge high ability
Exam style questions (GCSE- A level) and mark scheme run through.
Cross-topic exposure
Problem solvers -one topic based, one random.
Plenary - Mathematical reasoning
FUSE
Reasonings
Please review and follow
Paper-lesson
Lesson includes
Title, date, objective, success criteria, key words
Starter
Discussion task
Definitions and examples
AfL whiteboard
Differentiated questions and solutions
Elevations and depressions activity
Accessible for lower ability and challenge high ability
Plenary
FUSE
Please review and follow
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