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A Powerpoint including a full lesson or lessons covering Relative Frequency for KS3/GCSE Foundation Maths. The Powerpoint includes definitions of Relative Frequency and Theoretical Probabilities and guided examples of how to calculate them both. It also has questions on Relative Frequency including exam practice. Could be used as a full lesson or as part of a revision activity for pupils.

A set of sample learning objectives for teaching a Year 10 GCSE Maths class about Surface Area of 2-D Shapes (drawing and interpreting). Differentiated objectives/outcomes are shown for the topic, literacy links, real world applications of the topic are displayed so that pupils can see the relevance of what they are learning as well as homework, merits and lesson questions pupils should be able to answer. This is an easily adaptable resource which can be changed and formatted to display any topic in the KS3 and GCSE Maths curriculum.

A set of sample learning objectives for teaching a Year 8 KS3 Maths class about Polygons (Classifying and Properties of). Differentiated objectives/outcomes are shown for the topic, literacy links, real world applications of the topic are displayed so that pupils can see the relevance of what they are learning as well as homework, merits and lesson questions pupils should be able to answer. This is an easily adaptable resource which can be changed and formatted to display any topic in the KS3 and GCSE Maths curriculum.

A useful resource for student Maths Teachers to self-assess and audit their subject knowledge of all topics in the curriculum. Topics are categorised by area and learner specification, with trainees able to easily use this resource to determine their own subject and pedagogical knowledge, whilst tracking the actions they’ve taken to improve their knowledge and when they’ve taught certain topics to pupils. This is also a really useful document for students to use as evidence to prove they are meeting the standards required to achieve Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)…

This resource contains a set of extension questions for GCSE Foundation Maths (which are grouped by topic) which are good at stretching pupils (especially more able students) and summatively assessing their knowledge of topics. The questions progress in difficulty and encourage pupils to think deeper and reflectively about what they’ve learned including evaluating, conjecturing, considering special cases and explaining/justifying. This resource would also work well as a plenary activity or to be set as homework.

This resource contains a set of questions and revision notes for pupils on acceleration and velocity-time graphs in GCSE Maths (Mechanics). Pupils are provided with worked examples and formulae to calculate the acceleration and displacement from a velocity-time graph before attempting a set of questions themselves. This resources builds strong cross-curricular links with literacy and developing pupils’ knowledge of mathematical notation and formulae.

This is an incredibly useful resource for students of a glossary of all the key words and terminology used in exam questions in KS3 and GCSE Maths. This is excellent for improving students’ exam technique, as a revision aid and developing their literacy skills. A definition is provided for each key word alongside a worked clear example. In my practice I gave this to pupils as a handout and it was very helpful for revision purposes and greatly improved their exam technique.

This resource contains a powerpoint of revision materials (key info and questions) for KS3 Maths Algebra topics. It could be used as a baseline to check students’ prior knowledge, as a starter or plenary activity and for a revision session to improve students’ exam technique. Topics covered include writing equations and formulae, simplifying expressions, expanding brackets and solving linear equations.

This resource contains a full lesson (powerpoint and worksheet) on drawing pie charts. This would be suitable for KS3 and GCSE Maths classes. The powerpoint is interactive with multiple opportunities for students to participate in the lesson and guides through pupils through the process of drawing/constructing a pie chart whilst checking their prior knowledge of pictograms. The worksheet is similarly complementary and gives students ample opportunities to practice drawing a pie chart.

This useful powerpoint on calculating the circumference of a circle and arc length of a sector in KS3/4 Maths contains enough material for a couple of whole lessons. It’s interactive and instructs pupils on identifying parts of a circle, calculating the circumference of a circle and arc length and how to solve worded problems on these topics. Questions and model examples are provided and material is differentiated by level with strong cross-curricular links to literacy (using mathematical notation and fluency, worded problems).

A short, snappy starter which refreshes pupil’s mental arithmetic skills and provides a healthy mix of challenge and competition. This starter is suitable for all maths classes in secondary school and those in KS2. The task is this: Using digits from 1-9, make an addition with two 3 digit numbers to make another 3 digit number. Each digit from 1-9 can only be used once (carrying is allowed). . This could be done as a competition to encourage group work where pupils (in teams) are set a certain amount of time and must come up with as many different additions as they can. This starter is also useful for generating discussions as the pupils may notice certain patterns in the answers (i.e. the digits of the final answer always add up to 18) and the commutative law of addition (3 + 5 = 5 + 3).