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A shop which mainly offers secondary school mathematics materials such as worksheets, revision materials and investigations. Also on offer are English Language resources in particular advice on essay writing. Finally, the shop also offers materials geared towards career education such as giving students advice on how to compose CVs, university personal statements and covering letters with templates and model examples provided.

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A shop which mainly offers secondary school mathematics materials such as worksheets, revision materials and investigations. Also on offer are English Language resources in particular advice on essay writing. Finally, the shop also offers materials geared towards career education such as giving students advice on how to compose CVs, university personal statements and covering letters with templates and model examples provided.
KS3 and GCSE Maths Translations Worksheets
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KS3 and GCSE Maths Translations Worksheets

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This resource contains a set of worksheets on translations and is suitable for KS3 and GCSE Maths classes. They can be used as exercises to complete in class, homework or for revision. It contains a set of worksheets (with increase difficulty) on translations covering co-ordinates, describing translations of 2-D shapes, column vectors and worded problems involving translations. They allow effective differentiation and have strong cross-curricular links with literacy and art.
A Question of Maths GCSE Maths Revision Quiz
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A Question of Maths GCSE Maths Revision Quiz

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This is a very useful and fun resource which can be used to help pupils revise for GCSE Maths. This could be used in a revision session, form time or as an enrichment activity. Based on the format of A Question of Sport, this resource contains 5 rounds of questions on GCSE Maths (Picture Round, What happens next, Buzzer Round etc.) with answers provided. It is a fun, effective way to help pupils revise for GCSE Maths and encourages collaboration and team-building skills as pupils can be put into groups to compete against each other. There’s also strong cross-curricular links with literacy as the quiz promotes the use of mathematical notation and fluency.
KS3/4 Maths Circumference and Arc Length of Circle Whole Lesson
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KS3/4 Maths Circumference and Arc Length of Circle Whole Lesson

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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).
GCSE Maths Higher Revision Resources
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GCSE Maths Higher Revision Resources

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This bundle contains a comprehensive, high-quality set of resources to help teachers prepare and deliver lessons for GCSE maths higher and to enable students to revise effectively for it. It includes a set of whole lessons on topics such as scatter graphs and correlation, translations, relative frequency and standard form as well as a considerable bank of exam questions and tests including specific sets for quadratics, acceleration and velocity, triangular numbers and relative frequency. There’s also a set of extension questions to test students, a glossary of key terms to help pupils with exam technique and a collection of investigations into topics like compound interest, probability, factors and areas of triangles.
GCSE Maths Foundation Revision Resources
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GCSE Maths Foundation Revision Resources

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This bundle contains a comprehensive, high-quality set of resources to help teachers prepare and deliver lessons for GCSE maths foundation and to enable students to revise effectively for it. It includes a set of powerpoints on whole lessons on topics such as linear equations, pie charts, probability, nets of 3-D shapes and interior/exterior angles in a polygon and a wealth of exam questions/tests including specific sets for relative frequency, averages and fractions, decimals and percentages. These are complemented by a set of extension questions to challenge students and handouts for students to use to revise ratios, area of 2-D shapes and area and circumference of a circle.
KS3 Maths Revision Exam Questions
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KS3 Maths Revision Exam Questions

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This resource contains a powerpoint which includes a considerable set of revision questions for KS3 maths, which could also be used for GCSE foundation students. The questions are grouped by topic area (number and algebra, shape and space, handling data) and include the answers on a separate slide. These could be used as a baseline assessment for pupils, as a plenary activity to check pupils understanding and for revision purposes, they are excellent for improving pupils’ exam technique.
KS3 Maths Translations of 2-D Shapes Whole Lesson
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KS3 Maths Translations of 2-D Shapes Whole Lesson

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This powerpoint contains a whole lesson on translations of 2-D shapes for KS3 and GCSE foundation pupils. It covers how to translate 2-D shapes, column vectors, properties of shape, symmetry and co-ordinates. It can be delivered in an interactive manner, with plenty of opportunities for pupils to discuss and consolidate knowledge. There are also strong cross-curricular links with literacy and art.
Secondary School Lesson Planning Templates
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Secondary School Lesson Planning Templates

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This bundle contains some extremely useful resources to help secondary school teachers with their lesson planning. These materials can be used in any subject across the curriculum. It contains flexible, time-saving templates for planning behaviour management and learning activities, a set of differentiated assessment for learning starters, main body and plenary activities, a series of peer and self assessment templates and Bloom’s taxonomy resources to promote higher-order thinking skills and reflective learning among students. These are complemented by an adaptable collaborative learning activity involving key words and a self-audit of subject knowledge for GCSE maths teachers.
KS3 Maths Assessment Descriptors
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KS3 Maths Assessment Descriptors

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This is an excellent resource of the old level descriptors pupils have to meet/fulfill in KS3 Maths. It’s very useful in helping teachers formatively assess pupils’ progress and acts as a aid for self and peer assessment. Each level is structured by clear outcomes of operations and activities across all 4 areas (number, geometry, algebra, data handling) students must be able to complete to meet the criteria for achieving the level. As well as boosting cross-curricular links I also used this resource as a poster/wall display and a handout for pupils to self and peer assess their progress.
GCSE Maths Acceleration and Velocity Worksheet
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GCSE Maths Acceleration and Velocity Worksheet

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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.
KS3/GCSE Maths Exam Question Key Terms Glossary
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KS3/GCSE Maths Exam Question Key Terms Glossary

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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.
GCSE Maths Foundation Extension Assessment Questions
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GCSE Maths Foundation Extension Assessment Questions

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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.
GCSE Maths Higher Extension Assessment Questions
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GCSE Maths Higher Extension Assessment Questions

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This resource contains a set of extension questions for GCSE Higher 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.
Huge GCSE Maths Higher Resources Pack
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Huge GCSE Maths Higher Resources Pack

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This bundle contains a comprehensive amount of resources to help plan and deliver GCSE Maths Higher lessons. It includes a set of powerpoints containing full lessons on topics such as Interior and Exterior Angles of a Polygon, Standard Form and Probability, a bank of exam questions on Quadratics and Relative Frequency and a collection of starters on Probability topics. Also in the bundle is a series of investigations which aim to boost literacy higher-order thinking skills into topics like Factors, Square Numbers, Compound Interest and Areas of Triangles and a glossary of all key words and terminology that pupils can keep to use for revision.
Boosting Literacy skills in KS3 and GCSE Maths Resources
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Boosting Literacy skills in KS3 and GCSE Maths Resources

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This bundle contains a set of resources for KS3 and GCSE Maths which aims to boost students’ literacy skills and build strong cross-curricular links. It has several varied resources including lists of key terms and formulae in KS3 and GCSE Maths to help students become more familiar with key words and notation, a set of 6 investigations on topics such as square numbers, compound interest and factors which support students in building their mathematical fluency and communication skills and a collaborative learning activity involving key words to promote discussion and team work and a template for peer assessing a piece of work.
Set of KS3 and GCSE Maths Whole Lessons
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Set of KS3 and GCSE Maths Whole Lessons

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This bundle contains a comprehensive set of powerpoints containing whole lessons for KS3 and GCSE maths topics. All the lessons are interactive and include activities for students to complete, whilst promoting cross-curricular links, self and peer assessment and collaborative learning. Examples of topics included are Relative Frequency, Constructing and Solving Linear Equations, Drawing and Interpreting Pie Charts, Interior and Exterior Angles in a Polygon, Scatter Graphs and Correlation, Sample Space Diagrams and Standard Form.
Comprehensive Bank of KS3 and GCSE Maths Exam Questions
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Comprehensive Bank of KS3 and GCSE Maths Exam Questions

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This bundle contains a huge bank of exam questions and revision for KS3 and GCSE Maths. It includes exam questions on topics such as Relative Frequency, Quadratics, Area and Circumference of a Circle, Straight Line Graphs, Averages, Equations, Fractions, Decimals and Percentages and Probability. These can be used in class for revision purposes and improving exam technique or to summatively assess pupils.
Blooms and Peer/Self Assessment Resources
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Blooms and Peer/Self Assessment Resources

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This bundle contains a set of resources designed to promote higher-order thinking skills in students and encourage reflection and collaboration. It consists of a series of templates to help students self and peer assess a piece of work (including a specialised one for evaluating a piece of writing), collaborative learning tasks involving the definition of key words in KS3 Maths, Literacy and Humanities, a plenary activity involving Blooms’ taxonomy and a learning mat on Blooms’ thinking hats to use as a resource for pupils in class in any subject.
KS3 Maths Glossary of Key Terms and Formulae
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KS3 Maths Glossary of Key Terms and Formulae

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This resource is a comprehensive glossary of all the key terms and formulae used in KS3 Maths. It’s excellent for revision, as an aid to in-class work and building cross-curricular links with English/Literacy. The definitions are sorted by each area of mathematics they correspond to (Number, Algebra, Data, Shape and Space) and are explained in a simple, concise manner. There’s also a section detailing key formulae used in geometry, labeled diagrams of parts of a circle and advice on the different types of questions students will have to answer with guided examples.
KS3/KS4 Maths Geometry Resources
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KS3/KS4 Maths Geometry Resources

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This bundle contains a set of useful resources to help teachers plan and deliver lessons on geometry topics in KS3 and KS4 Maths. It contains a set of whole lessons on area and perimeter of 2-D shapes, interior and exterior angles in a polygon and recognising and drawing nets of 3-D shapes and a comprehensive bank of starters to use in lessons. There’s also an investigation into the areas of triangles aimed at those in KS4 and exam questions on finding the area and circumference of a circle. Revision materials for pupils on 2-D shapes, finding the area and circumference of a circle and a formula sheet are also provided.