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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 Test on Percentages, Fractions and Ratios
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KS3 and GCSE Maths Test on Percentages, Fractions and Ratios

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This resource is an extremely useful test on percentages, fractions and ratios that can be used for KS3 and GCSE maths students. It can be used as a test to summative check of students’ understanding of the topic, set as homework or used for revision purposes. The test contains a mixture of calculator and non-calculator questions on percentages, fractions and ratios and also contains some worded problems. Topics covered include simplifying ratios, sharing ratios from a given amount, fractions and percentages of an amount, simplifying fractions, reverse percentages, LCM and HCF and calculator use.
KS3/GCSE Maths Foundation Revision Test
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KS3/GCSE Maths Foundation Revision Test

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This is a very useful test which can be used for either KS3 or GCSE Maths. It can be used as to summatively check of students’ understanding of the topic, set as homework or used for revision purposes. The test contains a mixture of calculator and non-calculator questions and also contains some worded problems. Topics covered include fractions, decimals and percentages, conversions, multiplication and division, calculator use, factors and multiples, square and cube numbers, prime factor decomposition, formulae and area and perimeter of 2-D shapes.
GCSE Maths Solving Quadratics Revision
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GCSE Maths Solving Quadratics Revision

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This resource contains a powerpoint containing a bank of exam questions (with answers) for GCSE maths higher lessons on solving quadratics (factorising, completing the square, graphically finding solutions, quadratic formula, trial and improvement, minimum/maximum points). These could be used to summatively check pupils’ understanding or would be ideal to be used in a revision session for exam practice.
KS3 and GCSE Maths Rearranging Formulae Full Lesson
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KS3 and GCSE Maths Rearranging Formulae Full Lesson

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This resource is a powerpoint containing a full lesson on rearranging formulae for KS3 and GCSE maths lessons. It’s interactive and has multiple opportunities for students to get involved within the lesson as well as plenty of guided examples to help students understand how to rearrange formulae. Other topics covered include substitution and solving linear equations.
KS3 and GCSE Maths Compound Shapes Full Lesson
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KS3 and GCSE Maths Compound Shapes Full Lesson

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This resource contains a powerpoint for a full lesson on compound shapes for KS3 and GCSE Maths lessons. It’s interactive with multiple activities for students to complete and guides students through working out the area of compound shapes as well as refreshing their knowledge of the properties of 2-D shapes. Pupils are also provided with questions to complete themselves.
KS3/GCSE Maths Fractions, Decimals and Percentages Revision
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KS3/GCSE Maths Fractions, Decimals and Percentages Revision

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This resource contains a powerpoint containing a bank of revision material and exam questions on fractions, decimals and percentages. It is suitable for use in KS3 and GCSE maths foundation lessons. It can be used to check pupils’ prior understanding, a starter to refresh pupils’ knowledge, in revision sessions or as a plenary activity. Topics covered include finding the percentage of an amount, converting between fractions, decimals and percentages, percentage increase and decrease and order of operations. There is a strong cross-curricular link with literacy as students are encouraged to learn mathematical key words and terminology.
KS3 and GCSE Maths Averages Question Booklet
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KS3 and GCSE Maths Averages Question Booklet

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This resource (suitable for KS3 and GCSE foundation maths classes) is a booklet containing questions on averages (mean, median, mode and range from raw and grouped data). It is ideal for setting as homework or using in revision sessions. The questions get progressively difficult and link with probability and collecting data.
KS3 Maths Revision Session Resources
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KS3 Maths Revision Session Resources

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This powerpoint contains material for a revision session for pupils in KS3 Maths. It covers a wide variety of topics and is interactive, lending itself well to collaborative learning and improving exam technique. Topics covered include rounding, sequences, compound shapes, area and perimeter of 2-D shapes, angles and a group activity involving mathematical key words and terminology. As well as for a revision session, this resource could also be used as a baseline to check pupils’ understanding and as a starter or plenary activity.
KS3 and GCSE Maths Drawing Straight Line Graphs Worksheet
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KS3 and GCSE Maths Drawing Straight Line Graphs Worksheet

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This resource (for KS3 and GCSE Maths classes) is a worksheet for students on drawing straight line graphs. It could be used in-class, set for homework or to summatively assess pupils’ progress. It allows for effective differentiation as questions progress in difficulty. Topics covered in this resource include: drawing straight line graphs, equations, co-ordinates, properties of 2-D shapes and sequences.
KS3 and GCSE Maths Interpreting Bar Charts Worksheet
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KS3 and GCSE Maths Interpreting Bar Charts Worksheet

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This resource is a worksheet on Interpreting Bar Charts that is suitable for use in KS3 and GCSE Maths classes. It could be used in-class, set as homework or to summatively check pupils’ understanding of the topic. The worksheet allows for effective differentiation as the questions gradually progress in difficulty and links with literacy in getting pupils to explain and justify their answers.
KS3 and GCSE Maths Interpreting Pie Charts Worksheet
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KS3 and GCSE Maths Interpreting Pie Charts Worksheet

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This is a very useful resource, which is a worksheet on interpreting pie charts, which is suitable for use in KS3 and GCSE Maths foundation classes. The worksheet contains a number of pie charts and asks students to correctly label statements pertaining to each pie chart to be either definitely true, could be true or not true. It encourages students to think deeper about what they are learning and lends itself well to collaborative learning: students could complete this task in pairs and groups and discuss/feedback their findings. There’s strong cross-curricular links with literacy in this activity with ample opportunities for students to justify and communicate their answers.
KS3 and GCSE Maths Fractions Revision
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KS3 and GCSE Maths Fractions Revision

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This resource contains a powerpoint of revision materials (key info and questions) for fractions in KS3 and GCSE Maths. 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 equivalent fractions, simplifying fractions, adding and subtracting fractions and converting fractions to mixed numbers.
KS3 and GCSE Maths Data Handling Resources
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KS3 and GCSE Maths Data Handling Resources

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This bundle contains a set of resources to help teachers plan and deliver lessons on data handling topics in KS3 and GCSE Maths. It includes a set of interactive powerpoints containing full lessons for topics such as drawing and interpreting pie charts, scatter graphs and correlation and relative frequency as well as a comprehensive bank of starters on data handling. These are complemented by worksheets on interpreting bar graphs and pie charts, drawing pie charts and straight line graphs, and a question booklet on averages which also works well for revision and homework.
KS3 and GCSE Maths Linear Graphs Worksheet
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KS3 and GCSE Maths Linear Graphs Worksheet

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This is a useful resource (suitable for KS3 and GCSE classes) which is a worksheet on linear graphs. This would work well as a baseline to check pupils’ prior knowledge of linear graphs, for use in class or to refresh pupils knowledge. It allows for effective differentiation as question progress in difficulty. Topics covered by this resource include: equations of linear graphs, co-ordinates and properties of 2-D shapes.
KS3/KS4 Maths Algebra Resources
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KS3/KS4 Maths Algebra Resources

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This bundle contains a set of materials to help teachers prepare and deliver lessons on KS3 and KS4 Algebra topics in Maths. Included in this bundle is a couple of investigations on convergence and algebraic formulae (with worksheets included), a comprehensive bank of GCSE higher exam questions for quadratic equations and a couple of powerpoints for whole lessons on constructing and solving linear equations and writing equations and formulae.
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.
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.