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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 English Resources
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KS3 English Resources

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This bundle contains a set of high-quality resources to help teachers prepare and deliver lessons to students in KS3 English. It includes a set of full lessons on topics such as speeches and persuasive writing, creating and writing magazines and the characters of Kes. This is complemented by a selection of learning mats on writing, punctuation, spelling and grammar for students to use as an aid to in-class work and for revision purposes as well as a chart of all pronouns used in KS3 English and a template for self and peer assessing a piece of work.
GCSE Maths Tests and Quizzes Bundle
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GCSE Maths Tests and Quizzes Bundle

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This bundle contains a set of tests and quizzes for GCSE Maths to help teachers prepare students for their GCSE Maths exams and to help students revise effectively and improve exa technique. It includes a series of tests including specific ones on percentages, decimals, percentages, ratios and averages, a handy revision quiz (themed of a Question of Sport) and a set of extension questions for both foundation and higher tiers to stretch pupils.
GCSE Maths Exam Practice Bundle
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GCSE Maths Exam Practice Bundle

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This bundle contains a set of resources to help teachers prepare students for GCSE maths exams (Foundation and Higher) and improve their exam technique. It contains several comprehensive banks of exam questions including specialised ones for topics such as Quadratics, Relative Frequency, Fractions, Percentages and extension questions to test more able pupils in foundation and higher. It also includes several tests, including specific ones for averages, fractions and ratios. These are complemented by a glossary of key exam words and terminology and a formulae sheet for students to use when practicing exam questions.
KS3 and GCSE Maths Algebra Resources
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KS3 and GCSE Maths Algebra Resources

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This bundle contains a set of materials to help teachers plan and deliver lessons for KS3 and GCSE Maths on Algebra topics. Included in the bundle are full lessons on constructing and solving linear equations, rearranging formulae, a bank of exam questions for quadratics, acceleration and velocity and general set for KS3 algebra topics. It also contains a set of investigations which involve significant algebraic content on topics such as convergence, compound interest and factors.
Lesson Planning and Assessment Templates
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Lesson Planning and Assessment Templates

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This bundle contains an excellent set of time-saving templates to help teachers plan lessons and assess pupils. Included in this bundle are some flexible templates which can be used to plan lessons and structure learning activities and facilitate effective behaviour management. It also contains a set of student-friendly templates pupils can use to self and peer assess work (including a specialised one for evaluating a piece of writing) and a framework to help guide students through problem-solving activities like investigations and rich tasks.
Secondary School Lesson Planning Template
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Secondary School Lesson Planning Template

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This is an excellent, time-saving resource in providing a flexible, easy-to-use template for secondary school teachers to plan a lesson for any subject. The template can be adapted and is extremely comprehensive, allowing for all relevant information (class size, objectives, assessment, homework, cross-curricular links) to easily be recorded and noted whilst providing space for timings, relevant learning activities and transitions.
Problem Solving Activity Template
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Problem Solving Activity Template

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This is a very useful resource which contains a flexible template for students to use during problem-solving activities (i.e. investigations, discussions, rich tasks) and can be used in any subject across the secondary school curriculum. The template guides students through the process of problem solving through structured questions and prompts. It lends itself well to collaborative learning and can be used as a tool to facilitate discussions among students. Furthermore, it is also an effective resource for self assessment as it encourages students to reflect on their learning.
Blooms' Taxonomy Posters/Wall Display
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Blooms' Taxonomy Posters/Wall Display

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This resource contains a handy set of posters for Blooms’ taxonomy, with each poster corresponding to a different level of the hierarchy. It works great as a wall display in your secondary school classroom whatever your subject. Each poster contains the expectations students must meet in order to satisfy and meet the objectives of each level of Blooms as well as key vocabulary and terminology associated with it. It also encourages students to self-assess by asking them questions and guiding them to analyse their learning.
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.
Huge Collection of Assessment for Learning Activities
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Huge Collection of Assessment for Learning Activities

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This resource is a powerpoint which contains a comprehensive, extremely useful bank of examples of 70 different assessment for learning (AfL) activities which can be used with secondary school pupils in any subject. They would also work well for use in form time. The activities encompass starters, main body activities, collaborative learning, homework tasks and plenaries and are designed to engage pupils, boost communication skills and encourage cross-curricular links. Each activity is presented with an explanation of how to use it as well as pedagogical tips on how best to integrate it within a lesson. A set of useful websites and links is also provided.
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.
Lesson Planning Template
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Lesson Planning Template

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This is an effective, time-saving template to help plan and structure any learning activities teachers plan to deliver. It’s suitable for use across any secondary school subject. Using a food analogy, it provides a recipe card and the ingredients for planning a successful learning activity. It’s organised into sections with useful key questions/prompts for teachers to consider when considering the length, materials needed, appropriate structure and intended outcomes of each learning activity.
Behaviour Management Template
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Behaviour Management Template

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This is an brilliant, time-saving template to help teachers plan and structure their behaviour management strategy for each class. It’s appropriate for use by teachers of any subject. The template provides an excellent, flexible framework for planning behaviour management incorporating seating plan, rules and expectations, class information, rewards and sanctions, start and end lesson routines and initial, secondary and final responses to poor behaviour. Context and guidance is also provided on how to use the template effectively. This has proven very popular with teachers across all departments in my school.
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.
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.