This is a very comprehensive bundle to help students with the process of preparing and applying for university. It includes a guide on how to write personal statements to apply to university (including model structures, questions that need to be answered and key words/phrases), 4 model personal statements for courses ranging from Teaching to Nursing, a model Academic CV and CV template for A Level students, a handout explaining the university grading and marking system as well as a handy resource to help them with their university application, allowing them to compare the choice of courses and universities they’re applying for.

A set of 6 investigations (complete with teacher notes and worksheets) where students are set a challenging problem and work to find the solution. Each investigation should take up a whole lesson. The first investigation focuses mainly on probability and gets pupils to find the total possible number of half-time scores if given the full-time score, eventually finding a formula connecting the two. The second connects geometry and algebra, getting pupils to generate a formula which links the total possible number of triangles with a given perimeter. The third investigation gets pupils to discover the origins of square numbers whilst the fourth gets students to calculate the optimum rate (using compound interest) at which interest should be added to money in order to achieve maximum interest. The bundle concludes with a pair of investigations on triangular numbers, the first helping pupils to appreciate the properties of the sequence and the second which gets pupils to discover the derivation for the nth term of the triangular number sequence.

This is a very comprehensive guide how to write a personal statement at university: it includes a guide on how to write personal statements (including a model structure, questions that need to be answered in the statement as well as a word bank of useful key words/phrases) and 3 model personal statements for Mathematics Teaching, Nursing and Chemistry degree courses to help students see clear examples of what a model personal statement looks like and needs to include. The personal statement applying for the Mathematics Teaching course is annotated with commentary explaining the content of the personal statement. A very useful resource for those looking to apply for university and further education teachers/tutors involved in helping them.

This bundle contains a set of activities to help students think critically and promote deep learning. Firstly, there is a Bloom’s Thinking Hats Learning mat pupils can use during lessons to enable them to think more critically and analytically about what they are learning. There is also a handout on how to be critical in an essay, with guided examples and frameworks as well as key words and phrases to use. Finally, there are 2 peer-assessment templates pupils can use to assess each others’ work constructively. 0