Engaging hands on activity. Examine the evidence and uncover the culprit. Functional Skills: E3/L1 - Key Stage 2/3 One crime - 8 suspects. Determine the age, height and shoe size of the suspects to see if they fit the profile of the culprit. Do they have the right keys and safe combination to steal the artwork? Convert metres into feet and inches using conversion table, measure shoe print to find shoe size, measure keys to see if they fit the lock. Record suspect details, weigh up the evidence and reveal the culprit. Or have they got an alibi?

Engaging hands on activity. Work out who won the Bake Off and announce the winner. (Task Booklet included as word document so you can customise). There are 8 contestants but only one prize. The contestants have shown off their baking skills and the judging is over. However, the paperwork is in a muddle and the results sheet is missing. Your job is to sift through the paperwork and decide who got their ratio and proportion, temperature and timings right. Teaching notes with suggestions for differentiation and extension activities included. Answers also included. FSL1/2 Key Stage 2/3

A carousel of 6 practical measurement activities that I designed or adapted for difficult to engage but practically minded construction students aged 16 and 17. Tasks include; cutting masking tape to fit around cylinder, working out how many balls fit in a box, finding connection between circumference and diameter, examining relationship between surface area and volume. Suitable for Functional Skills Levels 1 and 2, Key Stage 3. Tasks take 10-15 minutes each. There are opportunities to scaffold tasks and/or differentiate by task. Self checking of answers by measurement or calculation or observation. Teacher notes included.

Animated power point presentation plus worksheet and answers. A visual approach to sharing in a given ratio. No need to remember lots of steps. Say what you see! Suitable for KS3, KS4 and Functional skills L1 and L2.

Compare goals scored by England men and England women in world cup qualifiers. Calculate average goals scored per game and range. Who comes out on top? Does it depend on which average you compare? Complete the tally sheet then draw a bar chart to show top goal scorers.

Solve the clues to find out facts about Concorde - date of first flight/retirement,numbers of passengers and crew, take off and cruising speed. Practice 4 rules and ratio problems/write 4 rules and ratio problems. Devise clues so your classmates can discover facts about Airbus 380. A good warm up/tutor time activity. Worksheets utilise different layouts. FS E3/L1, KS2/3

Animated power point presentation plus worksheet and answers. A visual approach to sharing in a given ratio. No need to remember lots of steps. Say what you see! Suitable for KS3, KS4 and Functional skills L1 and L2.

I am a fan of the area model of multiplication and have designed an overlay that works in conjunction with a multiplication table to provide a visual understanding of this model. Overlay also works well with students who have difficulty using a multiplication table.