A collection of challenging questions grouped by topic and ordered in levels aiming to promote discussion of topics learnt. I find that the questions are best used as starters or plenaries to get pupils discussing whether the statement is always true, sometimes true or never true. Some do not have a definite answer and should encourage some debate!

Decide whether these statements are Always, Sometimes or Never true. Cut out and stick.

Children decide whether the given statement is true all of the time, some of the time or never. I used these sheets to follow up a lesson where children needed to make a decision and prove to the rest of the class why they were correct. They needed to make an argument and provide evidence in the form of examples or diagrams and present this to the class. There is space for a picture to be stuck in of the children presenting their thinking

Children decide whether the given statement is true all of the time, some of the time or never. I used these sheets to follow up a lesson where children needed to make a decision and prove to the rest of the class why they were correct. They needed to make an argument and provide evidence in the form of examples or diagrams and present this to the class. There is space for a picture to be stuck in of the children presenting their thinking

Addition law, mutually exclusive and independent events, conditional probability, drawing with and without replacement. Students to discuss in pairs or groups and provide justification why they chose either always or never or sometimes true.

Two sets of Always Sometimes Never cards for use with different ability levels, tackling 2-d and 3-d shapes.

Part of the NCETM 'What Makes a Good Resource' series. A set of 15 cards containing statements on them. The idea is for the students to work in pairs and discuss which ones are Always True, Sometimes True or Never True. Some are likely to be placed quite easily and other I deliberately wrote to be provocative and promote discussion. For more ideas and resources, visit www.ncetm.org.uk/resources

Using the story of BGT's Susan Boyle, an assembly which challenges stereotyping.

Look at the fourteen statements and decide whether they are always, sometimes or never true.

Test your pupils' knowledge of negative numbers and expose misconceptions with this mathematical reasoning task. Pupils must determine whether the 12 statements are always, sometimes or never true. Encourage literacy by getting them to justify and discuss their answers. Full instructions, ideas for support & extension and a solution are provided in the resource. What more could you need to engage your students? If you like this resource you might like the Always, Sometimes, Never Bundle - only £2.99 for 11 activities. That's less than 30p per resource!

A first of a series activities with the HP Prime graphing calculator, done by Chris Olley.

An introductory PowerPoint and an nrich link - I use it every year (sometimes with the same pupils) and they are always engaged. The game involves finding factors and multiples of numbers, trying to beat your partner. Great fun!

Questionnaire aimed at students about the effectiveness of their lessons and how to improve Science lessons. Single side A4 questionnaire for KS3 (simple) and KS4 (more exam focussed) consisting x15 short questions e.g. 'Does your teacher sum up what was taught in your lesson?' Circle Always, Often, Sometimes, Never. Also two short answer questions where students are encouraged to provide feedback to staff how to improve lessons.

If you have never tried philosophy before these lessons are a good starting point! The children really enjoy these discussions/debates! Based on ideas from Philosophy 4 children everything is explained in the lesson plans. PLEASE LEAVE FEEDBACK! The children sit in a circle and take turns to discuss what they think the answer to the question is-saying whether they agree or disagree with another child. They improve their listening, speaking and reasoning skills and learn that there is not always one right answer to a question.

Cut out the facts and put them in to groups: Always True; Sometimes True; Never True

Worksheet to research enter 10 key facts: population, languages spoken, GDP etc. alongside those of your own country and then comment on the comparison. Good website link to a site which you can select any country in the world to find information on the cultural differences, taboos, gestures, etiquette and then a worksheet with a comic strip to go along with the information off the website: Always, Sometimes, Never behaviors in the country they have selected.

Two mock English Literature exams that I've created for Never Let Me Go.

Use the statements on the powerpoint to stimulate mathematical discussion. Encourage children to prove or disprove the statements with a variety of examples.

Open ended activity when teaching factors within the multiplication and division unit of work.

These are Literature Circle tasks to aid in the study of 'Never Let Me Go'. Also included are the lessons to use to go through the chapters of the novel - reading is done outside of lesson, so you may find that you go through each 'lesson' PPT at