Introduction to order of operations with examples. BIDMAS is used to recall each step. Flipchart contains fulls lesson, including starter and plenary, and examples for students. Students have opportunity to use the order of operations on whiteboards. Questions then move on to fluency, reasoning and problem solving. Worksheet containing fluency questions (including placing brackets in the correct place), reasoning and problem solving questions.

Introduction to ratio - lesson 1 in a series of lessons designed for Year 6 on ratio and proportion. Flipchart presentation of full lesson (including problem solving starter and plenary) giving an introduction to ratio before moving on to writing ratios and using highest common factors to simplify ratios. Worksheet with 3 levels of differentiation - saved as both publisher and pdf files. Extension is reasoning based questions. Answers given for all three levels of differentiation. This lesson is designed for you to be able to use without other preparation. Please do review and give feedback!