Algebraic notation and sequences unit bundle | KS3 & GCSE (AQA, Edexcel, OCR, Eduqas)

Half a term of Year 7 maths, planned, resourced and ready to teach. That is 8 complete 60-minute lessons plus every unit resource, in 53 fully editable PowerPoint and Word files.

Every lesson follows the same routine, so students know what to expect and you spend your time teaching, not planning: Do Now retrieval → prior-knowledge hinge questions → I do, We do, You do for each skill → a hands-on activity or Think, pair, share → quick practice that tells each student where to start → independent practice Sets A–D → exit ticket.

THE 8 LESSONS (each with slides, student workbook, teacher guide, worksheet and one-page worksheet)

Describing and continuing sequences
Function machines
Forming algebraic expressions
Algebraic notation
Substitution into expressions
Collecting like terms
Generating sequences from the nth term
Equality and equivalence, plus a 10-question unit quiz

UNIT RESOURCES

Unit overview: medium-term plan with aims, prior knowledge and objectives for every lesson
Pre-unit diagnostic (20 minutes, 10 questions) with answers
Knowledge organiser (one page)
Homework 1 (Lessons 1–4) and Homework 2 (Lessons 5–8): KS3-style practice with answers and a self-check
Half-term assessment (Autumn 1, non-calculator, 40 minutes, 40 marks) with mark scheme and question-level analysis
Feedback and DIRT tasks after the assessment, with answers
Unit workbook: the whole unit in one 117-page booklet

WHY TEACHERS CHOOSE IT

Interleaved retrieval in every Do Now (last lesson, last week, last topic, further back)
Hinge questions with hidden back-up slides, so you can respond to misconceptions in the moment
Visual models throughout: tile patterns, function machines, bar models, algebra tiles
Labelled worked steps in every I do and We do, and a hands-on activity in every lesson
One shared worksheet for everyone: scaffolds at the start that fade, problem solvers at the end, and a one-page version
Built-in countdown timers, a “Maths in careers” slide in every lesson, and a greater-depth challenge for every lesson
Teacher guides that explain every slide, with common wrong answers, a short-of-time route and notes for supporting adults
All exam-style questions are original. Every answer is checked.

Buying the bundle costs less than buying the 8 lessons separately, and the unit resources come only with the bundle.

Fits KS3 and the GCSE (9–1) Mathematics specifications from AQA, Pearson Edexcel, OCR and WJEC Eduqas, which all follow the DfE GCSE subject content. Not endorsed by AQA, Pearson, OCR or WJEC Eduqas. AQA, Edexcel, OCR and Eduqas are trademarks of their respective owners. GCSE subject content statements are reproduced under the Open Government Licence v3.0.