Tes Maths: Christmas collection

Engage secondary students right up until the last day of term with these curriculum-aligned seasonal lesson and activity ideas

Tes Resources Team

Father Christmas Completing Secondary Maths Activities On A Classroom Whiteboard

A selection box of festively fun maths resources to see you through to the winter break

It's the most wonderful time of the year, and with a few weeks left until the winter break you will be hard pushed to keep your students' minds on the maths at hand, and it won't be long before your secondary maths students are hinting for a bit of festive flair in lessons. With this in mind, we have gathered together a mathematical selection box of festive curriculum-aligned resources for you to spread some Christmas cheer with your classes.

KS3 resources

Christmas Coordinates
DNewley

Christmas Coordinates

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Christmas Coordinates: 4 Quadrant - Elf (5x5mm) 1 Quadrant - Rudolf (5x5mm) 1 Quadrant - Santa (5x5mm) 1 Quadrant (SEN Friendly) - Rudolf (1x1cm) 1 Quadrant (SEN Friendly) - Frosty (1x1cm) 1 Quadrant (SEN Friendly) - Holly (1x1cm) Enjoy!!! When i get a chance will make the following. ...
Christmas Transformations
dave789

Christmas Transformations

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Here is another set of transformation pictures that will create a lovely Christmas scene. There is a reindeer and Christmas tree which only require multiple translations to create, the other snow man and reindeer involve a mixture of rotations, reflections and translations. All the worksheets a...
Year 8 Christmas team competition
Crootie2

Year 8 Christmas team competition

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Pupils need to have covered sequences and area of a triangle. I like to score on a whiteboard using a spreadsheet. 50 points for the first team correct answers, 45 for second etc.
Christmas maths - Averages
MissEHoney

Christmas maths - Averages

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This Christmas maths colour by number activity will give students lots of practice of finding the mean, median, mode or range. A fun seasonal activity to engage students before Christmas AND they are still doing work! Great for a starter/plenary or early finishers. Especially if you want students t...
Christmas Pirate Game!
Jamie Smart

Christmas Pirate Game!

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Thanks and credit to Paul Collins for the original format. In Christmas Pirate Game, students are on the hunt for the most presents! With slightly adapted rules, including a "mystery box" to generate random prizes / forfeits, the kids should love this version at Christmas!
Christmas Maths Circles Activities KS3 Geometry
MathsByHeart

Christmas Maths Circles Activities KS3 Geometry

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Looking for a creative way to reinforce key maths concepts during the holidays? This Christmas bauble craft activity is the perfect solution! Your students will complete engaging tasks that strengthen their understanding of circles (including parts, area, and circumference), parabolas, cartoids, ...

KS4 resources

Advanced Higher, Higher  and N5 Maths - Advent Calendars
jcalderwood

Advanced Higher, Higher and N5 Maths - Advent Calendars

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I made these advent calendars for my Advanced Higher and Higher Maths pupils. Idea is that they are doing at least one question a day in the run up to the Christmas holiday. The H questions are from topics we have covered so far so: coordinate geometry, polynomials & quadratics, functions a...
Christmas maths Codebreaker on bidmas / order of operations
TomTeachesMaths

Christmas maths Codebreaker on bidmas / order of operations

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An engaging codebreaker activity worksheet useful for GCSE revision lessons this christmas season. This worksheet covers **BIDMAS / Order of operations** including some square and cube roots and come complete with answers. Try a free christmas codebreaker:[Linear equations](https://www.tes.com/tea...
Christmas maths - surds colour by number
MissEHoney

Christmas maths - surds colour by number

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This Christmas maths colour by number activity will give students lots of practice of simplifying surds. A fun seasonal activity to engage students before Christmas AND they are still doing work! Great for a starter/plenary or early finishers. Especially if you want students to practice and consoli...
Christmaths Baubles
fionaryan88

Christmaths Baubles

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A Christmas maths activity. Students design baubles and decorate with mathematic measurements. They can cut out the individual pieces to make a 3D bauble :) The instructions describe decorating using circles, sectors and segments, but these could be adapted.