Goal free problems are GCSE questions without the question! Just the information. This allows students to create and answer their own questions which is the highest ranking skill in Bloom’s taxonomy and means the task is instantly differentiated by students’ outcomes. Enjoy!

An update on my previous regular recall template. This has hundreds of starter-appropriate questions and allows you to create a mixed starter that is personalised to your class. All answers are included too. There is a full explanation and how to use guide on my website: https://www.jaggersmaths.co.uk/r-infinity It is by no means finished yet but I will keep uploading newer versions when I add to this so check back from time to time!

I have done a years 7 - 9, year 10-11 foundation and year 10-11 higher learning journey to accompany my 5 year scheme of work. I thought I’d upload them separately too for anyone looking for a good template. Easy to edit for your school or for a different subject area. Great to give out at open evening, transition days, parents evenings, on school website… Original template created by @NathanDay314 (give him a follow if you’re on Twitter and you like this!) and you can follow me @JaggersMaths Enjoy!

This is a resource containing 174 different activities suitable for numeracy lessons during registration period. The powerpoint describes the activities and have been sorted into year groups and half terms for your convenience. Some of the activities have accompanying printouts as well A better preview and description can be found on my website by following the link below: https://www.jaggersmaths.co.uk/numeracy-time-resource

Full preview available at https://www.JaggersMaths.co.uk/top-ten-tests These are short GCSE papers that test skills from higher tier, aimed at students working at/towards grades 7-9. Each set of these papers test 10 skills at GCSE level. Each set has 4 versions to choose from with increasing levels of difficulty: 4 Green > 4 Yellow > 4 Red > 2 Blue For example, A green paper simultaneous equations question has the same coefficient of y. A blue paper simultaneous equations question is worded with a contextual answer. This allows you to build up students confidence and improve their skills at a pace appropriate for your class. There are worked solutions to accompany every paper.

Full preview available at https://www.jaggersmaths.co.uk/pick-n-mix-papers These are short GCSE papers aimed at grades 4 and 5. Each paper covers 6 out of 30 preselected grade 4 and 5 skills at random. Across the 10 papers, each skill is tested twice. There is also the same distribution of Number, Ratio and Proportion, Algebra, Geometry and Measures, Statistics and Probability as there is in the GCSE foundation exams. These are ideal leading up to the exam period once students have learnt all the skills and need to recap alot of skills in a short period of time. The papers are designed to be short enough to be completed and marked by students within a lesson or as part of a weekly homework. The front cover also provides space to encourage students to reflect on what they need to revise and key things they need to remember before their exams. There are worked solutions to accompany every paper (with mark breakdown). There is also a sheet included of which skills appear on which papers.

Full preview available at https://www.JaggersMaths.co.uk/top-ten-tests These are short GCSE papers that test skills from foundation tier, aimed at students working at/towards grade 5. Each set of these papers test 10 skills at GCSE level. Each set has 4 versions to choose from with increasing levels of difficulty: 4 Green > 4 Yellow > 4 Red > 2 Blue For example, A green paper simultaneous equations question has the same coefficient of y. A blue paper simultaneous equations question is worded with a contextual answer. This allows you to build up students confidence and improve their skills at a pace appropriate for your class. There are worked solutions to accompany every paper.

Full preview available at https://www.jaggersmaths.co.uk/pick-n-mix-papers These are short GCSE papers aimed at grades 1, 2 and 3. Each paper covers 6 out of 30 preselected grade 1, 2 and 3 skills at random. Across the 10 papers, each skill is tested twice. There is also the same distribution of Number, Ratio and Proportion, Algebra, Geometry and Measures, Statistics and Probability as there is in the GCSE foundation exams. These are ideal leading up to the exam period once students have learnt all the skills and need to recap alot of skills in a short period of time. The papers are designed to be short enough to be completed and marked by students within a lesson or as part of a weekly homework. The front cover also provides space to encourage students to reflect on what they need to revise and key things they need to remember before their exams. There are worked solutions to accompany every paper (with mark breakdown). There is also a sheet included of which skills appear on which papers.

Full preview available at https://www.JaggersMaths.co.uk/pick-n-mix-papers These are short GCSE papers aimed at grades 7+. Each paper covers 6 out of 30 preselected grade 7-9 skills at random. Across the 10 papers, each skill is tested twice. There is also the same distribution of Number, Ratio and Proportion, Algebra, Geometry and Measures, Statistics and Probability as there is in the GCSE exams. These are ideal leading up to the exam period once students have learnt all the skills and need to recap alot of skills in a short period of time. The papers are designed to be short enough to be completed and marked by students within a lesson or as part of a weekly homework. The front cover also provides space to encourage students to reflect on what they need to revise and key things they need to remember before their exams. There are worked solutions to accompany every paper (with mark breakdown). There is also a sheet included of which skills appear on which papers.

Simple but effective way to recap a lot of basic skills with your class before an assessment, PPE or exam. Write - you complete an example at the board. Talk through how to do it and students watch and WRITE down everything you do. Replicate - students are given a similar example to complete themselves. They must REPLICATE what they have just been shown. Review - You then REVIEW the question together. Either answer it at the board with them or project and talk through the answers to keep up the pace of the lesson. Revision - Students add to their REVISION list on the final page any topics they they feel they struggle with. I can cover around 12 key topics in a 60 minute lesson this way but beware - it only covers the basic skills and should be supplemented with lessons on problem solving, exam technique and exam style questions. I’ve split into the main topic headings so it is easier to find the questions you require. Yellow = Foundation only Green = Crossover topics Blue = Higher only There is a pdf version in case you don’t have smart and for ease of printing students booklets.

Here are my same surface different depth problems! Lots of students don’t read questions carefully enough and just assume what the question is asking them to do based on the basic information in the question. These problems aim to combat this. Each page contains 4 problems that, on the surface, appear the same (or at least very similar!) However each question requires different skills to solve. This means students have to read the question very carefully to deduce which skill they should be using. Enjoy!

Thank you for viewing my lesson. If you enjoy using it, you can find more lessons like these via my website: https://www.jaggersmaths.co.uk/lessons I put more than one lesson of activities into each PowerPoint so you can edit and decide what is the most appropriate to use for your class. Please get in touch with any problems via the ‘contact me’ form on my website, or you can find me on twitter as @JaggersMaths. Mrs Jagger

These papers test skills that appear on both foundation and higher tier papers. Each paper has three versions to choose from: Bronze, Silver and Gold. They are the same questions, but the amount of scaffolding is adjusted in each. There are worked solutions to accompany every paper. The Platinum paper is an extension to further challenge your students. Full preview available at http://www.JaggersMaths.co.uk/going-for-gold

Welcome to the my five-year curriculum plans for years 7 to 11 mathematics! There is lots of information about these on my website so please check that out if you have any questions first: https://www.jaggersmaths.co.uk/curriculum-plans If you have any suggestions for improvements or encounter any problems please do get in touch using my twitter handle @JaggersMaths

Here is a "mind map" of all of the gcse topics students need to know for the GCSE maths exam. There is a foundation and higher version. (For an editable version visit my website! https://www.missbanks.co.uk/revision-checklists)

Great little activity for starters. Good for differentiation/mixed ability sets. I've tried to make sure that there is a reason every one could be the odd one out on each slide so that students can give more than one answer and/or more than one reason as well. Differentiated by outcome so allows students of different abilities to perceive the problem in their own way. I will update the resource with more variations over time so keep checking back and re-downloading.

Thank you for viewing my lesson. If you enjoy using it, you can find more lessons like these via my website: https://www.jaggersmaths.co.uk/lessons I put more than one lesson of activities into each PowerPoint so you can edit and decide what is the most appropriate to use for your class. Please get in touch with any problems via the ‘contact me’ form on my website, or you can find me on twitter as @JaggersMaths. Mrs Jagger

We are starting to see more and more questions at GCSE asking students to spot and correct the mistake made. Clumsy Clive and Erica’s errors problems by @andylutwyche for are a perfect way to tackle this and I have edited and collated them togther. “Erica has made some silly mistakes on her homework. Your students’ task is to find the errors, correct them and explain what Erica has done incorrectly. This should generate discussion in class.”

This is a problem I designed for my top set year 10s on the volume of cylinders. It is based around a tiered cake of cheese. Students have to find the volume/diameter/height of each wheel of cheese. They start at the bottom and work their way up to the top; they can’t answer question 2 unless they have answered question 1 first etc… Very good functional/real life and engaging problem for them to work on. The second cake is much harder with question 2c being the most challenging. Full answers provided.

Function maths lesson involving percentage increase/decrease. Originally created by me, improved by moggy89/Miss Morgan, then improved again by me!