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Tim Silvester’s Maths Resources

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I have written a range of free and premium resources to assess and develop student understanding and to help students to prepare for examinations. My homework resources cover a broad range of the curriculum and they are carefully written and presented to be both professional and effective in aiding student progress. All assignments have answer papers provided and monitoring documents are available to record and analyse student performance.

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I have written a range of free and premium resources to assess and develop student understanding and to help students to prepare for examinations. My homework resources cover a broad range of the curriculum and they are carefully written and presented to be both professional and effective in aiding student progress. All assignments have answer papers provided and monitoring documents are available to record and analyse student performance.
Proportionate Change including successive change and reverse proportion
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Proportionate Change including successive change and reverse proportion

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Three pages of questions including; Page 1: Increase and Decrease an amount by a proportion; Page 2: Successive proportionate change given an original amount; Page 3: Reverse Proportion Questions; Page 4 “Cheese Method script” which provides prompts for students to structure their working consistently. You will want to adapt this, or not print this page, according to your teaching pedagogy! I have also included videos that provide guidance for students (and which also explain what I mean by Cheese Method!
Maths GCSE revision and practice
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Maths GCSE revision and practice

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These write-on resources are accompanied by full solutions and provide a wealth of Mathematics practice questions. The pack also includes a Maths Help Booklet for students to research specific topic areas and my excel document providing access to Maths video tutorials covering the whole GCSE syllabus.
Mechanics A Level Booklet
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Mechanics A Level Booklet

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This booklet provides teaching and learning support for Mechanics A Level, explaining prior GCSE knowledge that is useful and the key learning required at A level to understand how to problem solve effectively. Suitable for any A level examination board.
Easter GCSE Maths revision
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Easter GCSE Maths revision

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Hundreds of GCSE Maths problems for students to practise based on past paper questions and the new GCSE Specifications. Answers are provided with full workings where appropriate. These papers will help students of all ability levels further understanding and knowledge.
Function Machines and Inverse Functions
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Function Machines and Inverse Functions

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This worksheet comprises 3 sections over 3 pages with an answer sheet on the fourth page. It can be printed to a single A3 folded booklet. Section A provides 20 function machines with up to 3 operations to be converted into equations. An example is provided first. Section B provides 12 equations with up to 3 steps to be converted into function machines. An example is provided first. Section C provides 18 functions to be converted into function machines so that inverse function machines can be drawn, and finally the inverse function can be written. The sections contain plenty of practice and will provide at least 2 to 3 lessons of independent study. Each section is intended to develop student understanding towards the ability to write inverse functions. The relationship between a function and its inverse can then be discussed.
Bearings
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Bearings

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This is a series of 6 pages that can be printed as an A3 folded booklet for teaching students how to work out bearings. The first page provides a starter which revisits key angle facts based on parallel lines and a transversal, and based on angles on a straight line, at a point and in a triangle. The second page presents the key learning objectives and a section in which notes can be written. This is followed by a simple Task 1 of using bearings diagrams to work out the bearings of one point from another point using angle calculations, rather than scale drawing. Task 2 then requires students to draw diagrams first based on the information provided, and then to work out the required bearing. The lesson sits comfortable in an hour lesson with time for a plenary.
Maths Department Handbook proforma
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Maths Department Handbook proforma

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This is a comprehensive Maths Department Handbook proforma containing 66 pages that can be easily adapted for the needs of any secondary Maths department. It has been reviewed as part of my school's external inspection process and was cited as exemplary. I hope you find it useful. Obviously many sections, such as assessment, homework, behavioural policy, available resources, are specific to my school, and would need some amendment. Other sections, such as G&T policies, Calculation policy, Literacy policy, Use of ICT and Calculators, use of learning support etc should provide a good foundation for departments to personalise. It includes descriptors for the new GCSE specification 9 -1 grades.
Free Key Stage 3 (and Key Stage 2) homework papers 1 to 5
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Free Key Stage 3 (and Key Stage 2) homework papers 1 to 5

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If you like these, consider purchasing my full set of 22 papers available through my shop! These are the first 5 papers of my series, best used as SAT homework practice, but easily used to challenge students in class, cover a comprehensive range of the curriculum at Key Stages 2 and 3. Each page contains questions of increasing difficulty, and each page correlates closely to the equivalent grade of work for the new GCSE specifications (Page 2 is grade 2 content). The papers are write-on. I print them as an A3 folded booklet and ask students to choose any 4 consecutive pages - this allows students to differentiate for themselves, although I will sometimes give them guidance. The papers are quick and easy to mark and they evaluate general understanding, ability to interpret, and ability to derive answers using a range of taught methods. They don't cover 'use and application'. My Pure, Statistics and Geometry series, and my topic-based series both do that.
GCSE Religious Studies self-assessment rubrics for writing extended responses
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GCSE Religious Studies self-assessment rubrics for writing extended responses

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These rubrics allow students to review and evaluate their own work. The 'RS Checklist for Success' is more appropriate for Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 learners who are middle to lower ability, and need to learn to scaffold their own work and check for completeness, SPAG, and general presentation. We use the rubric as a support for those students who are prone to making the same basic literacy errors, and who need to develop their basic written responses. The 'RS GCSE Checklist for Success provides two tables; one for Edexcel GCSE Part c) style responses (usually requiring two points that are clearly expressed and sufficiently developed, and where a source of authority is referred to); and one for Part d) style responses which require greater depth of argument with points FOR, points AGAINST and a general balanced conclusion. While developed for RS Edexcel Specification B, the tables can easily be edited and adapted to suit any essay writing needs, to encourage self-assessment and ensure students have a framework that will support progress and success.
Maths Practice for ages 10 to 14 Bundle
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Maths Practice for ages 10 to 14 Bundle

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This bundle contains a wealth of revision work including write-on practice papers with SAT-style questions and worksheets that cover the full range of the Curriculum. A useful pack for students preparing for summer assessments and wishing to hone their skills, knowledge and understanding!
NCEA Level 1 Mathematics revision and practice
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NCEA Level 1 Mathematics revision and practice

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This bundle contains a wealth of useful Maths resources covering the broad range of topics that can be assessed as part of the NCEA Level 1 Maths qualification. All papers are write-on, well-designed, and are accompanied by answer booklets. They can be printed into A3 folded booklets or as separate A4 sheets.
Equivalent fractions, decimals and percentages homework or revision resource
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Equivalent fractions, decimals and percentages homework or revision resource

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This resource is accompanied by an answer document. It is aimed at students who have been taught to understand how to find equivalent fractions, decimals and percentages and how to work with ratios. Students are required to use their understanding of equivalence within a range of different contexts, including basic equivalence questions, measures, frequency density, and basic trigonometry. There are a total of 60 marks available over 4 pages of increasing complexity, with a suggested grading scheme based on the new GCSE specification. This resource forms part of a large collection of topic-based papers designed to assess and challenge student understanding.
PE Theory test for Years 7 and 8
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PE Theory test for Years 7 and 8

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This paper comprises 50 marks with 20 multiple choice questions based on anatomy and physiology, fitness, healthy eating, and sport facts and tactics, and longer questions covering a broad range of general understanding about Physical Education. It produces a good spread of results from highest to lowest ability students, therefore allowing you to normalise the data if used to assess a year group or class group. There is no mark scheme.
Pythagoras and Trigonometry homework or revision resource
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Pythagoras and Trigonometry homework or revision resource

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This resource is accompanied by an answer document. It is aimed at students who have been taught to understand Pythagoras and Trigonometry applications. Students are required to work with sine rule, cosine rule, the area formula for a triangle, the basic Trigonometric identities and Pythagoras's Theorem with a range of different problem-solving contexts. There are a total of 60 marks available over 4 pages of increasing complexity, with a suggested grading scheme based on the new GCSE specification. This resource forms part of a large collection of topic-based papers designed to assess and challenge student understanding.
20 GCSE Mathematics topic based assignments (80 pages of differentiated practice!)
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20 GCSE Mathematics topic based assignments (80 pages of differentiated practice!)

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This is a collection of 20 topic-based assignments covering a broad range of Number, Algebra, Statistics and Geometry themes. Each paper comprises 4 pages with problems of increasing complexity based on the new specification. Each paper is write-on, accompanied by a mark scheme, and comprises a total of 60 marks with suggested grade boundaries.
Easter GCSE Mathematics Bumper Revision Pack
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Easter GCSE Mathematics Bumper Revision Pack

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A huge variety of write on papers to practise the whole GCSE course at both Foundation and Higher tiers of entry; answers provided and these papers provide all of the practice students need to further their independent study!