A differentiated worksheet on solving equations. Split into bronze silver and gold getting progressively harder.

I have written a very simple to use report writer for year 7,8 and KS4 which has been based on learning outcomes . This includes most the topics taught in year 7,8 and KS4 in easy drop down menus. It starts with getting you to say what the students have been doing this term which will form the start of each report. It will then ask you to RAG the pupils behaviour and how they are with homework and make a comment on each from a drop down. There are two sections for a topic they have done well on and what is positive about how they are in the classroom. There are then two about what they need to improve on and a comment about how they could either work on their focus in lesson or if they are a model student then how they can look at harder worded questions etc… (You may wish to change the odd comment to direct them to the online tool your school uses to aid revision) The final comment it about their homework. You can then copy and paste the final box into SIMs or similar for each student. This works best in a school that wants maybe 2-3+ reports a year for each child. Each report uses their name twice and he/she twice depending on what you put for gender. Please feel free to make suggestions in the comments. The drop down lists are in hidden rows which can easily be found and changed if needed for your school specific topics.

Order of Operations worksheet. Very good as a consolidation task. Answers are included.

A lesson on rounding to whole numbers, 10’s, 100’s and 1000’s. The lesson starts with some talking points as to why we need this skill in daily life. This has a printable slide where the teacher can cut up the cards and place them around the room for the children to do a maths loop. (It can be skipped if this is not suitable for your classroom or your students) There are a number of examples. There is then a chance for students to create a number of questions of peers to answer. Again only do this if you have the right seating plan such as Kagan Seating plan or similar. There is then a separate PowerPoint for a who wants to be a millionaire style game for rounding. This can be done via class vote or any similar system. I’ve also done it by using a digital student selector so that no pupil uses it as a time to stop engaging.

Powerpoint lesson. Starter includes finding the missing number which links to topic. One slide for each example. Four examples containing full explained working out for each including addition, subtracting, multiplication and division. There are then 20 questions with answers and a link back to learning objectives

A presentation covering the key aspects of robbery including the case law, offence breakdown and 10 multiple choice questions to assess understanding

Three lessons all including offence breakdowns and case law. Each lesson has a number of questions to test student knowledge

A lesson on burglary with 9 1a, 9 1b and 10. Multiple questions to test understanding and also some case law to show and explain the definition

A lesson looking at the basics of the Theft Act. questions to engage the students and get them thinking about the law with a commonly understood offence

This worksheet is for GCSE students with the option of printing just the pages you require for your class. Time is a funny topic to cover in my experience. You find some students need the challenge of using bus time tables and working out flight times while some struggle with the clock face. I have put together a 4 page worksheet where less able students can draw the clock hands for quarter past and 20 to etc… and concentrate on converting between 12 and 24 hour clock. Your better able students can focus on calculating time between two given times. This also includes working out time of arrival and delays to trains etc… Your most able students will be challenged with bus time tables, making appointments and GCSE style questions involving time zone changes and flights. With some KS3 classes I have needed a whole lesson with students needing the full range in one lesson. In more able KS4 lessons I have used the last page as a homework or starter. I was conscious of not making the start of the worksheet look to childish as this is a stigma in some mainstream secondary schools. The first two pages were inspired by middle set year 10 students who couldn’t tell the time easily and this was pitched perfectly for them.

I have included a 2 page worksheet on unit conversion. It includes converting metric and imperial units and then converting between. I have included a simple recipe in metric units to be converted into imperial which should fit into easy whole numbers without a calculator. I have ended the worksheet with harder questions and some Grade 1- 4 GCSE questions with the marks for each questions. The first page is a sample page which can be deleted. Good to leave as cover work as a one off lesson.

I have written a very simple to use report writer for year 7,8 and 9 maths which has been based on the mastery Scheme of Work. This includes all the topics taught in year 7,8 and 9 in easy drop down menus. It starts with getting you to say what the students have been doing this term which will form the start of each report. It will then ask you to RAG the pupils behaviour and how they are with homework and make a comment on each from a drop down. I have added a KS4 tab but it’s only a slight change to There are two sections for a topic they have done well on and what is positive about how they are in the classroom. There are then two about what they need to improve on and a comment about how they could either work on their focus in lesson or if they are a model student then how they can look at harder worded questions etc… (You may wish to change the odd comment to direct them to the online tool your school uses to aid revision) The final comment it about their homework. You can then copy and paste the final box into SIMs or similar for each student. This works best in a school that wants maybe 2-3+ reports a year for each child. Each report uses their name twice and he/she twice depending on what you put for gender. Please feel free to make suggestions in the comments. The drop down lists are in hidden rows which can easily be found and changed if needed for your school SoW.

Differentiated worksheets for various topics in Algebra where students need to identify what the questions are asking eg. Creating expressions. Each sheet asks the students to identify the key skills of that topic such as needing to understand how to collect like terms or expand brackets. Each sheet has an exam question which I asked each group of students to present at the end of the lesson. I made this for an observation and it went down really well as a revision lesson. It’s A3 and worked in group sizes of 4-5. The topics covered: Factorising Expanding brackets Creating expressions Order of operations Solving equations Blank sheet included

I created this for a Spanish teacher who was struggling to get numbers into her lesson. I took the topic simplifying fractions and changed the numbers into Spanish. The feedback was the students didn’t even struggle with the maths because they were so engaged with translating the numbers. I then used this resource again in a maths lesson on languages day and it was a little harder than the work I would usually give. The students again were so interested in using the guide on the sheet they didn’t over think the maths. The numbers used don’t go beyond 100 and all simplify easily. I have included answers on the last page. There is a helpful guide on the side for students but this can be removed for the more able in the class.

This is a Christmas theme Crossword. The answers need to be spelled out and when a letter covers a yellow box that will start to spell out the message. I have made it spell out ’ Have a great Christmas year nine '. It is very easy to change the last question to spell which ever year group you want to use it with. The questions are numbers or key maths words based. There’s a few light hearted questions in there which might make them think. The worksheet has answers to the question plus a filled in grid for when a pupil wants to check the letter in the yellow box. The only question/answer you may wish to change is Q43. My year 8 class were able to do this by Xmas just because it was on the SoW but that depends on your school. Again very easy to change Last year this went down really well with all year groups and one supply lesson.

This resource has been made in Excel. There are 8 sheets in the file one for each operation and answers. The questions changes every time you press enter on the sheet and produces worked answers so you can keep using the same file again and again. This is great to leave as cover work with having worked examples especially when you may not have a subject specialist in the room. The addition and subtraction are two sets of triple digit numbers giving up to a 4 digit answer for addition and 3 for subtraction. No subtractions have negative answers. They both have answer structures for column method. The multiplication questions are two numbers in the tens set out in grid method for support which can be removed if not needed. When removing the support I recommend changing the font to white before printing. The division is set out in the bus stop method with whole number answers.

This is the paid element of a lesson which I used at the end of the Trigonometry topic and includes the PowerPoint with two worked examples and full worksheet of mock crime scene blood. Have a look at the free version to see if this is right for your students. This lesson looks at the use of Trig when looking at blood that was been ‘flicked’ at a crime scene. I go through two worked examples and then there’s a worksheet which has them doing 11 calculations split over 3 questions. There are two questions which get the students to use the numbers to prove their findings. The second question asks them to explain how the small angle means it must have been flicked away from the body at a greater force showing this was an attack and not an accident. The third gets them to show how three sets of stains have a similar angle and another three have a similar angle. This then proves the victim was hit once while standing and again while they were lower down which then proves the case. This lesson needs limited explanation and allows lots of time for the students to have a go. I have put a ruler on the bottom just to help you when students don’t have them. Most of them just ripped it off and used them. My school printer was able to print this with the ruler being accurate but some printers reduce the document but a few % which could give errors. If you find this then just remove the ruler from the bottom.

This is a template for plotting 2 equations which involve squares and square roots and two simple linear equations. I got the students to make their own table to plot each equation and let them colour in the heart shape it makes plus a little message above and below. This didn’t take too long and makes a nice little light hearted activity when approaching Valentines day. Print the first two pages as two to one to make a simple card.

A quick worksheet to go through how to expand simple brackets using grid method with worked examples. This makes a good start for group who have seen the grid method before.

Great easy to follow worksheet that will keep any student engaged! Using Luhn’s algorithm you can visually see how to apply this to check the validity of credit card numbers. I set up the table so that students can input a 16 digit number and follow the simple process to check if their number works. I start with a worked example and then I have two sides of blanks for students to use. This is a great lesson for Xmas, Easter or Summer break last lesson if you are looking for a lesson that will make you infamous among students. I personally run the lesson by displaying the worked example on the board Then talking through it and letting them try a few times with their own made up numbers I then go online and find the starting numbers for different companies who issue cards to focus the students efforts which usually gets a buzz in the room Then I ask students how they can tweak numbers in the card easily to make theirs work. Students then often ask if I spent time ‘inside’ for credit card fraud and if that’s why I’m a maths teacher. I use the last 5-10 minutes talking about what skills we used and how maths fits into a so many wider topics. I also like to speak about ISBN numbers etc…

This is the free element of a lesson which I used at the end of the Trig topic and only includes the PowerPoint with two worked examples. This *** DOES NOT INCLUDE*** the worksheet I later mention. This can be found as a paid resource with the presentation. This lesson looks at the use of Trig when looking at blood that was been ‘flicked’ at a crime scene. I go through two worked examples and then there’s a worksheet which has them doing 11 calculations split over 3 questions. There are two questions which get the students to use the numbers to prove their findings. The second question asks them to explain how the small angle means it must have been flicked away from the body at a greater force showing this was an attack and not an accident. The third gets them to show how three sets of stains have a similar angle and another three have a similar angle. This then proves the victim was hit once while standing and again while they were lower down which then proves the case. This lesson needs limited explanation and allows lots of time for the students to have a go. I have put a ruler on the bottom just to help you when students don’t have them. Most of them just ripped it off and used them.