Like many maths departments around the country, myself and my Head of Department are currently working our way through the new draft Maths GCSE specifications recently released by the exam boards (see post here forContinue reading
Month: June 2014
TES Maths ROTW 41 – 100+ Maths Investigation Ideas
If ever I come across a really good mathematical investigation, I tend to find it is aimed primarily at younger students. Very rarely do I discover investigations that I can use with my A LevelContinue reading
Question of the Week 3: Simplifying Fractions
The following question is taken from my website Diagnostic Questions. Here you will find 1000s of high quality maths questions, ideal for assessment for learning, which have been created and shared by maths teachers all overContinue reading
Diagnostic Question Bundles 2: Box Plots and A Level
Okay, so I am a little bit behind on posting my brand new set of Diagnostic Questions bundle this week. However, I hope you will forgive me as it has been GCSE week. What is perhaps lessContinue reading
GCSE Calculator Paper Resources
With Monday’s GCSE non-calculator paper behind us, all attention now turns to Friday’s offering. Like many teachers around the country, we are seeing our Year 11 students every day in the build up to Friday,Continue reading
@TESmaths Resource of the Day: 2nd June to 8th June 2014
Each day I select one of my favourite resources that have been uploaded and shared by the generous and incredibly talented users of the TES Maths website and tweet it out via @TESmaths. I callContinue reading
Maths World Cup 2014 Activities
With the 2014 FIFA World Cup about to kick off on 12 June, you might be on the look out for some good maths resources to bring a bit of Brazilian flare (and English disappointment)Continue reading
TES Maths ROTW 40 – Quiz, Quiz, Trade: Rounding
I am a big, big fan of Quiz, Quiz, Trade activities. I find they are a really good way of getting students engaged and talking to each other about mathematics. They encourage students to checkContinue reading
Question of the Week 2: Multiples
The following question is taken from my website Diagnostic Questions. Here you will find 1000s of high quality maths questions, ideal for assessment for learning, which have been created and shared by maths teachers all overContinue reading
Remembering the Trigonometry Ratios
My lovely Year 11s are currently revising for the wonderful AQA Level 2 GCSE Further Maths qualification. One of the topics that is completely new to them is the trigonometry ratios that they need toContinue reading
TES Maths Newsletter 41
Check out the resources and links in the newsletter below. They all link to the very best TES Maths resources, which are completely free once you register on the website. In this edition of theContinue reading
Diagnostic Question Bundles 1: Fractions, Surds and Indices
So, I have set myself the challenge of writing at least 20 fresh Diagnostic Questions each week on my website. Each week I will choose a couple of topics and write a set of questions aroundContinue reading
TES Top 10 Resource Collection: Working with Formula
The following collection of resources have been assembled by the TES Maths Panel. They can be downloaded for free by registering on the TES website. My pupils often ask me the point of learning algebra. IContinue reading
Exam Revision Resources for your pupils
Just a quick one to let you know that I have updated the revision pages on my website. Hopefully these will be of some use to your pupils during the final push for exams. The pagesContinue reading
New GCSE Maths Specifications
Having received the email from Edexcel today, we now have a complete set of draft specifications for the new maths GCSE (from 2015, first assessment 2017) from the three main examining bodies: Edexcel AQA OCR ReadContinue reading
Autograph Daily Challenge Website
I thought I would share with you a little project I have been working on with the team from Autograph. May I proudly present: The Autograph Daily Challenge website 🙂 Inspired by the wonderful DailyContinue reading
TES Maths ROTW 39 – Mini Bingo Template
Bingo is one of those games that has defied the ages. Today’s students, brought up on a diet of YouTube and Xbox One, still find something appealing and engaging about the unpredictability of balls (orContinue reading