I found a past exam question that was worth a whopping 7 marks in relation to exchange rates (unlike the usual 3 to 4 marks) and the context was mind blowing! Underneath it all though, the maths wasn’t that difficult and the story is similar, despite being much “wordier”, to ones that I’ve seen in questions by most … Read more
I know a lot of teachers don’t explicitly teach the mechanics of calculating a meter reading style bill, such as the type of thing we receive as adults all TOO often, but many exam boards are using them as a way to introduce real- life scenarios into exams. The attached (here) is the second functional … Read more
Its all been a bit busy this week, and with the exams next week this post will be brief. Lets call it an “experiment in bullet point blogging”: 1. Can’t stop long … hope you’re well. Me? yeah I’m good, busy, but good. 2. Revision this morning … year 10 turnout good, year 11 not … Read more
Have added a new collection of exam questions from various exam boards (here) all on the topic of finding averages from a list (median, mode, mean and range). Primarily aimed at foundation but could be a useful homework/revision exercise for Higher students too with a long run to their next exam when time isn’t so precious … Read more
Here’s the partner worksheet (here) for the one on the post earlier – for when teaching area of a circle – the students are to work the answers out and by following them it spells out “Apple pies are too” which helps students to remember that : Area = pi x r2 Its also been added to our other resources on … Read more
This style of worksheet is proving to be really popular, and are great as a starter or plenary. I have put this specific one (here) together to use when teaching circumference of a circle – the students are to work the answers out and by following the answers it spells out “Cherry pie’s delicious” which helps … Read more
I have added two new topic collections of exam questions (from various exam boards) to the free stuff section – compound interest (in Number) and collecting like terms (in Algebra) . The latter is simple and more suited to Foundation students, but with this weeks publication of the consultation for the programme of study at KS4 … Read more
Going to try this tomorrow … wish me luck!! The idea is the group will be split into 1’s and 2’s sitting on opposite sides of desks (with the room in a horseshoe shape). Every student will be given a data sheet : and a question sheet and the idea is that they will be given 2 minutes … Read more
You’d think that the rules were being made up as we go along …. they are! Week 1 (it was week 1 for me) was Gandalf Week 2 was Star Wars AND standard form … here is my Top Trumps activity based on standard form with a Star Wars theme . I’ve loved making these kinds of activities … Read more
I know it isn’t what really happens, but in the deepest darkest months of the year it sometimes feels like “Teach – test – mark – teach – test –mark”. This is not a gripe about assessment or the amount we test out students as I genuinely think that we have the right balance, but … Read more
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