Connect 4 – BIDMAS worksheet

I am loving the idea of these connect 4 worksheets … and the fact that they are self-checking too is fab!!. I’ve put the attached (BIDMAS – Connect 4 – Wsheet) together for my year 9 sets next week as a refresher activity and to get them thinking about maths after their break too. Its … Read more

Connect 4 … Percentage of an amount

I’ve been busy planning some lessons this morning while I’m waiting for it to warm up a bit before an afternoon of digging on my allotment (Yes! I have an allotment, get over it!!) and I’m exploring how to make boring old worksheets a bit more exciting, that also incorporates some higher order thinking and … Read more

Why are powers like fish??

Found this today and it made me chuckle … corny joke alert …. its one of our “follow me” worksheets and it will ultimately read “Why are powers like fish?” … and you will need the punchline … wait for it … because they are both “in de seas” (get it?) UPDATED TO CORRECT A MISSING … Read more

Pi day … March 14th

A bit of a cliché for pi day is to teach something circle related, so I guess that means I’m a cliché. I’m going to start the lessons with the circumference version (here) of one of my “Follow me” worksheets and then I’m putting together a “whodunnit” worksheet working up to finding the radius and … Read more

getting Gandalf into maths …

This week has been mental. Press article about why I became a teacher, developing resources,, writing some other article “thing,”,  teaching, being a wife /daughter  and oh yes! Our school received confirmation that it is officially the MOST IMPROVED SCHOOL IN THE COUNTRY. Yes! Country!!! Amongst all the chaos, I have been thinking about how … Read more

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