Cherry pie’s delicious … new w/sheet

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

Speed dating … averages lesson

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

Oh no you’re not working on Boxing day … Oh yes I am!!

I’ve put the attached worksheet together for PRODUCT OF PRIME FACTORS. We have been using similar differentiated worksheets for a while at school, and I am trying to put them together for most KS3 and KS4 topics; the idea is that they get progressively harder and you allow the students to make the decision as to whether … Read more

Two-way tables … not just any old activity and worksheet!!

How do you incorporate some of the higher-order thinking skills into a lesson about two-way tables? Rather than just getting the students to do “more of the same” I have produced the attached activity that initially involves them completing a worksheet with five partially completed tables, but they then have to use this information to … Read more

Cinderella can’t play football …

It really is beginning to look like and feel like Christmas everywhere else apart from my little piece of the Midlands. I have this evening thought about getting my Christmas decorations out of the loft – it hasn’t happened but the thought was there, and if that happens I might get to send my neighbours the … Read more

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