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Star resource
Problem solving and rich tasks
10 hand-picked resources ranging from a tessellation design activity to a functional skills project.
The lobster game
This year’s popular themed game develops maths skills in strategy, profit and loss, arithmetic, percentages, and negative numbers.
Christmas maths activity booklet
Keep your pupils engaged right up until the end of term with the selection of problems and activities in this festive booklet.
Who killed Santa?
Students use their maths competencies and team working skills to crack the mystery of who has killed Santa.
Advent calendar of starters
Add an element of competitiveness by splitting your class into teams to complete this interactive collection of 11 puzzles.
Pointless Christmas edition
Encourage students to develop their mathematical literacy with this numeracy-based adaptation of the BBC quiz show.
Christmas Tarsia
Pupils work with a range of festive statistics, numbers and dates to solve this seasonal Tarsia puzzle.
The 12 Days of Christmas
Easy to differentiate, this costing activity adds a mathematical twist on the Christmas carol.
Christmas murder mystery
Pupils use their numeracy skills to investigate different aspects of a crime and try to confirm the identity of the perpetrator.
GCSE maths Christmas puzzles
This selection of seasonal rich problems and puzzles is ideal for the end of term.
The pirate game
A highly motivating game that practises coordinates and involves the whole class.
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It’s a Wonderful Job – A Christmas story
TES behaviour adviser Tom Bennett on Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life and the take-home messages for teachers.
New KS4 programmes of study maths
Teachers speculate as to whether or not calculus will become more integral in 2015.
How often do you mark your pupils’ books?
TES forum members share how frequently they provide feedback.
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From TES magazine this week
A day in the life of…Brian Lalor
A deep respect for education is one of many reasons why Vietnam is such a rewarding place to work. But will this teacher ever get used to the smog in Hanoi?
My best teacher by David Essex
Despite getting the odd piece of chalk between the eyes, the singer has fond memories of the disciplinarian teacher who inspired his songwriting.
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