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Maths Topic Index Page

This is my favourite part of my website. It is how I plan each of my lessons, and how I encourage my students to revise.

 

How teachers could use the page

This section should give you an insight into how I plan a lesson, and hopefully help with your lesson planning process too. Here is a quick overview of what you’ll find within each topic:

GCSE Specifications
find out exactly what is required for the Maths GCSE from each awarding body, together with the very best exemplar material
Videos
watch other teachers approach topics, and set the videos for your students who have missed the lesson or who need extra practise
Worksheets (with answers!)
use in class, or for homework, or for setting dreaded cover work!
Diagnostic Questions
use my Diagnostic Questions website to find topic-specific quizzes and questions for the new maths GCSE. Use these in class, or set for homework and assessments. Identify, understand and resolve misconceptions, print off reports, use powerful data analytics, give feedback and measure progress, all for free!
Lessons
top quality, complete lessons, rammed packed with questions, examples and activities. The ideal things to use as a basis for your lessons. Download them, adapt them to suit your teaching style and the needs of your students, and away you go!
Rich Tasks
the very best selection of low barrier, high ceiling rich maths tasks out there. They engage students, offer challenge and support, and provide that all important purposeful practise.
Interactive Resources
demonstrate topics in exciting, visual ways, test students’ hypotheses, or set them off on their own investigations. This is technology, not for the sake of technology, but to really enhance teaching and learning.
Probing Questions
meet “Convince Me that…” and “VI3 Treatment”, two concepts we use in our maths department to introduce topics, assess baseline knowledge, promote student discussion in lesson and set follow-up work after homeworks

How students could use the page

If you are looking to revise a topic, or you have missed a lesson, this is the place to come. Here are some ideas how you could use the sections:

GCSE Specifications
find out exactly what the examiners could ask you, so you know exactly what you need to revise
Videos
if you need a different point of view on a topic, or you have missed a lesson, or you want to go over something again at your own pace, these videos should help. Pause, restart, and watch again to your heart’s content.
Worksheets (with answers!)
the key to success in maths is practise, and with these worksheets you can get plenty of that. Make sure you mark your work when you have finished, so you know if you have cracked it!
Diagnostic Questions
try out quizzes and questions written for the new maths GCSE, have them automatically marked, and read explanations given by students all around the world until you find the one that makes sense to you.
Lessons
if you have missed a lesson, or want to go over a topic again, these should prove very useful. There are notes, examples and questions for you to try.
Rich Tasks
if you are looking for a challenge, and to deepen your knowledge of a topic, then try some of these activities out
Interactive Resources
interact with topics in a visual, exciting way. Play around with concepts, test out theories, answer questions like “what happens if I try this?...”
Probing Questions
these questions will really get you thinking about the topic in depth, testing your knowledge to the limit.