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Author: Craig Barton
TES Maths Resource of the Week 49 – San Gaku
What is it? According to the author, San Gaku, also known as Japanese Temple Problems, are challenging geometric puzzles. And when he says they are challenging, he is not wrong! Students will need knowledge ofContinue reading
Diagnostic Question Bundles 5: FDPs, 3D Co-ordinates, Trigonometry Graphs
Plenty of brand new maths diagnostic (hinge) multiple choice questions for you this week, as I try my very best to maintain my “5 questions a day” challenge. And please, check out the Question of the WeekContinue reading
Question of the Week 8: Domain and Range of Inverse Functions
The following question is taken from my website Diagnostic Questions. Here you will find 1000s of high quality maths multiple choice diagnostic / hinge questions, ideal for assessment for learning, which have been created and sharedContinue reading
TES Maths Newsletter 46
Check out the resources and links in the newsletter below. They all link to the very best TES Maths resources, which are completely free once you register on the website. In this edition of the TES MathsContinue reading
@TESMaths Resource of the Day: 8th to 14th September
Each day I select one of my favourite free maths resources that have been uploaded and shared by the generous and incredibly talented users of the TES Maths website and tweet it out via @TESmaths. I call thisContinue reading
Diagnostic Question Bundles 4: Time, Pythagoras, Surds, Algebra and more
Not quite as many new sets of maths diagnostic (hinge) questions as I would have liked this week, but I do have a good excuse… I have completely rewritten the taxonomy / subject list usedContinue reading
TES Maths Resource of the Week 48 – Adding Fractions 4 in a Line
The following resource has been kindly shared on the TES Maths website. It is available to download for free by registering. What is it? Another simple idea this week, but one that is certainly both engagingContinue reading
@TESMaths Resource of the Day: 1st September to 7th September
Each day I select one of my favourite resources that have been uploaded and shared by the generous and incredibly talented users of the TES Maths website and tweet it out via @TESmaths. I call this feature ResourceContinue reading
Diagnostic Question Bundles 3: Functions, Place Value, Congruency and more!
Yeah, yeah, yeah, so after making my big claim that I was going to write 20 diagnostic (or hinge) questions a week for my website back in July, I officially lasted two weeks! Well, thisContinue reading
TES Maths Resource of the Week 47 – Area of 2D Shapes Learning Mat
The following resource has been kindly shared on the TES Maths website. It is available to download for free by registering. You can view and download all the other Resource of the Week’s by clicking hereContinue reading
TES Maths Newsletter 45
Check out the resources and links in the newsletter below. They all link to the very best TES Maths resources, which are completely free once you register on the website. In the first TES maths newsletter ofContinue reading
@TESMaths Resource of the Day: 25th August to 31st August
Each day I select one of my favourite free maths resources that have been uploaded and shared by the generous and incredibly talented users of the TES Maths website and tweet it out via @TESmaths. I call thisContinue reading
Probing Questions 1: The Factors and Multiples Game
For all the rich maths tasks and probing questions in this series, and for the pedagogy behind the concept, please visit the Probing Maths Questions Index page. At the end of last year, I wroteContinue reading
TES Maths Resource of the Week 46 – Practise makes Perfect
The following resource has been kindly shared on the TES Maths website. It is available to download for free by registering. What is it? This is a wonderful collection of interactive Excel spreadsheets designed to improveContinue reading
Numeracy Across the Curriculum
I am going to make a confession… I don’t really know what Numeracy across the Curriculum means. I get that it should ensure a consistent approach to numeracy across all subjects, but what does thatContinue reading
Keeping Parents Informed
With GCSE results in and being analysed and the new school year about the kick off, it seems a good time to reflect on what we did as a maths department last year and ifContinue reading
@TESMaths Resource of the Day: 18th August to 24th August
Each day I select one of my favourite resources that have been uploaded and shared by the generous and incredibly talented users of the TES Maths website and tweet it out via @TESmaths. I call this feature ResourceContinue reading
@TESMaths Resource of the Day: 11th August to 17th August
Each day I select one of my favourite resources that have been uploaded and shared by the generous and incredibly talented users of the TES Maths website and tweet it out via @TESmaths. I call this feature ResourceContinue reading
Writing a new Maths Scheme of Work – Part 15: Regular Problem Solving
You can view all the posts in the epic “Writing a Maths Scheme of Work” series on this page. It’s kind of like Game of Thrones, only with slightly less nudity and dragons. In my previousContinue reading