Mathematical Needs
In 2009, the Advisory Committee on Mathematics Education (ACME), who provide these resources, embarked on the Mathematical Needs Project to investigate how both the national needs and the individual needs of students, from age five to nineteen in England, could be met by a curriculum, delivery policy and implementation framework. The…
Boxes and Bottles
Boxes and bottles come in all shapes and sizes. These Cre8ate maths activities explore some of the mathematics behind packaging decisions taken by manufacturers, they provide a platform for students to make conjectures and find efficient ways of recording results to justify claims they have made. In Boxing stock cubes students…
Pixel Perfection
This investigation from Cre8ate maths involves students in finding the best size screen for a television. If you have a large flat screen and view a standard analogue or digital picture the individual pixels are visible if you are sitting too close to the screen. Working in small groups of 3 or 4, students measure the pixel density…
Fractions, Decimals and Percentages Make Sense
This resource from SMILE contains two books at different levels with activities focusing on fractions, decimals and percentages. Each activity is accompanied by teachers' notes. The notes give advice on appropriate ways of using the activity and any additional equipment required. Many of the activities are suitable for whole…
Mathematics: Non-Statutory Guidance
The National Curriculum Council (NCC) published non-statutory guidance to support the teaching of mathematics in the National Curriculum in 1989, and again in 1991, to accompany the first revision of the National Curriculum. Non-statutory Guidance 1989 • The guidance materials for mathematics were written to provide a reference…
Working for Efficiency
This Cre8ate maths topic looks at simplified versions of three different network problems that are encountered in practical logistical planning. Paper rounds offers the opportunity for reasoning and proof as the arguments needed to establish Euler's theorem are within their grasp. It also, along with Cable connections and…
I Do and I Understand
This guide explains the intentions of the Nuffield Mathematics Project, gives detailed descriptions of the ways in which a changeover from conventional teaching can be made and faces many of the problems that will be met. The contribution of the psychologist Piaget to the development of mathematics is described, as is the significance…
Practice Book 6b
These materials, produced by the Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching (CIMT) for the primary extension of the Mathematics Enhancement Programme, include the pages from Practice Book 6b with detailed lesson plans and all necessary resources to accompany them. It follows on from Practice Book 6a. Students learn to convert…
Ways to Win
A collection of thirty two mathematical games. The aim of each is for students to decide whether there is a winning strategy. The games are: take the pegs, Tetromino chase, Solitaire, remove the cube, make it twenty-four, total 87, hedge me in, grab the last cross, sticks game, strategic darts, square chase, NIM, Pentomino chase,…
Primary INSET Maths: Organising and Planning In-service Training
This is a resource to aid primary mathematics co-ordinators when planning in-service training (INSET) sessions. Whilst some of the specific information is dated, the general ideas are still relevant and can be easily updated. As well as providing information there are also a number of activities for use in INSET sessions. The book…
Measure
This resource from Maths Chest 6, aimed at Key Stage Two contains teachers' notes for running activities on the curriculum areas of money, length, time and weight. It is divided into nine topics which are designed to be taught in sequence at different times within the year. Each topic is organised into two sets of activities…
Good Ideas for Symmetry
While these activities from Polygon Resources focus largely on line symmetry, some lead on to rotational symmetry. Although much of the work in this booklet relates to two dimensional shapes, there are opportunities to extend into three dimensions. The need to think of planes of symmetry rather than lines is a way of ensuring the…
Maths Games in the Classroom - Books 12 to 22
These Eigen publications booklets contain a large number of games which almost exclusively focus on developing understanding of number and practicing number skills. Many of the games are ‘box games’ which involve students putting individual one or two digit numbers into ‘boxes’ to achieve some objective. •…
Mathematics in the National Curriculum 1991
The 1989 document was replaced by a revised version, Mathematics in the National Curriculum (1991). A major aim of the revision was to make assessment more manageable, whilst keeping the content of mathematics unchanged. The revisions came into force on 1 August 1992. The 14 Attainment Targets (ATs) were reduced to five. 'Measures'…
Printing
This Cre8ate maths resource looks at challenges derived from printing processes where both logic and geometric thinking are required. In Folding booklets students are given a piece of A4 paper which they fold to form a 16 page booklet and, without cutting the folds in the paper, are challenged to number the pages of their booklet,…
Getting On
This set of Cre8ate maths activities requires pupils to interact with a variety of data sets and to use logical thinking skills to interpret what they find. Providing for the old also involves interpreting scales, calculations and consideration of ratio and proportion.
Using Assessment to Raise Achievement in Mathematics
This guidance booklet, from the National Strategies collection, was inspired by the documents Inside the black box (Black & Wiliam, 1998) and Assessment for Learning, beyond the black box (Assessment Reform Group, 1999) and outlines how assessment for learning can raise achievement in school. Evidence suggests that using good…
Interactive Teaching Programs 4
Interactive Teaching Programs (ITPs) are an ICT-based tool developed by the National Strategies to support the teaching of key concepts in mathematics. Where available, manuals which describe how the ITP works and could be used are posted as separate files. This section includes: *Number spinners generates random numbers using…
Numeracy - Interpreting Data
This Teachers TV programme follows on from the programme Numeracy - Handling Data where Year Four teacher Simon Mills taught three lessons on data handling using Excel in the ICT suite. Professors Rosamund Sutherland and Jan Winter of the University of Bristol discuss the benefits of using ICT to teach data handling at Key Stage…
Solving the Maths Problem: International Perspectives on Mathematics Education
This resource, written by Emma Morris, outlines the core choices facing mathematics education and builds on the recommendations of the 2011 Vorderman Report, by examining which mathematics approaches and reforms have worked overseas. The paper does not recommend directly importing practice from either of the case study sites, high-achieving…
Bridging Units in Mathematics
This resource from Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency is designed to help schools and local education authorities provide curricular continuity in mathematics between Year Six and Year Seven. They help to develop a shared understanding of standards, as well as providing suitable experiences for students at the end…
Interactive Teaching Programs 5
Interactive Teaching Programs (ITPs) are an ICT-based tool developed by the National Strategies to support the teaching of key concepts in mathematics. Where available, manuals which describe how the ITP works and could be used are posted as separate files. *Ruler displays an on-screen ruler which can be used to measure lines…
Containers
This Cre8ate maths activity requires students to calculate areas of polygons and to appreciate the link with volumes of prisms. It may also involve detailed exploration of similarity.
Stretches
Stretch parallel to the y axis – looks at what happens to the graph of y=f(x) when it is transformed to give the graph of y=af(x). Starting with the graph of y = x2, different values of a are used to show that the graph is stretched from the x axis parallel to the y axis. The next example shows that the translation works with…
ISBNs
This set of Cre8ate maths activities requires students to think about place value, divisibility and remainders. It also requires logical thinking. Computer codes with check digits are widely used in the retail and banking sector. This activity focuses on one long-established code – the International Standard Book Number…
Shape Activities for Students Aged 9-11
A selection of resources, published by BEAM, for teachers of primary mathematics. They include challenging problems and puzzles, open-ended investigations, cross-curricular activities and resources to practise and consolidate students' understanding of shape and space. The activities, with their mathematical content, are: •…
Pictorial Representation
The guide Pictorial representation, from the Nuffield Mathematics Project, was designed to help teachers of students between the ages of 5 and 10. The guide deals with graphical representation in its many aspects. It contains helpful notes for the teachers as well as ideas and examples of students’ work.
Number - Pack 1
This resource from Maths Chest 4 aimed at lower Key Stage Two, develops understanding of number through games and investigations which are designed to motivate and encourage self-confidence in learners. It contains detailed teachers' notes for running activities on topic areas including: counting, ordering, fractions, number…
Number - Pack 1
This resource from Maths Chest 5, aimed at Key Stage Two, contains the teacher notes for running activities on number including: counting, ordering, place value, halving, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. It is divided into 20 topics designed to be taught in sequence at different times within the year. Each topic…
Third Infant Resource Book
This is a teacher support book for use with the New Peak Mathematics Scheme. Each section explains how activities are to be organised, what resources are required and what the learning outcomes are. The topics covered are: Number: Partitioning, number trios, problem solving, addition and relationships, addition and subtraction…
Measure
This resource from Maths Chest 5, aimed at Key Stage Two, contains teachers' notes for running activities on the curriculum areas of money, capacity, length, time, weight and area. It is divided into 10 topics which are designed to be taught in sequence at different times within the year. Each topic is organised into two…
Programming
These Cre8ate maths activities are provided to introduce students to the fundamental processes involved in programming a computer. Students are given drawings, along with the Logo commands which have been used and, by changing the values, produce different images. They are challenged to draw a nine-pointed star and will, by experimentation,…
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