Dominic Hill

The Sorting Train

Also called the “attribute” or “classification” train. A fun activity/game for young learners. The idea is simple enough. Start a train with an item, or shape. It doesn’t have to be mathematical, though that is a good place to start. The second item, the next carriage, should share a quality, an attribute, with the firstContinue reading “The Sorting Train”

CIMT – Reception Tasks

A set of 60 lesson starters for discussion for Reception, including notes, images and prompts. Much of the material developed for this initiative is based on a Hungarian Series, edited by Professor Sándor Hajdu at the Petö Institute in Budapest, and published by Müszaki Könyvkiadó. This has been adapted and modified for UK schools withContinue reading “CIMT – Reception Tasks”

Problem Solving Various Topics – Year 5

A set of problem solving challenges, incuding decimal addition, prime numbers and 4 digit by 1 digit multiplication. It also includessentence stems for explaining your thinking. This slide deck was created to allow students to try out their reasoining skills and how they could effectively explain their thinking. The problems are not very difficult (wellContinue reading “Problem Solving Various Topics – Year 5”

Decimal Challenges – Year 5/6

A set of problem solving challenges as a slide deck for 9-11 year olds who are confident in addition and subtraction with decimals. In this slide deck, which can be shared directly with students , is a collection of puzzles designed to test understanding of decimal notation and place value up to thousandths. Some areContinue reading “Decimal Challenges – Year 5/6”

Social Justice Picture Prompts

A series of 10 images in a presentation slide deck that make great starters for a discussion. Linked to the pedagagy of social justice in mathematics. There are references to gender equality, poverty, health and much more in the images. These are used once every few weeks as a starter or morning meeting discussion inContinue reading “Social Justice Picture Prompts”

Math Anywhere – Prompts for Oracy from EYFS+

This website has a collection of interesting prompts, as well as other resources, all designed to show that you can talk about and enjoy mathematics everywhere. I particularly enjoy the Idea Gallery, which is full of simple stock images or user created photos, that can entice students into discussion about what they can see. PerfectContinue reading “Math Anywhere – Prompts for Oracy from EYFS+”

Math Pickle – lesson ideas for every year group

This website from the US is a treasure trove of ideas and lesson activities. Some of them have videos with them, whilst others may be presented as slides. They often come with worksheets and as far as I can see, it is all free! There are SO many great activities here, and games and puzzles!Continue reading “Math Pickle – lesson ideas for every year group”

#dailymathspuzzle – Primary Puzzles

Every day @SarahFarrellKS2 on twitter would post a primary (KS2) maths puzzle, often requiring geometric understanding. After posting 192 of them, they are now available to download as one large PDF. IF you would like to thank her for them all, there is a link on her website. Sarah is now part of the PrimaryContinue reading “#dailymathspuzzle – Primary Puzzles”

Tangram Extension Presentation – Fractions and Area

This is a slide presentation that students can follow for an enrichment challenge if studying fractions and area (Y5 upwards most likely). These are a lesson’s worth of challenges using the Tangram pieces. I have a large set of Tangram pieces, bought cheaply from Temu or Shein, but you can also laminate your own piecesContinue reading “Tangram Extension Presentation – Fractions and Area”

Maths Strategies – Poster and Problems

In this resource you will find a maths strategy poster for support in solving problems, along with problems for EYFS all the way to Year 6. These are a collection of puzzles I’ve collated or in some areas created, as a starting point to introduce the eight strategies for solving maths problems. In this collectionContinue reading “Maths Strategies – Poster and Problems”