Published by BEAM, this collection provides a selection of resources for teachers of primary mathematics. Included are a number of challenging problems and puzzles, open-ended investigations, cross-curricular activities, and resources to develop, practise and consolidate students' understanding of handling data...

Published by BEAM, this activity for two students uses Venn diagrams to develop an understanding of the intersection of two sets.

About us - an activity for two students. Each student labels one circle of a Venn diagram with their name. Students then take turns to pick a characteristic of themselves. The...

Jingle Bells, a Christmas themed activity, published by BEAM. In this activity, students have to identify a range of musical notes. Students are required to construct a tally chart. From the results of the tally chart a bar chart can be drawn. Students then have to interpret their results by deciding which student...

Published by BEAM, these two data handling games are from the Maths of the Month series. Three digits - a game for two players. Each player takes turns to place a counter on a number. The winner is the first player to have three counters on numbers which contain the same digit. Venn Diagram Game - a game for two...

This game, published by BEAM, poses a number of questions aimed at developing students' understanding of simple probability using a set of number cards. Probably - a game for two players. The chooser chooses a card from the set of cards. The guesser has to guess whether the card id shows an odd or an even number....

In this Teachers TV programme, a Year Two teacher overcome her own fear of ICT while improving her teaching of data handling at Key Stage One by using the advice of a fellow teacher. Data handling is often conducted using traditional pen and paper methods in the classroom, but ICT offers an effective and simple way...

This series of interactive excel sheets aimed at Year Two students explores data tables and graphs. New questions and data sets can be generated each time by the click of a button.

The first five sheets generates a...

This series of interactive excel sheets aimed at Year Three students explores collecting data, entering data into tables and drawing graphs. New data sets can be generated each time by the click of a button.

The first...

This selection of spreadsheets, designed by the Primary National Strategies to aid teaching and learning, tackles data, graphs, charts, measures and money, in a variety of ways.

Carroll diagram allows either shapes or numbers to be dragged into an either one or two criteria table. The...

The complete resource of Data, Numeracy and ICT Instant Maths Ideas contains all eight subject topics together with appropriate resource materials. The ideas are aimed at teachers of Key Stage Three but could also be appropriate for use with other age groups. Each topic contains a number of questions or activities...

Instant Maths Ideas are aimed at teachers of Key Stage Three but could also be appropriate for use with other age groups. The complete resource contains all eight subject topics together with appropriate resource materials. Each topic has also been included as a separate resource for ease of use. Each topic...

This report from Ofsted looks at the provision for excluded pupils. Schools and local authorities are required to provide full-time and suitable education for pupils from day six of fixed-period and permanent exclusions. This survey evaluates the extent to which a sample of schools and local authorities were...

Students who play with objects, listen to music or find other...

These five instant maths ideas explore how decimals can be added and subtracted using a number line A resource sheet for students is included in which they use the box method to multiply decimals. An investigation into the nature of the result when a number is multiplied by a decimal value between zero and one and...

This resource contains four instant maths ideas covering: * the usefulness of a number line when understanding decimals * working out numbers that occur in between two other decimals which can be extended to look at finding values that lie between two fractions by converting to decimals * asking the class to count...