- Traditional exercises to consolidate basic skills taught
- Investigations to let students explore mathematics at their own pace
- Puzzles involving key concepts centering around fundamental mathematical skills
- Games providing fun ways of reinforcing key skills without the monotony of repetitive exercises
Mr Ayres uses the maths worksheets to aid his lesson planning, during lessons, for homework, group activities, individual consolidation for exercises to provoke discussion, reinforcement and introductions.
“We use 10ticks across the school both for homework and in lessons, the variety of tasks
offered coupled with the depth of questioning make them an invaluable resource. The
calculated colouring sheets are especially popular.
The 10ticks maths worksheets cover everything I could possibly want from simple introductions to complex extensions for top end Year 6. They challenge pupils to apply their knowledge in different ways and have given me, as a teacher, new ways of looking at, introducing and reinforcing concepts.
Tasks such as the prime pirate maze or the factors and multiple game test pupils true understanding rather than relying on simply regurgitating methods or working through procedures.
Pupils throughout our school have benefited from using the 10ticks maths worksheets through the
reinforcement offered, each sheet provides plenty of questions allowing pupils to better
internalise and assimilate concepts and relationships quicker and with much greater levels of
retention. Pupils enjoy the variety on offer and the mix of challenge and accessibility.
The variety and the depth of work on offer. Also the range, with one scheme I’m able to
introduce the very earliest of number concepts right through to post GCSE work. Pupils are
familiar with the layout and expectation and the ability to differentiate is a real bonus.
10ticks is always my first port of call when designing a new topic, to the point where I often look
at what is available through 10ticks and work backwards incorporating the tasks into my
planning and teaching. A typical day for me, especially as I teach two sets across Year 5 and 6,
involves either photocopying the sheets that best fit the needs of my set. I like to go for a mix
of procedural sheets that offer repetition of methods coupled with some of the more
challenging / abstract sheets to provide extension and homework. If pupils are fairly well
through a topic I will look for one of the games to provide pupils with an opportunity to put
their understanding into practice.
I always look for a variety of tasks throughout the week, ranging from collaborative group work
activities to individual consolidation tasks and exercises that will provoke discussion. 10ticks
provides exactly this.”
Mr Scale of Teby Junior School:
“I mainly use 10ticks maths worksheets as a differentiation resource. 10ticks is great for targeting key areas that most schemes do not cover. I also use the activities as homework.
For me it is a comforting to know that I have extensions ready for all the topics regardless of the varying abilities within the same year groups, whether the children are in Years 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6.
They feel comfortable to attempt the activities even if they haven’t attempted the topics before because the worksheets are clearly explained with examples. The examples are clear and easy to understand.
I also use the maths worksheets as an extension activity for my high achievers; I will often use them depending on the weekly topic i.e. If we are studying percentages I will search for percentages, using the New Search Tool, find the relevant pages and check that they are more difficult than my current
work. They always are, because the worksheets progress in difficulty, which is perfect in helping me to push my students on. The benefit of the new symbol system for the 2014 curriculum means that I can give students in the same year group different difficulty levels without them knowing”.
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