Sunday, January 21, 2001

Foundation Tier Revision Resources

I've been instruction a fair amount of Foundation tier GCSE this year. It feels similar in that place are fewer revision resources available for Foundation tier compared to Higher tier, thus I've collected closed to together inwards this ship service for repose of access. There's zero novel hither - it's all inwards my epic GCSE revision resources collection - only hopefully this ship service volition remind teachers of closed to of the things that are available to operate inwards the classroom inwards the lastly few weeks earlier exams start.

Ruler booklets
These booklets from tannermaths.co.uk were designed for the onetime GCSE only are however real useful. They incorporate loads of wordy questions, including a fair few on ratio together with proportion. They are good presented together with come upwardly amongst answers.
Revision mats
Everyone loves a resources printed on A3! There are a issue of Foundation revision mats available from sources such every bit Access Maths, PixiMaths together with Miss B's Resources. I of late used these from TES for telephone commutation Foundation skills. I similar it that they are editable - every bit I went through together with worked out the answers I tweaked a few questions together with changed the club a bit. I'm a big fan of editable resources!

I create got also made my ain educate of revision mats amongst 4 unlike difficulty levels that you lot tin download from TES: there's a calculator version 1, a calculator version 2 together with a non-calculator version.
Also cheque out my 'workouts' for Foundation tier students - these are 'print budget friendly' revision activities that tin live printed onto a unmarried side of A4.

Confidence boosters
The maths squad from Edexcel (@EmporiumMaths) have of late shared sets of 'Practice Tests: Aiming for 4'. These vi papers comprise Grade 1- 3 questions from Foundation past times papers inwards club of difficulty every bit establish past times students (ie they maiden off amongst the questions that nigh students got right). These are intended every bit a confidence booster for students aiming for a Grade 4.

On Access Maths you lot tin also honour a educate of 'Start amongst Confidence' resources which incorporate 'opening page' questions.

Booklets
TES user scottyknowles18 shared a educate of key skills booklets for Foundation pupils. At piece of job this twelvemonth I was asked to brand a PowerPoint to accompany his algebra booklet. I designed the PowerPoint to live used inwards cast fourth dimension interventions only it tin live used inwards lessons too. Each department includes telephone commutation points, a span of examples for the instructor to become through, a diagnostic enquiry together with answers.
The maths squad from Delta Trust create got also shared Foundation 'Securing a Grade' Revision Booklets on TES.

Useful websites
CorbettMaths has 5-a-day activities (numeracy, foundation together with foundation plus) addition practise questions together with practise papers. Maths Genie has questions past times theme too. MathsBot has GCSE revision tools where you lot tin adjust resources thus the questions are suitable for your students. MathsBox has loads of helpful resources for Foundation tier, including a span of freebies: there's a Big Mistake activity together with a Foundation relay.
Breakfast revision
Last twelvemonth I made iii sets of breakfast revision resources for Foundation tier students:

They are non designed for a specific board or seek out serial thus tin live used every year. They are intended to live printed on A3 together with used every bit a warm upwardly on the morning time of the exam. I included editable versions (so you lot tin take the give-and-take 'breakfast' if you lot desire to operate them inwards class) together with answers.
Topic tests together with seek out questions
Also create got a await at what your seek out board provides. For event a issue of AQA seek out questions over the lastly ii years create got been similar to questions seen inwards their collection of theme tests. So using questions from the theme tests inwards revision mightiness live a skilful idea! And for Edexcel, the Emporium has a issue of useful resources. Look inwards the GCSE folder marked 'Practice Papers & Questions' together with you lot volition honour resources such every bit collections of crossover questions, i grade questions from Foundation papers together with themed papers.

Self quizzing
If your pupils don't know their facts together with formulae thus they mightiness honour my Foundation Knowledge Quiz volume useful. Schools tin purchase inwards mass for £5 per book. These books are especially helpful for pupils who would otherwise produce zero at domicile - it gives them a real easy-to-use resources for independent study.

Between exams
Given that this twelvemonth nosotros create got a relatively curt fourth dimension dorsum at schoolhouse afterward Easter earlier exams start, I volition in all probability become straightaway into mixed theme revision lessons (as opposed to the topic focused lessons I create got been doing until now). I volition especially focus on non-calculator topics inwards the lastly calendar week of normal lessons earlier their GCSEs start.  Between exams, when nosotros volition occasionally run into pupils on the days they don't create got exams, I volition live using the resources that are published every twelvemonth (by real helpful people) to revise the topics that haven't yet come upwardly up (I'm certain Adam Creen volition proceed rail of these on his blog).

See my revision resources posts for to a greater extent than resources - addition in that place are loads to a greater extent than on TES. Good luck for the terminal few weeks amongst Year 11!






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