New This Christmas

I accept a page of seasonal resources which includes Christmas-themed maths activities. I mean value it's actually of import to gain mathematics inward every maths lesson throughout the year, but if one-half the degree are out at carol service rehearsals or a lesson is cutting curt past times an destination of term assembly, as well as thus I come across no terms inward putting on a fleck of Christmas background music piece students larn stuck into to a greater extent than or less festive algebra. I beloved a fleck of Wham amongst my equations.

There are to a greater extent than or less classics on my seasonal resources page, such every bit Chris Smith's much-loved relay, but also quite a lot of novel additions this year. I thought it powerfulness endure helpful to listing a few of these novel resources hither thus yous don't immature lady anything.

Topic Based
Dave (@d_e_humpty) has produced a lovely fix of Christmas shape transformation activities which include translations, reflections as well as rotations.

Grant (MyMaths also has a novel collection of Christmas resources including Christmas Algebra which powerfulness endure suitable for Key Stage 2. 

Mr Bayle (@mrbaylemaths) shared a quick Christmas information collection action where yous play Jingle Bell Rock as well as students croak along a tally of the give-and-take count for 'Jingle', 'Bell' as well as 'Rock'. 

Students at @Maths_CCB had a go, as well as made festive pie charts of the results.

Danielle (@PixiMaths) has helpfully shared a mixed-topic maths quiz that she made for her Year 9s.

Enrichment 
It's overnice to veer off-syllabus for a lesson or two. La Salle accept a alternative of Christmas enrichment resources including How to brand an origami Santa and Christmas Colours which relates to the Four Colour Theorem.

Hexaflexagons are a personal favourite of mine. I became addicted terminal yr afterwards watching Vi Harts's outstanding hexaflexagon videos (if yous haven't watched these yet, delight do!).

I ran a pair of hexaflexagon lessons inward the terminal calendar week of the summertime term. I showed the Vi Hart videos as well as thus handed out to a greater extent than or less templates for colouring. The videos got my students suitably excited nearly making hexaflexagons but to a greater extent than or less of them spent absolutely ages colouring, as well as and thus for the terminal fifteen minutes of the lesson I had thirty hands upwards wanting assist amongst the folding as well as flexing! Hard work. Most students ended upwards leaving the lesson amongst both a working hexaflexagon as well as cool mathematical stories to percentage at home.

Thanks to Jo Tomalin for sharing a festive hexaflexagon design.

Holiday Work

If your Year 11s accept mocks inward Jan as well as thus yous powerfulness desire to fix them to a greater extent than or less Christmas vacation homework. Mel (@Just_Maths) has created lovely holiday GCSE homeworks for both Foundation as well as Higher tier. She has also shared a like vacation homework for Key Stage 2.

Form Time

If yous accept whatever extended cast fourth dimension on the terminal twenty-four hours of term as well as your schoolhouse hasn't provided whatever resources to croak along your students entertained, elbow grease Mel's (@Just_Maths) first-class Christmas Pub Quiz.

Alternatively, maths instructor Graham Coleman (@colmanweb) has updated his awesome website Guess the Tunes which forthwith includes Guess the Lyrics as well as Guess the Faces.

Cards as well as Gifts 

Maths Ed (@MathsEdIdeas) has shared a Christmaths bill of fare for schools to distribute to students as well as families, encouraging shared maths-play over the holidays. Editable files tin endure downloaded here as well as printed onto A4 to crease to A5. 

Finally, gain depository fiscal establishment agree out my post service The Top v Christmas Presents for Maths Teachers if yous notwithstanding accept to a greater extent than or less Christmas shopping to do.

Enjoy the terminal calendar week of term! The destination is inward sight.

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