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As the exam season approaches, help your students prepare with our poster of tips for avoiding common pitfalls.  \nThis is just one of the resources we offer. You can find more free resources and support on our website All About Maths. Look inside for a snapshot of some of the materials you can access, or better still, take a look at [aqamaths.aqa.org.uk and](aqamaths.aqa.org.uk and) see what’s available.  \nThese useful tips are suitable for both our new and current GCSE Maths specifications.  \nResources  \nTwo and three-year route maps  \n(available for both the current and new specification)  \nThese schemes of work are fully customisable – use them as they are or simply drag and drop the topics into the order that suits you.  \nThey’ll help you plan your course, build in additional content and link to lesson plans and activities for the topics.  \nVersions available for teaching over three or two years  \n Drag and drop the topics into  \nthe order that suits you  \nSave your scheme of work and share it with other teachers  \nLinks to lesson plans and activities giving you a one-stop shop for planning and teaching  \nTeaching guidance  \nComprehensive step-by-step advice, written by senior examiners, on what your students should be able to do, including example questions. This is a powerful and essential planning tool, reviewed by teachers.  \nTopic tests  \nWith the new performance measures, student progress will be even more of a focus. That’s why we’re giving you a range of topic tests to help you identify where intervention might be needed.  \nUse these alongside the route map to keep track of how well students are understanding the topics you’re teaching.  \n KS3 tests  \nDesigned to support your students through KS3 maths, our tests look and feel like GCSE papers but with KS3 content.  \n E-library  \nThe e-library on All About Maths is a new, growing collection of teachers’favourite online resources, mapped to our speci cation. To save you time, it pulls together some of the best resources the internet has to offer.  \n Mock exam analyser  \nThis tool lets students interpret their own past paper mock exam results, showing a breakdown of their strengthsand weaknesses. And it includes model answers showing students how to maximise their marks.  \nThe following resources are not included in All About Maths:  \n ERA  \nOur free online tool gives you instant analysis and online snapshots of performance. You can see the marks gained by individual students and groups in each topic and question, and by assessment objective.  \n Brand new textbooks  \nAQA-endorsed GCSE Maths textbooks completely aligned with the new speci cation. Available Spring 2015.  \nSupport  \nAQA Maths team  \nOur team are experts in assessment. We’re also experts at giving you the support you need, when you need it. You can contact our subject team direct with queries on our speci cation, suitable resources and how to get started. [Email maths@aqa.org.uk or call](Email maths@aqa.org.uk or call)  \n[0161 957 3852](0161 957 3852).  \nAdvocates  \nWe’ve got regionally-based advocates around the country, real teachers there to share their experiences of teaching our maths quali cations in the classroom. They can offer advice on teaching our Maths GCSE and support networking opportunities, as they’re directly involved in the local maths teaching community.  \nIf you’re not sure who your advocate is, get in touch with the Maths team, who can let you know.  \nTake a look at All About Maths:  \n[aqamaths.aqa.org.uk](aqamaths.aqa.org.uk)[ ](aqamaths.aqa.org.uk)and see how we can help you today.  \n10 tips for avoiding common pitfalls in your GCSE Maths exams:  \n1. There are lots of questions on the paper, if you can’t do one don’t panic.  \n2. Check if your answer is realistic. Can a second hand car cost £7 million? Does the earth weigh 4kg? 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