Mathematics and Numeracy: Classroom Activities
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Teachers can use the table below to access the best activities for their class:
- Choose the key stage, title, topic and focus best suited to children’s learning needs;
- Download the compact Activity Notes to help plan and prepare quickly;
- Check what other equipment, if any, needs to be ready; and
- Enjoy trying a different approach to teaching a familiar topic.
Key Stage 1
| Title | Topic | Focus | Downloads |
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Bread Survey, Baking and Passover |
Bread and Passover |
Data collection and presentation |
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Bricks, Branches or Boxes? |
Properties of materials |
Sorting for 2 criteria |
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These activities are taken from the resource booklets below.
Key Stage 2
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Title |
Topic |
Focus |
Downloads |
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Road Safety |
How safe are our roads? Road safety planners |
Grouped data Tables and bar graphs with given class intervals |
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Sharing Choices |
Significant places |
Venn and Carroll diagrams |
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Water Use at School |
Water sources |
Data collection and presentation |
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Water in the Body |
Importance of water for health |
Data collection and presentation |
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Buckets of Fun! |
Access to safe, clean water |
Data collection and presentation |
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Organise It! |
Charities |
Sorting |
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Fair Trade Tasting |
Fair Trade |
Data collection and presentation |
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The Legacy of the Titanic |
Redevelopment survey |
Data collection and presentation |
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These activities are taken from the resource booklets below.
