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APPENDICES
Activities and Mental
MA1 Using and applying MA2 Number
Activity 1
Statement to
investigate.
L 3 - Make a
generalisation with the
assistance of probing
questions and prompts.
Week
workout. 1 Adverts
Mental workout
Numbers less
than/greater than 500.
Activity 2
Finding half price of
adverts.
Mental workout
Mentally halving
numbers.
Activity 3
Data handling with
advert categories.
Mental workout
Counting up in 5s.
MA3 Shape Space and
measures
MA4 Data Handling
L 2 – understand
halving
L 3 – respond to ‘What
if?’ questions.
L3 – Use appropriate
mathematical
vocabulary.
L 2 – Understand
vocabulary related to
data handling e.g. sort,
group, set, list table,
most common, most
popular.
L 2 – record results in
simple lists, tables,
pictograms and block
graphs.
L 3 – compare data –
say how many
more…than and
recognise the category
that has the most/least.
L 3 – Begin to
understand area as a
measure of surface.
Begin to find areas by
counting squares and
explain answers as a
number of squares even
if not using standard
units.
Activity 4
Area of adverts using
counting squares.
Mental workout
Counting in 2’s , 3’s ,
4’s, 5’s and 10’s. .
Activity 5
Calculating cost of an
advert.
Mental workout
Counting in 2p’s, 5p’s
10p’s .
Activity 6
What’s the same?
What’s different?
Looking at adverts
Mental workout
Think of opposite words.
.
L 3 – Choose their own
equipment appropriate
to the task including
calculators.
L 3 – begin to use
decimal notation in the
context of money.
L 3 – add decimals in
the context of money.
( written methods)
L 3 - use appropriate
mathematical
vocabulary
L 3 – discuss their
mathematical work and
explain their thinking.
Week 2 Weather and Time
Activities and Mental
workout.
Activity 1
Positive and negative
numbers in context.
Mental workout
Counting backwards
from zero.
Activity 2
Pose questions about a
weather map.
Mental workout
Difference between two
numbers.
Activity 3
Temperatures around
the world.
Mental workout
Calculating the
day/date.
MA1 Using and applying MA2 Number
MA3 Shape Space and
measures
MA4 Data Handling
L3 – Recognise
negative numbers
in contexts such
as temperature.
L 3 - Review their work
and learning. Respond
to ‘What if?’ questions.
L 3 – use appropriate
mathematical
vocabulary.
L4 – Use related
vocabulary accurately
L 4 – use mathematical
content from levels 3
and 4 to solve problems
and investigate.
L2 – Begin to represent
their work using
symbols and simple
diagrams.
L 3 – Begin to organise
their work and check
results.
L 2 – record results in
simple lists , tables,
pictograms and block
graphs.
L3 – Make appropriate
choices for recording data
e.g. a tally chart or
frequency table.
L4 – decide how best to
represent data e.g.
whether a bar chart, Venn
diagram or pictogram
would show the
information more clearly.
L 4 – Use range to
describe data.
Activity 4
Use TV guide to solve
time problems.
Mental workout
What can you do in 60
seconds?
Activity 5
Use TV guide to solve
time problems.
Mental workout
Rounding numbers to
the nearest multiple of
10.
Activity 6
Time and weather .
Calculating with sunrise
and sunset.
Mental workout
Counting in 5’s up to 60.
L 3 – use mathematical
content from levels 2
and 3.
L 2 – identify relevant
information.
L 3 – use mathematical
content from levels 2
and 3.
L 3 – use mathematical
content from levels 2
and 3.
Year 3 Objective as no APP
statements regarding time.
Calculate time intervals and
find start and end times for a
given time interval.
Year 4. Calculate time
intervals from timetables.
Year 3 Objective as no APP
statements regarding time.
Calculate time intervals and
find start and end times for a
given time interval.
Year 4 . Calculate time
intervals from timetables.
Year 3 Objective as no APP
statements regarding time.
Calculate time intervals and
find start and end times for a
given time interval.
Year 4. Calculate time
intervals from timetables.
Week 3 Sport
Activities and Mental
workout.
Activity 1
Coverage of different
sports in the paper.
Mental workout
Numbers less
than/greater than 100.
MA1 Using and applying MA2 Number
L2 – Use pictures,
diagrams and symbols
to communicate their
way of thinking.
L3 – Begin to develop
their own ways of
thinking.
Activity 2
Addition of figures found
in an article.
Mental workout
Add two 2-digit
numbers.
Activity 3
Pose own questions
based on league tables.
Use the language of
‘what if..’
Mental workout
Complements to 100.
L3 – Use appropriate
mathematical
vocabulary.
L2 – Begin to
understand the place
value of every digit ( up
to 100)
L3 – Understand place
value in numbers up to
1000.
L 4 - Understand place
value in numbers over
1000.
L3 – Add and subtract
two-digit numbers
mentally.
L3 – Choose to
calculate mentally, on
paper or with apparatus.
L 4- use efficient written
methods ( addition)
L2 – Use place value to
derive 30+70 = 100.
(complements to 100)
MA3 Shape, space and
measures
MA4 Data Handling
L 2 – Begin to use
everyday standard units
to measure length.
L 3 – Begin to
understand perimeter as
a measure of length.
L 4 – Use the term
‘perimeter’ accurately
and consistently.
L2 – Talk about shapes
referring to properties
and features such as
edge and corner.
L 3 – Recognise right
angles in shapes in
different orientations.
Activity 4
Perimeter of pictures.
Mental workout
Converting m to cm.
Activity 5
Finding shapes, right
angles and patterns.
Mental workout
How many shapes can
you name in 1 minute?
Activity 6
What’s the same?
What’s different?
Mental workout
Make a single digit
using addition only.
L 3 - Problem solving –
Use mathematical
content from levels 2
and 3.
L 3 – Use appropriate
vocabulary.
L 3 – make a
generalisation with the
assistance of probing
questions and prompts.
L 3 – review their work
and reasoning – pose a
similar problem for a
partner.
Week 4 Let’s go shopping!
Activities and Mental
workout.
Activity 1
Addition of 3 amounts.
Most/least expensive
Mental workout
Vocabulary game
Activity 2
Solving money
problems
Mental workout
Multiplication table
practice.
Activity 3
Place value – oldest car
Mental workout
Counting in decades.
MA1 Using and applying MA2 Number
L3 - add and subtract
decimals in the context
of money, where
bridging is not required
L 4 - add and subtract
decimals to two places
L 3 - begin to develop
L 3 – Use mental recall
own ways of recording
of the 2,3,4,5 and 10
– develop an organised multiplication tables.
approach as they get
L 3 - multiply a twointo
digit number
recording their work on
by 2, 3, 4 or 5
a problem
L 3- solve one-step
L 3 - check their work
whole number
and make appropriate
problems appropriately
corrections, e.g.
– solve two-step
decide that two numbers problems that
less than 100 cannot
involve addition and
give a total
subtraction.
more than 200 and
correct the addition
L 3 - use appropriate
mathematical
vocabulary
MA3 Shape Space and
measures
L 3 - choose their own
equipment appropriate
to the task,
including calculators
Reading the date in
years.
MA4 Data Handling
Activity 4
Use place value
(money) with
constraints.
Mental workout
Give a numbers less
than….
Activity 5
What shall I buy with
£200?
Mental workout
Complements (of
multiples of 10 or 5) to
200.
Activity 6
Design a classified
advert – calculate cost.
Possible I.C.T links
Mental workout
Coins needed to make
50p?
L 3 – put the problem
into their own words.
L 4 – reading numbers
larger than 1000.
L 4 – deal with two
constraints
simultaneously.
L 2 – identify relevant
information.
L 3 – use mathematical
content from levels 2
and 3.
L 3 - choose to
calculate mentally, on
paper or with apparatus
L 3 - solve two-step
problems that
involve addition and
subtraction
L 4 - interpret a
calculator display of
4.5 as £4.50 in context
of money
L 3 - in contexts such
as money,
e.g. know that £3.06
equals 306p
L 3 - solve two-step
problems that
involve addition and
subtraction
L 3 – use appropriate
mathematical
vocabulary.
Week 5 Mixed bag.
Activities and Mental
workout.
Activity 1
TV guide How long is
the news on for in a
day?
MA1 Using and applying MA2 Number
Mental workout
Count on and back in
5’s
L 3 – choose to
calculate mentally, on
paper or with apparatus
L 3 - multiply two digit
numbers by 2, 3, 4
L3 – use written
methods that involve
bridging 10 or 100.
Activity 2
Houses for rent.
Calculate cost for 3
months rent.
Mental workout
Multiply by 4 by
doubling and doubling
again.
Activity 3
Measure it!
Mental workout
Estimating around the
house.
MA3 Shape Space and
measures
Year 3 Objective as no
APP statements
regarding time.
Calculate time intervals
and find start and end
times for a given time
interval.
Year 4 . Calculate time
intervals from
timetables.
L 3 - Begin to develop
their own ways of
recording.
L 3 - measure a length
to the nearest 1/2 cm
L 4 - measure a length
using mm, to within 2
mm
MA4 Data Handling
Activity 4
Sorting and classifying.
L 3 - use Venn and
Carroll diagrams to
record their sorting and
classifying of
information, e.g. using
one or two criteria
typical of level 2 and 3
mathematics, e.g.
shapes sorted using
properties such as right
angles and equal sides
L 4 - use Venn and
Carroll diagrams to
record their sorting and
classifying of
information, e.g. using
two criteria typical of
level 3 and 4
mathematics such as
sorting numbers using
properties ‘multiples of
8’ and ‘multiples of 6’
Mental workout
Counting in 10’s and
multiples of 10’s.
Activity 5
Rectangles.
Mental workout
Everything you know
about rectangles in 1
minute.
L 2 – talk about
shapes referring to their
properties such as
edge, face and corner. L
L 3 - recognise shapes
in different orientations
Activity 6
Using the four compass
points ( and length).
Possible links to
geography.
Mental workout
Turning activity.
L 2 – distinguish
between left and right
and between clockwise
and anticlockwise.
L 2 – recognise right
angles in turns.
L 3 - describe position
and movement, e.g.
– use terms such as
left/right,
clockwise/anticlockwise,
quarter turn/90° to give
directions along a route
L 3 - recognise angles
as a measure of turn
and know that one
whole turn is 360
degrees
L 3 - measure a length
to the nearest 1/2 cm
L 4 - measure a length
using mm, to within 2
mm
Week 6 The home run.
Activities and Mental
workout.
Activity 1
Design a sports kit with
repeating patterns.
Possible I.C.T links
Mental workout
Look for patterns in
home or on way to
school.
Activity 2
Top trumps!
Possible I.C.T links
Mental workout
Mentally adding small
numbers.
Activity 3
Scavenger hunt.
Mental workout
Multiplication tables
MA1 Using and applying MA2 Number
L 3 – Use appropriate
mathematical
vocabulary.
MA3 Shape Space and
measures
Year 3 – Identify
patterns in shapes.
MA4 Data Handling
L 3 - represent/compare
L3 – Compare data, eg.
numbers
Say how many and
using number lines,
recognise the category
100-squares,
that has most/least.
base 10 materials, etc.
– recognise that
some numbers
– L 4 – place value
over 1000.
Reading numbers /maths vocabulary and almost anything else in the maths curriculum plus a bit of extra
fun !
Activity 4
Estimating Fractions.
Mental workout
Halving numbers.
Activity 5
Recognising maths in
the real world.
Mental workout
15 maths words in one
minute.
Activity 6
The chair
Mental workout
Using vocabulary
L3 – Understand a
general statement by
finding particular
examples that match it.
L 3 - use simple
fractions that are
several parts of a whole.
L 3 - use appropriate
mathematical
vocabulary
Lots of areas of maths could be covered e.g. measuring with non–standard units, vocabulary,
comparing, estimating, predicting etc etc but a very practical activity to end the project with a bit more
fun!
Possible links with science and materials.