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o Sizing up your classroom: table with columns such as object, estimated length, estimated
width, actual length, actual width, difference in estimated and actual for more able.
Measure in cm and convert to mm.

Calculating, measuring and understanding shape

o Addition and subtraction of 2-digit numbers mentally, warm-up, then written methods of 2-
and 3-digit numbers, using measures and quantities i.e. £.p
o Reading numbers from partly numbered scales… draw up on board and ask children to fill in
the blanks on the first few, give pointers for them to record the reading on the rest.
o 1- and 2-step word problems involving 12-hour clock time intervals, am and pm.
o Areas and/or perimeters of rectangles: draw them on the board, then do a table, rectangle
A, length 20, width 4 etc.
o Compass points, very kinesthetic lesson! Children to draw compass in their book and label,
but not until you have labelled together points in the classroom.
Links to o Learn the terms horizontal and vertical. Relate to real life, horizon, children to lie/stand
curriculum themselves/their pencils/other object, as their peers instruct. Move onto describing
positions on a grid, desert island, where is the shipwreck?
o Consolidate written method of * or / the children have learnt, TU by U, look at remainders in
context of question given.

Securing number facts, relationships and calculating

o Equivalent fractions, fractions of cake/pizza/egg boxes that are equivalent, look at patterns
in equivalent fractions 'number line' and relation to times tables i.e. 1/2, 2/4, 3/6, 4/8.
o Mixed numbers: adding and subtracting them (with same denominator) after introducing.
o Fractions of shapes/quantities: flags/stars/rectangles/circles (pizza/cake) or quantities: five
children, £10, 1/5 of £10 to see how much they can have each to spend at the cinema.
Worded problems.
o Money problems, 2-step: Given £10 to spend, would like to buy 3 x £2.75 books, what change
do you have?
o Ratio and proportion: Word problems: if for every blue marble Joe had, Shirley had 2 green
ones, how many green ones does Shirley have if Joe has 8 blue ones? Increase numbers,
children to find a rule, how to work it out.

SCIENCE

Moving and growing

Work on how important it is to warm up muscles before exercise. Explain how muscles help us
to move, then demonstrate a cold muscle (blue-tac, when cold it tears) and a warmed-up
Star fillers
muscle using an elastic band. Children write up with illustrations in their books. Do some
simple warm-up exercises with them in class.

Habitats

Hazardous Habitats: Imagine animals in the wrong habitat, how long could they stay there for
without doing serious damage to themselves/others in the environment? Elephant in a pond, human