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Securing number facts, relationships and calculating

o Written/mental methods of up to HTU / U and TU.t * U
o Number machine: firstly give input and operation (6 goes in, machine *2, children to answer
12 is the output) change operation, then give input, and output, children to work through all
4 operations finding possible functions.
o Equivalent fractions, fractions of cake/pizza/egg boxes that are equivalent, look at patterns
Links to
curriculum in equivalent fractions 'number line' and relation to times tables i.e. 1/2, 2/4, 3/6, 4/8. This
has been done earlier in KS1, move onto non-unit fractions, 3/4 = 6/8 etc.
o Percentages: first introduction to percentages maybe, so look at meaning (% is out of 100,
recognise division line in symbol %) 100% as whole, 50% as half, 25% and 75%. Look at how to
find simple percentages of shapes to begin with, then numbers/quantities if they've got it,
esp. % mentioned above, moving onto 10%, then X by 4 to find 40% etc.
o Investigate connections between fractions and percentages, 1/2 of 360 = 50% of 360, etc.
You write fraction question, they write equivalent percentage question etc. Then challenge
them to work them out.
o 1 and 2 step word problems including decimals (use money, they relate well to it!)

SCIENCE

Keeping healthy

Design a poster which shows children alternatives to unhealthy snacks, and which promotes
exercise too.

Life cycles

Seed dispersal, what properties does a seed need to have to be dispersed by
wind/animal/water/explosion?

Gases around us, Evaporation

Links to Why do people hang their clothes on the line on a sunny day? Hang them on the radiator, put them
curriculum in the tumble dryer? What has happened to the water? Where did it go? Explore children's ideas and
help annotate drawings.

Changing state, Reversible changes

What can we melt/freeze to make a solid/liquid/gas change state, but then let the temperature
return to normal and the s/l/g will revert too? Water/wax… what can we not do this with?
Eggs/clay (fired in kiln)

Earth, sun and moon