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Exploring and Justifying at KS2

Children benefit from being given opportunities to talk about their thinking.  As this thinking becomes more sophisticated it is even more important that children develop good habits in explaining their work.

Exploring Wild & Wonderful Number Patterns
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Exploring Wild & Wonderful Number Patterns

Age
7 to 11
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EWWNP means Exploring Wild and Wonderful Number Patterns Created by Yourself! Investigate what happens if we create number patterns using some simple rules.
Planning a School Trip
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Planning a School Trip

Age
7 to 11
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You are organising a school trip and you need to write a letter to parents to let them know about the day. Use the cards to gather all the information you need.
Sitting round the party tables
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Sitting round the party tables

Age
5 to 11
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Sweets are given out to party-goers in a particular way. Investigate the total number of sweets received by people sitting in different positions.
Half Time
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Half Time

Age
5 to 11
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What could the half time scores have been in these Olympic hockey matches?
Three neighbours
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Three neighbours

Age
7 to 14
Challenge level
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Take three consecutive numbers and add them together. What do you notice?
Ip Dip
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Ip Dip

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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"Ip dip sky blue! Who's 'it'? It's you!" Where would you position yourself so that you are 'it' if there are two players? Three players ...?

This Pied Piper of Hamelin
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This Pied Piper of Hamelin

Age
7 to 11
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Investigate the different numbers of people and rats there could have been if you know how many legs there are altogether!