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The tasks in this Primary feature offer opportunities to dig deeply into number, place value and calculation. Learners are encouraged to explore mathematical structures, demonstrate their creativity, and explain and generalise their findings.
You can watch a recording of the webinar in which we discussed the mathematical thinking which can be prompted by these activities.
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Going Deeper: Achieving greater depth in the primary classroom
In this article for Primary teachers, we share key findings from a project with schools in Tower Hamlets, which focused on teaching 'at greater depth' using whole-class resources.
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Robot monsters
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5 to 7
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Use these head, body and leg pieces to make Robot Monsters which are different heights.
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100 square jigsaw
Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
Can you complete this jigsaw of the 100 square?
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Growing garlic
Age
5 to 11
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Ben and his mum are planting garlic. Can you find out how many cloves of garlic they might have had?
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Number round up
Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
Arrange the numbers 1 to 6 in each set of circles below. The sum of each side of the triangle should equal the number in its centre.
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Domino sets
Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
How do you know if your set of dominoes is complete?
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Always, sometimes or never? Number
Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
Are these statements always true, sometimes true or never true?
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The deca tree
Age
7 to 11
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Find out what a Deca Tree is and then work out how many leaves there will be after the woodcutter has cut off a trunk, a branch, a twig and a leaf.
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Coded hundred square
Age
7 to 11
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This 100 square jigsaw is written in code. It starts with 1 and ends with 100. Can you build it up?
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Amy's dominoes
Age
7 to 11
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Amy has a box containing domino pieces but she does not think it is a complete set. Which of her domino pieces are missing?
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Sealed solution
Age
7 to 11
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Ten cards are put into five envelopes so that there are two cards in each envelope. The sum of the numbers inside it is written on each envelope. What numbers could be inside the envelopes?