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Being Collaborative

Guess the houses
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Guess the houses

Age
5 to 7
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This task depends on learners sharing reasoning, listening to opinions, reflecting and pulling ideas together.
Dotty Six
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Dotty Six

Age
5 to 11
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Dotty Six is a simple dice game that you can adapt in many ways.

Sticky Data
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Sticky Data

Age
5 to 7
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You'll need to work in a group on this problem. Use your sticky notes to show the answer to questions such as 'how many girls are there in your group?'.
Matching Time
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Matching Time

Age
5 to 7
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Try this matching game which will help you recognise different ways of saying the same time interval.

Five Steps to 50
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Five Steps to 50

Age
5 to 7
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Use five steps to count forwards or backwards in 1s or 10s to get to 50. What strategies did you use?
Snail One Hundred
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Snail One Hundred

In this game, you throw a dice and move counters along the snail's body and in a spiral around the snail's shell. It is about understanding tens and ones.

Nim-7
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Nim-7

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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Can you work out how to win this game of Nim? Does it matter if you go first or second?
Totality
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Totality

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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This is an adding game for two players. Can you be the first to reach the target?
Shut the box
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Shut the box

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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An old game with lots of arithmetic!

Jig Shapes
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Jig Shapes

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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Can you each work out what shape you have part of on your card? What will the rest of it look like?

Number match
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Number match

Age
5 to 11
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A task which depends on members of the group noticing the needs of others and responding.

Thirsty?
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Thirsty?

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Can you lay out the pictures of the drinks in the way described by the clue cards?

En-counters
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En-counters

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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This task requires learners to explain and help others, asking and answering questions.

Guess the dominoes
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Guess the dominoes

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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This task depends on learners sharing reasoning, listening to opinions, reflecting and pulling ideas together.
Arranging cubes
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Arranging cubes

Age
7 to 11
Challenge level
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A task which depends on members of the group working collaboratively to reach a single goal.