Year 1 Being collaborative

  • One Big Triangle
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    One big triangle

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Make one big triangle so the numbers that touch on the small triangles add to 10.

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    Robot monsters

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Use these head, body and leg pieces to make Robot Monsters which are different heights.

  • Same Length Trains
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    Same length trains

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    How many trains can you make which are the same length as Matt's and Katie's, using rods that are identical?

  • Domino Sorting
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    Domino sorting

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Try grouping the dominoes in the ways described. Are there any left over each time? Can you explain why?

  • 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!

  • Snap
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    Snap

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Try this version of Snap with a friend - do you know the order of the days of the week?

  • Times of Day
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    Times of day

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    These pictures show some different activities that you may get up to during a day. What order would you do them in?

  • Sort them out (1)
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    Sort them out (1)

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Can you each work out the number on your card? What do you notice? How could you sort the cards?

  • Number match
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    Number match

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Can you work as a group to match these numbers?

  • 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?

  • All Change
    problem

    All change

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    There are three versions of this challenge. The idea is to change the colour of all the spots on the grid. Can you do it in fewer throws of the dice?

  • Can you do \it too?
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    Can you do it too?

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Try some throwing activities and see whether you can throw something as far as the Olympic hammer or discus throwers.

  • Always, Sometimes or Never? KS1
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    Always, sometimes or never? KS1

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Are these statements relating to calculation and properties of shapes always true, sometimes true or never true?

  • Eightness of Eight
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    Eightness of eight

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    What do you see as you watch this video? Can you create a similar video for the number 12?

  • Making Sticks
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    Making sticks

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Kimie and Sebastian were making sticks from interlocking cubes and lining them up. Can they make their lines the same length? Can they make any other lines?

  • Wallpaper
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    Wallpaper

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    These pieces of wallpaper need to be ordered from smallest to largest. Can you find a way to do it?

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    Grouping goodies

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    Pat counts her sweets in different groups and both times she has some left over. How many sweets could she have had?

  • The Tall Tower
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    The tall tower

    Age
    5 to 7
    Challenge level
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    As you come down the ladders of the Tall Tower you collect useful spells. Which way should you go to collect the most spells?

  • 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?

  • How Tall?
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    How tall?

    Age
    5 to 11
    Challenge level
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    A group of children are discussing the height of a tall tree. How would you go about finding out its height?

  • How do you see it?
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    How do you see it?

    Age
    5 to 11
    Challenge level
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    Here are some short problems for you to try. Talk to your friends about how you work them out.