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Year 1 Being Collaborative

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

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5 to 7
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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

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5 to 7
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What do you see as you watch this video? Can you create a similar video for the number 12?
Equivalent Pairs
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Equivalent pairs

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5 to 7
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Can you match pairs of cards which show the same amount?
Biscuit Decorations
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Biscuit decorations

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5 to 7
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Andrew decorated 20 biscuits to take to a party. He lined them up and put icing on every second biscuit and different decorations on other biscuits. How many biscuits weren't decorated?
One Big Triangle
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One big triangle

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

Two flowers with the numbers 15 and 16 on them
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Butterfly flowers

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5 to 7
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Can you find two butterflies to go on each flower so that the numbers on each pair of butterflies adds to the number on their flower?

Robot Monsters
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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.
Same Length Trains
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Same length trains

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5 to 7
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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

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

Age
5 to 7
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Try this version of Snap with a friend - do you know the order of the days of the week?
Sort them out (1)
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Sort them out (1)

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5 to 7
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Can you each work out the number on your card? What do you notice? How could you sort the cards?
Jig Shapes
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Jig shapes

Age
5 to 11
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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?

Thirsty?
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Thirsty?

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

All Change
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All change

Age
5 to 7
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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?

How Tall?
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How tall?

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5 to 11
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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?

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

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

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

Making Sticks
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Making sticks

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

Overlaps
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Overlaps

Age
5 to 7
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What does the overlap of these two shapes look like? Try picturing it in your head and then use some cut-out shapes to test your prediction.

Grouping Goodies
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Grouping goodies

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5 to 7
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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

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5 to 7
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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?