A cross-curricular lesson for LKS2, looking at what Ancient Greek houses were like alongside teaching perimeter, including rectilinear shapes. Children design their own Greek home using their perimeter learning. Lesson plan and powerpoint included.

A cross-curricular lesson for UKS2, looking at the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur alongside teaching coordinates, (including plotting coordinates in a 4 quadrant grid) to help Theseus escape the labyrinth. Lesson plan and powerpoint included.

This is a series of 5 short lessons with supporting activities and resources to accompany the Maths picture book ‘A Mousy Mess’ by Laura Driscoll. The unit is designed for EYFS based around the EYFS Framework. Input and activity ideas for 5 sessions across the week, including resources for the independent/small group tasks. It is a lovely book to own, but there are plenty of readings on youtube of the book if you are trying to save costs. Buy the book here on amazon: https://amzn.to/47syqD4

This is a lesson plan and supporting resources to accompany the Maths adventure picture book ‘Fractions in Disguise’ by Edward Einhorn. The lesson can work for Years 3 or 4, and is based around the learning objective of equivalent fractions. At the end of the lesson plan I have included the national curriculum links for both year groups. All answers to problems on the powerpoint and the children’s worksheet are provided, as are printable resources for the ‘fraction art’. It is a lovely book to own, but there are plenty of readings on youtube of the book if you are trying to save costs.

This is a lesson plan and supporting resources to accompany the counting legs maths picture book ‘One is a Snail, Ten is a Crab’ by April Pulley Sayre and Jeff Sayre. The lesson and tasks are differentiated so that they can be used for all ages from Years 1-6. The KS1 lesson looks at multiplication, repeated addition and the commutative law. The LKS2 lesson looks at problems involving multiplication and addition. The UKS2 lesson looks at problems involving multiplication and addition, plus the an introduction to expressing these number sentences using algebraic formulae. At the end of the lesson plan I have included the national curriculum links for each year group. All answers to problems on the powerpoints are provided. It is a lovely book to own, but there are plenty of readings on youtube of the book if you are trying to save costs.