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I am the Head Teacher Of Maria International School Of Bucharest in Romania. I am also very keen at developing different TES teaching resources to discover what works well for different classes. I am constantly looking for new and exciting different ways of presenting and teaching different primary topics, especially maths topics.

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I am the Head Teacher Of Maria International School Of Bucharest in Romania. I am also very keen at developing different TES teaching resources to discover what works well for different classes. I am constantly looking for new and exciting different ways of presenting and teaching different primary topics, especially maths topics.
Year 2 Autumn Term Week 12 Time, Length And Measures
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Five Complete PowerPoint Lessons about Time, Length and Measures. The lessons start with a 10 minute fun mental warm up, followed by a main, highly interactive, whole class lesson, and ends with differentiated learning challenges for the students. Autumn Term Lesson 1: Week 12 Title Time Learning Objective:  use the words to describe time  know how long a day, week, month and year is  order the months of the year  be able to relate months to a particular season. Lesson 2: Week 12 Title Time Learning Objective:  use words to describe time  know how long it takes to do something  know how many seconds in a minute  know how many minutes in an hour  understand speed and time  estimate. Lesson 3: Week 12 Title Length and Problem Solving Learning Objective:  solve a problem involving length  explain how you did it  estimate and check your work. Lesson 4: Week 12 Title Length, Making Decisions and Checking Results Learning Objective:  solve a problem involving length  measure using centimetres  find the half of measurements. Lesson 5: Week 12 Title Time, Making Decisions and Checking Results Learning Objective:  solve a problem involving time  explain the work and record the answers  change units of time.
Year 2 Spring Term Week 3 Understanding Addition and Subtraction.
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Five complete PowerPoint lessons about Addition and Subtraction. The lessons start with a fun mental warm up. This is followed by a whole class, interactive, learning session. The lesson finishes with a set of differentiated learning challenges for the students. Spring Term Lesson 1: Week 3 Title Understanding Addition and Subtraction Learning Objective:  add  use words about adding  add by partitioning  use patterns of similar calculations. Lesson 2: Week 3 Title Understanding Addition and Subtraction Learning Objective:  add  know words used in adding  add by partitioning into ‘5 and a bit’  recombine the numbers. Lesson 3: Week 3 Title Understanding Addition and Subtraction Learning Objective:  add and know the words which are used when adding  add teens numbers  understand that adding can be done in any order  use patterns of similar calculations. Lesson 4: Week 3 Title Understanding Addition and Subtraction Learning Objective:  add  use the words to describe adding  partition into ‘10 and a bit’  know adding can be done in any order  use patterns of similar calculations. Lesson 5: Week 3 Title Understanding Addition and Subtraction Learning Objective:  add and use words to do with adding  add a teens number to a two-digit number  partition into ‘10 and a bit’  understand that addition can be carried out in any order  find pairs of numbers that make a given total  use patterns of similar calculations.
Year 2 Spring Term Week 5 Mass and Shape and Space
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Year 2 Spring Term Week 5 Mass and Shape and Space

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Five complete PowerPoint lessons looking at Mass and shape and space. The lessons all start with a fun mental warm up. This is followed by an interactive, whole class learning session. The lessons finish with a fun differentiated learning challenge. Spring Term Lesson 1: Week 5 Title Mass Learning Objective:  solve measurement problems  use words about mass and ways of measuring weight  measure using non-standard units  compare weights  estimate and measure. Lesson 2: Week 5 Title Mass Learning Objective:  use and begin to read words about mass  compare different masses. Lesson 3: Week 5 Title Mass Learning Objective:  use and begin to use words about mass  suggest and use simple measuring equipment  develop estimating skills. Lesson 4: Week 5 Title Mass Learning Objective:  solve measurement problems  understand and use words about mass  measure and compare using standard units. Lesson 5: Week 5 Title Shape and Space Learning Objective:  recognise and describe how to turn things  recognise half and quarter turns to the left or right  understand the terms clockwise and anti-clockwise.
Year 2 Spring Term Week 9 Place Value, Addition, Subtraction and Money.
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Year 2 Spring Term Week 9 Place Value, Addition, Subtraction and Money.

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Here are five great PowerPoint lessons about addition, subtraction, and money. The lessons all start with a mental warm up activities. Then the students complete an interactive whole class learning session together. The lessons end with a differentiated learning challenge. Spring Term Lesson 1: Week 8 Title Counting and properties of numbers Learning Objective:  recognise odd and even numbers  investigate number problems and puzzles  explain methods, reasoning and relationships. Lesson 2: Week 8 Title Counting and properties of numbers Learning Objective:  recognise odd and even numbers  devise and continue a number pattern  describe a pattern Lesson 3: Week 8 Title Counting and properties of numbers Learning Objective:  recognise and continue or complete number patterns  describe a pattern or rule  devise a number pattern  recognise odd and even numbers. Lesson 4: Week 8 Title Counting and properties of numbers Learning Objective:  recognise odd and even numbers  recognise a pattern  explain what we did. Lesson 5: Week 9 Title Addition, Mental Calculation, Place Value Learning Objective:  understand the language of addition.  begin to add 9 or 11 by adding 10 and changing the number by 1.  begin to add 19 or 21 by adding 20 and changing the number by 1.
Year 2 Spring Term Week 11 Time Maths PowerPoint Presentations
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Year 2 Spring Term Week 11 Time Maths PowerPoint Presentations

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Five full PowerPoint presentations about teaching time. The lessons start with a fun mental warm up. Then the students participate in a full, whole class, interactive learning session. The students end the lesson by completing a differentiated learning challenge. Spring Term Lesson 1: Week 11 Title Time Learning Objective:  use and understand words about time  solve simple problems relating to time. Lesson 2: Week 11 Title Time Learning Objective:  use and understand words about time  read the time to the o’clock and half past on different types of clock  solve simple problems relating to time. Lesson 3: Week 11 Title Time Learning Objective:  use and understand words about time  read the time to half and quarter hours  understand digital clocks  solve simple problems about time. Lesson 4: Week 11 Title Time Learning Objective:  use and understand words about time  read the time to half and quarter hours on an analogue and a digital clock  solve simple problems about time. Lesson 5: Week 11 Title Time Learning Objective:  understand and use words about time  know different units of time  make estimates about time  use the right units of time.
Year 2 Summer Term Week 12 Time and Capacity
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Year 2 Summer Term Week 12 Time and Capacity

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These five complete PowerPoint lessons are focusing on time and capacity. The lessons start with a fun mental warm up session. This is followed by an interactive, whole class learning session. The lesson end with a differentiated learning challenge. Summer Term Lesson 1: Week 12 Title Time Learning Objective:  suggest units to estimate time  read the time  understand how to read a digital clock  solve problems relating to time. Lesson 2: Week 12 Title Time Learning Objective:  read the time  read a digital clock  solve simple time problems. Lesson 3: Week 12 Title Time Learning Objective:  know the relationship between units of time. Lesson 4: Week 12 Title Time Learning Objective:  solve simple time word problems  explain how a problem is solved  read the time from clocks. Lesson 5: Week 12 Title Capacity Learning Objective:  estimate capacities  compare capacities.
Year 2 Summer Term Week 9 Rounding, Estimating, Mental Calculation Strategies and Place Value
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Year 2 Summer Term Week 9 Rounding, Estimating, Mental Calculation Strategies and Place Value

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Five complete PowerPoint lessons about rounding, estimating, mental calculation strategies and place value. Each of the lessons start with a mental warm up. This is followed by a whole class, interactive learning session. The lesson end with fun differentiated learning challenges. Summer Term Lesson 1: Week 9 Title Estimating, Mental Calculation Strategies, Money Learning Objective:  develop ways of adding and subtracting mentally  make sensible estimates  choose and use the correct number operation  know what each coin is worth. Lesson 2: Week 9 Title Place Value, Mental Calculation Strategies, Money Learning Objective:  total prices  use the correct number operation (+,–)  solve word problems  recognise coins. Lesson 3: Week 9 Title Place Value, Rounding, Mental Calculation Strategies, and Money Learning Objective:  add and subtract mentally  choose the correct number operation  know what each coin is worth  round to the nearest 10. Lesson 4: Week 9 Title Mental Calculation Strategies and Money Problems Learning Objective:  add and subtract mentally  choose and use the appropriate number operation  know the value of coins  solve money word problems. Lesson 5: Week 9 Title Place Value and Ordering, Mental Calculation Strategies and Money Learning Objective:  work out sums mentally  solve problems  know what each coin is worth  order amounts of money.
Diwali - Counting to 10 - PowerPoint and Teaching Display Materials + Diwali mandala colouring book
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Diwali - Counting to 10 - PowerPoint and Teaching Display Materials + Diwali mandala colouring book

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Count to 10 using Diwali as a focal point. You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different numbers and items being shown in each of the photos. The numbers are first shown in one way, and then mixed up and shown in a different order to consolidate their learning. I added Diwali mandala colouring book to help them further improve their fine motor skills colouring. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about Diwali – Counting to 10. The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into different Diwali – Counting to 10 Lamps. The photos could also be used to sort numbers or to use them to add or subtract different numbers.
Diwali Key Vocabulary and Story + Diwali Colouring Book + 31 Ways How To Use This Resource In Class
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Diwali Key Vocabulary and Story + Diwali Colouring Book + 31 Ways How To Use This Resource In Class

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Great Diwali Vocabulary presentation. It is a great resource for presentation about the Diwali. I added a Diwali colouring book and also a presentation on how you can use these resources to make 31 different teaching resources in the classroom. You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different items being shown in each of the photos. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about Diwali Key Vocabulary and Story. The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into different Diwali Key Vocabulary and Story features. The students can then discuss what they think each one was saying or thinking. The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.
Learning Polish Is Fun Bundle
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Learning Polish Is Fun Bundle

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Are you learning Polish? Are you looking for fun images to share with your students? I took my ESL course and I adapted it to help teachers also teach Polish. The worksheets are in English but there are 57 different settings and 114 pages of worksheets to translate into Polish. Students can use these pictures as a focus for their conversations and also for fun end of lesson games, where they recall the new vocabulary used in each session.
Year 2 Autumn Term Week 13 Data Handling And Venn Diagrams
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Year 2 Autumn Term Week 13 Data Handling And Venn Diagrams

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Five complete PowerPoint lessons about Data handling and Venn diagrams. The lessons start off with a fun mental warm up, followed by a highly interactive whole class learning session and ends with a fun set of differentiated learning challenges. Autumn Term Lesson 1: Week 13 Title Venn Diagrams Learning Objective:  use a Venn diagram  draw a Venn diagram to sort numbers. Lesson 2: Week 13 Title Using a Venn Diagram to Sort Names Learning Objective:  to record and discuss using a Venn diagram. Lesson 3: Week 13 Title Handling Data Day 1 Learning Objective:  collect, record and interpret information  present the data as a graph  discuss the results. Lesson 4: Week 13 Title Handling Data Day 2 Learning Objective:  collect, record and interpret information  present the data as a graph  discuss the results. Lesson 5: Week 13 Title Handling Data Day 3 Learning Objective:  collect, record and interpret information  present the data as a graph  discuss the results.
Year 2 Spring Term Week 1 Number Sequences
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Year 2 Spring Term Week 1 Number Sequences

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Three complete PowerPoint lessons about number sequences. The lessons start with a fun mental warm up, followed by a whole class learning period, and finishes with a set of differentiated learning challenges. Spring Term Lesson 1: Week 1 Title Number Sequences Learning Objective:  count on and back in steps of 10  describe and continue a sequence  make up a number pattern. Mental Warm Up: Today you are going to complete a mapping diagram with a ‘+10’ rule. Main Lesson Idea: Today we are going to be looking at sequences of numbers that have been made by counting on or back in steps of 10 or 1. Educational Challenges  Use cubes or beads in two colours to make a number sequence. Use the ‘+10’ or ‘–10’ rule.  Make a pattern using cubes or beads in two colours. Use the ‘+10’ or ‘–10’ rule.  Think of a way to show a sequence that has got hundreds in it. Lesson 2: Week 1 Title Counting and Properties of Numbers
 Learning Objective:  count on and back in steps  describe a number pattern  continue a number pattern  make predictions. Mental Warm Up: Start from the start number. Count back in steps of ten when I clap my hands. Main Lesson Idea: Today we are going to count on in steps of different sizes using some grids. Educational Challenges  Shade the first number on a 4 x 4 grid and count on in fours. Do the same for a 5 x 5 grid and a 6 x 6 grid. Does the pattern look the same?  Count on in steps of 4 on different-sized grids. Explain the pattern.  Count on in steps of 4 on different-sized grids. Predict the pattern. Lesson 3: Week 1 Title Number Sequences Learning Objective:  count on or back in steps  describe number patterns  continue number patterns  make predictions. Mental Warm Up: Sit in a circle. Collect a card between 0 and 30. Stand up if you have number cards 1, 4, 7 and 10. What is the next number? Stand up if you have the number. Main Lesson Idea: Today we are going to look at some number patterns and work out the rule. Educational Challenges  Work out the rule for shaded grid patterns. Write the number sequences.  Work out the rule for shaded grid patterns. Write the number sequences.  Work out the rule for shaded grid patterns. Make up a pattern for a friend using a two-step rule.
Year 2 Spring Term Week 12 Data Handling and Measures
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Year 2 Spring Term Week 12 Data Handling and Measures

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These 5 complete PowerPoint lessons will help students to understand data handling. The lessons start with a mental warm up. Then the student will enjoy the interactive, whole class, sessions. The lessons then finish with fun differentiated challenges for the students to complete. Spring Term Lesson 1: Week 12 Title Problems Involving Measures Learning Objective:  find solutions to simple mass word problems  understand and use words about mass. Lesson 2: Week 12 Title Problems Involving Measures Learning Objective:  find solutions to simple mass word problems  explain ways of working  understand and use words about mass. Lesson 3: Week 12 Title Problems Involving Measures Learning Objective:  find solutions to simple mass word problems  understand and use words about mass  understand equivalence. Lesson 4: Week 12 Title Handling Data Learning Objective:  solve problems involving collecting, organising and interpreting data  record data using simple tables  explain results. Lesson 5: Week 12 Title Handling Data Learning Objective:  solve problems involving information  record findings as a block graph  explain results.
Year 2 Spring Term Week 4 Money
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Year 2 Spring Term Week 4 Money

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Five complete PowerPoint Lessons which focus on the topic of money. The lessons all start with a fun mental warm up. This is followed by the main, whole class, learning session. The lesson ends with a set of differentiated challenges for the students. Spring Term Lesson 1: Week 4 Title Money Learning Objective:  select and use the right calculation  check our calculations  solve money word problems  find totals. Lesson 2: Week 4 Title Money Learning Objective:  solve money word problems  recognise and use different value coins  select the right coins to pay. Lesson 3: Week 4 Title Money Learning Objective:  choose and use correct calculations  check calculations  solve money word problems  find totals and give change. Lesson 4: Week 4 Title Money Learning Objective:  check calculations  say what each coin is  solve money problems. Lesson 5: Week 4 Title Money Learning Objective:  make decisions and check calculations  solve money problems  use the appropriate number operation.
Year 2 Autumn Term Week 6 Numeracy Lessons - Shape and space
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Year 2 Autumn Term Week 6 Numeracy Lessons - Shape and space

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A 3 day set of complete PowerPoint lessons about using and explaining shape and space to children. All the lessons start with a 10 minute mental warm up session. This is followed by the main whole class lesson, which is highly interactive and helps to focus the student's attention on their learning. At the end of the presentation, the lessons contain differentiated ideas for students to further extend their learning. Autumn Term Lesson 1: Week 6 Title Shape and Space Learning Objective:  describe and talk about two-dimensional shapes  name shapes and say what is special about them. Lesson 2: Week 6 Title Shape and Space Learning Objective:  understand, use and read words used to describe two-dimensional shapes  sort flat shapes. Lesson 3: Week 6 Title Shape and Space Learning Objective:  combine squares to make new shapes  understand what makes each shape special  investigate using squares.
Year 2 Spring Term Week 6 Shape and Space Lessons
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Year 2 Spring Term Week 6 Shape and Space Lessons

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Three great PowerPoint lessons about Shape and Space. The lessons start with a mental warm up. This is followed with a main, interactive whole class learning session. The lesson finishes with a fun set of differentiated learning challenges for the students. Spring Term Lesson 1: Week 6 Title Shape and Space Learning Objective:  recognise and describe turning movements  recognise half and quarter turns to the left or right  understand angle as a measure of turn  recognise right angles. Lesson 2: Week 6 Title Shape and Space Learning Objective:  solve problems and recognise patterns  recognise and describe line symmetry  complete symmetrical patterns. Lesson 3: Week 6 Title Shape and Space Learning Objective:  solve problems and recognise patterns  recognise and describe line symmetry  complete symmetrical patterns.
Halloween Counting To 10 + Halloween Writing Worksheets + 31 Teaching Ideas For Using This Resource
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Halloween Counting To 10 + Halloween Writing Worksheets + 31 Teaching Ideas For Using This Resource

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Are you teaching counting to 10? This Halloween counting presentation is great fun. The first half of the presentation is with the numbers in order. Then I mixed up the numbers and so the children can count them all again. As well as teaching the students to count in order and then out of order, I have also included a set of Halloween Themed writing and counting worksheets to use in the class. I have also added a PowerPoint presentation explaining 31 different teaching activities you could use these picture flashcard for. You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different numbers being shown in each of the photos. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about Halloween Counting to 10. The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them from the smallest to the biggest. The students can then discuss what they think the answer is if they add 2 cards together. The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.
Diwali - Number 10 Number Bonds + Count To 10 + Fun Diwali Colouring Book For Kids
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Diwali - Number 10 Number Bonds + Count To 10 + Fun Diwali Colouring Book For Kids

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Learn about number bonds up to 10 using the Diwali festival. You can also use these resources to help you directly to count to 10, followed by seeing the numbers in different orders, followed by a nice Diwali colouring book to improve their fine motor skills. You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different calculations being shown in each of the photos. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about Diwali Maths. The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into an order. How they sorted the calculations.
Fun Quiz Bundle
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Fun Quiz Bundle

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Lots of fun research quizzes. This is a great set of end of term quizzes to try. They could also be used as fun homework tasks.