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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 Spring Term Maths Units Bundle
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Year 2 Spring Term Maths Units Bundle

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Year 2 Spring Maths Bundle. In 2000, I was commissioned to write a set of Spring Maths lessons for Year 2 students by a major UK Educational Publisher. The lessons contain the learning objective, a fun starter and a main lesson, followed by suggestions on how differentiate the independent learning part of the lesson using resources commonly found in most UK primary school classrooms.
Year 2 Term 2 Week 3  Lesson 1	Understanding Addition and Subtraction
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Lesson 1: Week 3 Title Understanding Addition and Subtraction Learning Objective:  add  use words about adding  add by partitioning  use patterns of similar calculations. Mental Warm Up: I am thinking of a number. I will give you a clue. What ways can you use to guess? Main Lesson Idea: Today we are going to break some numbers up into ‘5 and a bit’ to help us with our addition. Educational Challenges  Solve ‘5 and a bit’ problems.  Differentiate by using different numbers
Year 2 Term 2 Week 2 Lesson 5 	Place Value and Ordering
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Year 2 Term 2 Week 2 Lesson 5 Place Value and Ordering

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Lesson 5: Week 2 Title Place Value and Ordering Learning Objective:  read and write numbers up to and over 100  know what each digit means  use words for comparing and ordering numbers  order numbers up to and over 100. Mental Warm Up: Sit with people you do not normally work with. Choose a number with up to three digits and write it down on a piece of paper. Hold it up if it answers my questions. Main Lesson Idea: Today we are going to compare and order numbers. Educational Challenges  Order numbers.  Differentiate by different numbers.
Year 2 Term 2 Week 3 Lesson 2: 	Understanding Addition and Subtraction
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Year 2 Term 2 Week 3 Lesson 2: Understanding Addition and Subtraction

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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. Mental Warm Up: Sit with children you do not normally work with. On your table is a pen and a big piece of paper. The leader is in charge of the pen. Main Lesson Idea: Today we are going to continue with our ‘5 and a bit’ work and use it to help us with addition. Educational Challenges  Work in threes.Take it in turns to throw the dice. Total the three throws using the ‘5 and a bit’ strategy.  Work in pairs. Practise adding number sentences using the ‘5 and a bit’ strategy.  Work in pairs. Practise adding number sentences using the ‘5 and a bit’ strategy.
Guy Fawkes - Number Bonds To Ten
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Guy Fawkes - Number Bonds To Ten

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Are you teaching about number bonds to 10? Are you looking for a way to link your teaching into Bonfire night, Guy Fawkes or Firework night? Then this is the resource for you! 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 Guy Fawkes - Number Bonds To Ten. The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into different Guy Fawkes - Number Bonds To Ten. The students can then discuss how they solve each problem.
Polish Halloween Skeleton Counting Song - PowerPoint+ Halloween Worksheets+ 31 Teaching Activities
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Polish Halloween Skeleton Counting Song - PowerPoint+ Halloween Worksheets+ 31 Teaching Activities

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A fun way to learn the Polish numbers during Halloween. I have also included a set of Halloween themed worksheets your students could translate into Polish and a set of 31 teaching activities you could use with the pictures from these resources. You could look at it directly as a presentation and discuss the different skeletons being shown in each of the photos. You could print off and laminate the photos to make an interesting, eye-catching display about the Halloween Skeleton Counting Song. The students could also take the laminated photos and sort them into different groups of skeletons. The students can then discuss what they think each skeleton was saying or thinking. The photos could also be used as prompts for creative writing, factual writing or descriptive writing.
Year 2 Number Sequences (Week 1 Term 2 Lesson 1)
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Year 2 Number Sequences (Week 1 Term 2 Lesson 1)

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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.
Year 2 Autumn Term Week 12 Time, Length And Measures
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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 2 Place Value and Ordering
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Year 2 Spring Term Week 2 Place Value and Ordering

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Five complete PowerPoint lessons about place values and ordering numbers. The lessons start with a fun mental warm up. This is followed by a highly interactive, whole class learning session. The final part of the lesson is for the students to complete the fun differentiated challenges. Spring Term Lesson 1: Week 2 Title Place Value Learning Objective:  read and write numbers in figures and words. Lesson 2: Week 2 Title Place Value Learning Objective:  what a digit is  what each digit in a number means  to represent numbers as tens and ones. Lesson 3: Week 2 Title Place Value Learning Objective:  read and write numbers to 100 and over  know what each digit in a number means. Lesson 4: Week 2 Title Place Value and Ordering Learning Objective:  read and write numbers up to and over 100  know what each digit means  use words for comparing and ordering numbers  order numbers up to and over 100. Lesson 5: Week 2 Title Place Value and Ordering Learning Objective:  read and write numbers up to and over 100  know what each digit means  use words for comparing and ordering numbers  order numbers up to and over 100.
Year 2 Spring Term Week 3 Understanding Addition and Subtraction.
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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 Autumn Maths Lessons Bundle
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Year 2 Autumn Maths Lessons Bundle

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At the start of my teaching career, I was commissioned by a major British Educational Publisher to create a set of Year 2 Maths lessons. The lessons cover the objectives, the starter and main part of the lesson and suggest the independent learning task. The final tasks are easy to organise in a typical British classroom and a highly differentiated.
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 8 (No Week 7 as holiday) - Reasoning about numbers.
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Year 2 Autumn Term Week 8 (No Week 7 as holiday) - Reasoning about numbers.

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Here is a 5 day teaching unit using PowerPoint for anyone who is wanting to teach students about how to use and reason with numbers. The lessons start with a 10 minute mental warm up session. This is followed by a highly interactive, whole class teaching session. The PowerPoint lessons end with a differentiated teaching challenge for students at different attainment levels. Autumn Term Lesson 1: Week 8 Title Counting and Properties of Numbers Learning Objective:  count on in steps of any size  solve number patterns  make up our own number patterns. Lesson 2: Week 8 Title Counting and Properties of Numbers Learning Objective:  count on in steps of any size  solve number patterns  make patterns agree with rules  make alternating patterns. Lesson 3: Week 8 Title Reasoning about Numbers Learning Objective:  investigate square numbers  find ways of investigating numbers  find square numbers by using a pattern. Lesson 4: Week 8 Title Reasoning about Numbers Learning Objective:  solve word problems  recognise odd and even numbers  find and talk about general statements  develop mental strategies. Lesson 5: Week 8 Title Reasoning about Numbers Learning Objective:  add and subtract  use the words used to add and subtract  add several numbers together and find the differences by counting on.
Year 2 Autumn Term Week 9 Addition, Subtraction and Money.
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Year 2 Autumn Term Week 9 Addition, Subtraction and Money.

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Here are 5 great PowerPoint lessons about addition, subtraction, rounding and money to use in the classroom. The lessons are complete with 3 parts. The first part is the 10 minute mental warm up session. The central part in the whole class, interactive learning session. The final part of the lesson provides differentiated challenges for the students. Autumn Term Lesson 1: Week 9 Title Addition and Subtraction Learning Objective:  complete adding and subtracting problems  add several numbers  understand that adding but not subtracting can be done in any order. Lesson 2: Week 9 Title Subtracting from Multiples of 10 Learning Objective:  understand the words used to describe adding and subtracting  subtract a one-digit number from a multiple of 10  record the answers in different ways.  Practise subtracting from multiples of 10.  Practise subtracting from bigger multiples of 10. Lesson 3: Week 9 Title Subtraction Learning Objective:  use words to describe subtraction  subtract a one-digit number from a multiple of 10. Lesson 4: Week 9 Title Describing Money Learning Objective:  use words to compare and order numbers  recognise coins  total money  understand different monies can be the same. Lesson 5: Week 9 Title Rounding and Money Problems Learning Objective:  round amounts to the nearest 10p  approximate and order numbers on a number line  recognise coins  be able to total money together.
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 10 Multiplication, Division and Fraction
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Year 2 Spring Term Week 10 Multiplication, Division and Fraction

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Five exciting PowerPoint lessons about multiplication, division and fractions. The lessons start with a fun mental warm up game. The lesson then focuses on the main interactive whole class learning point. The lesson finishes with differentiated learning challenges. Spring Term Lesson 1: Week 10 Title Multiplication Learning Objective:  understand and use multiplication as repeated addition  recognise and interpret situations as multiplication  develop strategies to multiply a one-digit number up to 5 by 2, 3, 4 or 5  use the ‘x’ symbol. Lesson 2: Week 10 Title Multiplication, Money and 'Real-Life' Problems Learning Objective:  use multiplication as repeated addition  recognise and use multiplication  use the ability to count on in twos, fives and tens to find different amounts  find total costs  use patterns in 5 and 10 times-tables to check results. Lesson 3: Week 10 Title Multiplication and Division, Money and 'Real-Life' Problems Learning Objective:  understand the difference between multiplication and division  count in twos, fives and tens to find the number of coins to make a given amount  check results  understand equivalent values of coins. Lesson 4: Week 10 Title Multiplication and Division and 'Real-Life' Problems Learning Objective:  develop understanding of multiplication and division  recognise when to use multiplication  write a number sentence for a problem. Lesson 5: Week 10 Title Fractions Learning Objective:  understand and use words about fractions  find one half or one quarter of a number of objects  write ½ for one half  write ¼ for one quarter.
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 Summer Term Week 1 Counting and Properties of numbers
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Year 2 Summer Term Week 1 Counting and Properties of numbers

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Three full PowerPoint Lessons about counting and properties of numbers which start with a fun mental warm up. The students then experience a fully interactive, main class leaning session. The lesson finishes with a fun differentiated learning challenge. Summer Term Lesson 1: Week 1 Title Counting and Properties of Numbers Learning Objective:  recognise odd and even numbers  understand what is special about odd and even numbers  count on and back in twos. Mental Warm Up: Counting on and back in ones. Counting on and back in tens. Main Lesson Idea: Today we are going to investigate sharing by 2. Educational Challenges  Investigate which numbers can be shared equally by 2. Look for patterns and predict results.  Investigate which numbers less than 30 can be shared equally by 2.  Investigate which numbers can be shared equally by 2. Predict results for numbers greater than 100. Lesson 2: Week 1 Title Counting and Properties of Numbers Learning Objective:  say what is happening in a number pattern  say what number is next in a number pattern  count on and back in steps of different sizes. Mental Warm Up: You each have a number card. Is your number odd or even? Main Lesson Idea: Today we are going to be counting on and back in steps of different sizes. Educational Challenges  Make up number chains using ‘add’ and ‘subtract’. Predict whether the final number will be more or less than the start number.  Make up number chains using ‘add’ and ‘subtract’. Ask a classmate to work out the end number. Lesson 3: Week 1 Title Counting and Properties of Numbers Learning Objective:  count on in twos, fives and tens  recognise multiples of 2, 5, and 10  be able to explain number patterns  recognise that some numbers can be a multiple of more than one number. Mental Warm Up: Today you will be counting on and back in twos, fives and tens. Main Lesson Idea: Today we are going to recognise multiples of 2, 5, and 10. Educational Challenges  Colour in multiples of 2, 5 and 10 on a hundred square.  Practise recognising multiples of 2, 5 and 10.
Year 2 Spring Term Week 8 (No Week 7 as holiday) Counting And Properties Of Numbers
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Year 2 Spring Term Week 8 (No Week 7 as holiday) Counting And Properties Of Numbers

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Five complete PowerPoint lessons about counting and properties of numbers. The lessons start with a fun mental warm up. This is followed by an interactive fun whole class learning session. The lesson finishes with a set of differentiated learning challenges for the students to complete. 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. Educational Challenges  Complete number sequences.  Try making number sequences using big numbers for a friend to complete. Lesson 4: Week 8 Title Counting and properties of numbers Learning Objective:  recognise odd and even numbers  recognise a pattern  explain what we did.
Year 2 Summer Term Week 11 Division, Multiplication and Fractions
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Year 2 Summer Term Week 11 Division, Multiplication and Fractions

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These five complete PowerPoint Lessons will help to teach students about division, multiplication and fractions. The lessons start with a fun mental warm up. These are followed by an interactive, whole class teaching session. The lessons finish with differentiated learning challenges. Summer Term Lesson 1: Week 11 Title Understanding Multiplication and Division Learning Objective:  understand multiplication and division  use multiplication and division vocabulary  deal with something left over  choose the correct number operation  solve money problems. Lesson 2: Week 11 Title Understanding Multiplication and Division Learning Objective:  use division and multiplication  use multiplication and division vocabulary  understand the idea of something left over  use the correct number operation  solve money problems. Lesson 3: Week 11 Title Understanding Multiplication and Division Learning Objective:  double and halve  understand that halving reverses doubling and vice versa. Lesson 4: Week 11 Title Fractions Learning Objective:  recognise and find simple fractions  recognise a half or a quarter  know that two halves or four quarters make a whole and that two quarters make a half  understand that doubling reverses halving. Lesson 5: Week 11 Title Fractions Learning Objective:  recognise and find simple fractions  recognise that two quarters make a half  place halves on a number line.