Contextual maths within topics

Topics present abundant opportunities for contextual maths. Have fun with meaningful maths and explore a cross-curricular topic at the same time.

Dinosaurs and birthdays provide contexts for counting, measuring, pattern work and problem solving!

Reception

Your school and local area, famous mathemeticians, oceans and seas, British mountains and hills and weather provide contexts for working with mathematical data of all sorts!

Key Stage 1

Romans, the history of clothing, modern Europe and sports tournaments provide contexts for analysing data, Roman numerals and mathematical problem-solving!

Lower Key Stage 2

People and places, fossils, ancient Egypt and Sumer, the Indus valley, Maya and Shang and computational thinking provide contexts for working with tables and diagrams, calculation, problem-solving, ratios, measure, geometry and more!

Upper Key Stage 2