Why not try our Short Blocks instead of our Weekly Plans?
Our short blocks have all the benefits of the weekly plans. They also provide a wealth of support and a whole raft of resources which were simply not possible when we produced the weekly plans nearly six years ago.
Find out more about the advantages of short blocks.
Each week, inevitably, there are some children who are unable to succeed on the age-related expected objectives. These extra support activities can be done by a teaching assistant with a small group of children. There are two activities for each week, linked to the maths in Hamilton’s plans for that week. Each activity consists of a detailed but simple bullet-pointed lesson outline for the TA and a Child Sheet. These intervention activities, if used consistently as you go along, have the potential to make a lot of difference to the children who are below ARE.
Tag, You're it! (1): Locating 2-digit numbers on a beaded line. More or less (2): Comparing pairs of 2-digit numbers.
Secret spider (1): Adding and subtracting 10 using 1-100 grid. Dinosaur day (2): Finding change from 20p.
Spot the 10 (1): Adding three single-digit numbers, spotting a pair with a total of 10. Spot the pattern (2): Using number facts and patterns to subtract 1-digit numbers from 2-digit numbers, e.g. 6 - 3, 16 - 3, 26 - 3, 36 - 3... 96 - 3.
Coin counting on (1): Finding the total of pairs of coins (up to 20p). Fair cakes (2): Finding half of quantities by sharing.
Be the balance (1): Comparing weights by direct comparison. Match and stick (2): Telling the time to the hour on an analogue clock.
Give me five (1): Counting in 5s. Clever counting (2): Early multiplication (in 10s).
Hopping maths (1): Early multiplication (in 5s). Ring the fives (2): Early division (in 5s).
Pouring potions (1): Comparing capacity by direct comparison. Pick up sticks (2): Doubling numbers 11 to 20.
Do the splits (1): Adding 'friendly 2-digit numbers using partitioning (1s < 10 and 10s < 10). A jump and a hop (2): Subtracting 11 and 12 from 2-digit numbers by counting back.
Tall towers (1): Finding a small difference. Frustrating fifteen (2): Finding 'how many more to make?'
Smiley faces (1): Naming and counting faces of 3D shapes. What's the time? (2): Telling the time to the half hour on an analogue clock.
