ANY BOOKLISTS HERE ARE FOR THE OLDER WEEKLY PLANS – they are NOT for the new Flexible Blocks which have their own booklists accessible here: https://www.hamilton-trust.org.uk/blog/flexible-blocks-booklists/
Flexible Blocks
Maths: Hamilton's short maths blocks have all the benefits of our weekly plans. They also provide support and resources that were simply not possible when we produced the weekly plans. Find out about the advantages of short blocks.
Problem-solving Investigations - Year 3
The problem-solving investigations below match Hamilton’s weekly maths plans. We now also provide Year 3 maths as short blocks. We will eventually be phasing out the plans, as we believe our short blocks offer you all of the same advantages and more, including the integration of the problem-solving investigations into each unit of study. Find out more about the advantages of Hamilton's short blocks.
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Using exactly three coins, children work out how many amounts can be made between £1 and £2.
Children use reasoning skills to solve a number puzzle. They use numbers 0 to 7 to make a total of 10 on each side of a square.
Children subtract a number which is the reverse of another, e.g. 62 - 26.
Children play a game for two where strategy and identifying triangles are both crucial.
Children draw on their knowledge of multiples of 2 and 5 to create these using digit cards 0 - 9.
Children use their knowledge of counting in 10s to solve a problem involving money.
Children arrange the ‘nearly numbers’ in a square so that each row and column adds to Magic 147.
Following simple rules children find ways to make 100 based on four dice throws. They practise adding four numbers with a total around 100 and use this to find a solution.
Children practise reading times on a digital display and work systematically to find out which times won’t show correctly because of a faulty segment on the clock display.
Children use their knowledge of the 3, 4 and 5 times tables to work out mystery numbers using a series of logical clues.
Children use their knowledge of fractions and tables to solve logic puzzles and find mystery numbers.