ICT and Numeracy
Nets and Minecraft
Overview
In this lesson your children will be consolidating or highlighting their understanding of cube nets. The children will be using the Minecraft PE app to complete this activity.
Other Teaching Ideas:
1. Measuring volume
2. Following written instructions to create an object
3. Create square numbers
Sphero and Shapes
Overview
In this lesson your children will look at creating accurate 2D shapes by coding the sphero. For this activity you will need to download the Lightning Lab app.
Other Teaching Ideas:
1. Creating and measuring angles.
2. Instructions.
3. Problem solving and debugging.
Nets and Geoboard
Overview
In this lesson your children will look at creating different nets of cubes using the app Geoboard.
Other Teaching Ideas:
1. Allow your children to create fractions.
2. Allow your children to create different 2D shapes.
3. Allow your children to create a bar chart or line graph.
Angles and Explain Everything
Overview
This activity develops the children's understanding of angles in a fun way. You can choose whether you want to measure different angles or focus on the names of the angles.
Time and Explain Everything
Overview
This lesson works on analogue time and digital time. It looks complicated but it is a very simple activity.
Coordinates and Scratch
Overview
In this lesson your children will code an object to land on particular coordinates using the Scratch Jr app.
Other Teaching Ideas:
1. Creating characters and stories.
2. Code characters to have a race.
3. Create dialogue between two characters.
Fractions, Percentages and Geoboard
Overview
In this lesson your children will create and shade different shapes to highlights different fractions, percentages or both to show their understanding.
Other Teaching Ideas:
1. Create square numbers.
2. Tessellations, rotations and symmetry.
3. Types of Triangles and Angles.
Fractions and Minecraft
Overview
In this activity the children will be able to create different fractions using the Minecraft app.
Other Teaching Ideas:
1. Writing multiplication facts
2. Create a setting for a story
3. Create a word bank
Pie Charts, Fractions and Geoboard
Overview
In this lesson your children will learn about pie charts and fractions and showcase their learning on the Geoboard app. If your children have a good understanding of their fractions, this activity will allow them to put what they have learnt into practice.
Other Teaching Ideas:
1. Symmetry.
2. Shape rotations.
3. Coordinates.
Symmetry and Geoboard
Overview
In this activity your children will learn about symmetry and work on different symmetrical patterns using the Geoboard app.
Other Teaching Ideas:
1. Area and Perimeter
2. Shape rotations and transformations
3. Create shape nets.
2D Shapes
Create a variety of 2D shapes using the Geoboard app. You have also got the option to write the features of the shapes using the pen function.
3D Shapes
Create a variety of 3D shapes using the Geoboard app. You have also got the option to write the features of the shapes using the pen function.
Area and Perimeter
We all want to make area and perimeter as exciting as possible – it seems to lend itself to really exciting activities and lessons.
Using the Geoboard app, your class can get involved and complete different area and perimeter activities with very little input from the teacher.
The app allows straight forward shapes or more complex.
Rounding
You can use the Explain Everything app to give the children the opportunity to showcase their learning with rounding numbers.
The example shown is rounding to the nearest 10, but you can choose the quantity.
Fractions and Percentages
This activity allows your class to develop skills when learning about fractions and percentages.
Too often we give children examples and ask them to fill in the answers. This app gives your children the ownership to create their own examples.
Pie Chart
This activity also allows your class to develop skills when learning about fractions and percentages when using a pie chart.
