NHM Mixed Age Planning Year 3 and Year 4 Autumn Term
Mixed Age Planning Year 3 & Year 4
Autumn Term
Unit
Framework topic
Place value, ordering, estimating,
3 rounding
Reading numbers from scales
Unit 1
3 days
Place value, ordering, estimating,
rounding
Reading numbers from scales
Objectives: children will be taught to…
NHM Topic
NHM Section
Read and write whole numbers to 1000 in figures and words.
Read and begin to write the vocabulary of comparing and ordering
numbers.
Say the number that is 1, 10 or 100 more or less than any given two- or
three-digit number.
Numbers to 1000


Number names, ordinal numbers
The sequence to 1000
Read and write whole numbers to at least 10000 in figures and words, and
know what each digit represents.
Numbers to 10 000

Number names, ordinal numbers
4
Teaching File page
Pupil Sheets
Activity Book page
7-9, 43-54, 73-78
NC, Shortcuts 1-3
NG, Shortcuts 1-3
7-11, 62-68
1-5
3-6, 9-10, 22
9
7-8
Textbook page
Home Activities
Check-ups
1
1
MATERIALS
TOOLBOX
3
2
2
Extension book
page
8-11, 29-35,
39-40
19, 35-38
4
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NHM Mixed Age Planning Year 3 and Year 4 Autumn Term
Week
Day 1
Starter
Main
Teaching
Activities
Year 3
Year 4
Tune-in TF 73
Number names to twenty
Door numbers
Tune-in TF 62
Fun Run
Revising number names to 1000
1 Doors TF 74
Number names for multiples of 10
and 100
1 More runners TF 63
Extending number names to 1000
Pupil Activities TF 74-75
2 Pupil Sheet 5
Number names, multiples of 100
Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
2 Number names for multiples of
1000 TF 64-65
Pupil Activities TF 66
1 Pupil Sheet 9
Number words and numerals
Activity Book page 22 TF 77
Plenary
Pupil Activities TF 74-75
1 Pupil Sheet 4
Number names, multiples of 10
Consolidate reading and writing
number names to 1000 and for
multiples of 1000.
Additional
notes
Give pupils a selection of 100 to
1000 flashcards, e.g. 456, 782. Ask
them to write the number.
Pupil Activities TF 66
1 Pupil Sheet 9
Number words and numerals
2 Writing digits in 4-digit numbers
Extra
Resources
Follow-up for Activity Book
page 22 TF 78
Consolidate reading and writing
number names to 1000 and for
multiples of 1000.
Review
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NHM Mixed Age Planning Year 3 and Year 4 Autumn Term
Week
Day 2
Starter
Year 3
Year 4
Tune-in TF 43-44
Zero to one hundred
Revising the number sequence to
100
Specific Starter for Numbers to
10000 TF 7-11
Main
Teaching
1 One thousand TF 44-45
Introducing the number sequence to
1000
3 Number names for 4-digit
numbers TF 65-66
Activities
Plenary
Pupil Activities TF 46
1 Numbers after, more and less
Sequences before, after, between,
and one, two more/less
Activity Book pages 3-6 TF 52
Pupil Activities TF 46
1 Numbers after, more and less
Sequences before, after, between,
and one, two more/less
Ask the pupils to answer the
questions orally only.
Pupil Activities TF 66
2 Writing digits in 4-digit numbers
3 Making and writing 4-digit
numbers
Textbook page 7 TF 68
Pupil Activities TF 66
1 Pupil Sheet 9
Number words and numerals
Additional
notes
Pupil Activities TF 46
2 Pupil Sheets 1 and 2
Extra
Resources
Follow-up for Activity Book
pages 3-6 TF 52-53
Home Activity 1
Pupil Activities TF 66
3 Making and writing 4-digit
numbers
As each pupil selects four cards ask
them to make the largest number
they can. Recording (in words) only
the numbers they create, ask each
child to use a calculator to find the
total of all their numbers. The
highest total wins.
Follow-up for Textbook page 7
TF 68
Home Activity 2
Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
Check-up 1
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NHM Mixed Age Planning Year 3 and Year 4 Autumn Term
Week
Day 3
Starter
Main
Teaching
Activities
Year 3
Year 4
Specific Starter for Numbers to
1000
TF 7-9
Specific Starter for Numbers to
10000 TF 7-11
4 Tens TF 48-50
Adding/subtracting 10 and
multiples of 10
4 Castle visitors TF 66-67
Introducing ordinal number names
thirtieth, fortieth …hundredth and
notation 30th, 40th … 100th
5 Number lines TF 50-51
Adding/subtracting 100 and
multiples of 100
Activity Book page 9
Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
Textbook page 8 TF 68
Pupil Activities TF 51
1 Connection cards
Activity Book page 10 TF 53
Plenary
Pupil Activities TF 51
2 Pupil Sheet 3
Connection cards template
Give two-digit multiples of 10 and
addition/subtractions which do not
cross 100.
Textbook page 8 TF 68
With the pupils as a group create a
display of the ordinal names tenth,
twentieth, … hundredth before they
do the page
Additional
notes
Pupil Activities TF 51
2 Pupil Sheet 3
Connection cards template
Include multiples of 10
additions/subtractions which cross
100, e.g. 460 add 80.
Extra
Follow-up for Activity Book
Textbook page 8 TF 68
In pairs give the pupils a set of 1 –
100 number cards. Ask them to
select 10 cards, write in figures and
words the equivalent ordinal
numbers and then order them from
smallest to largest.
Follow-up for Textbook page 8
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NHM Mixed Age Planning Year 3 and Year 4 Autumn Term
Resources
pages 9-10 TF 53
TF 68
Check-up 2
Review
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Week
Day 4
Starter
Year 2
Year 3
Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
Main
Teaching
Activities
Plenary
Additional
notes
Extra
Resources
Review
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Week
Day 5
Starter
Year 2
Year 3
Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
Main
Teaching
Activities
Plenary
Additional
notes
Extra
Resources
Review
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Mixed Age Planning Year 3 & Year 4
Autumn Term
Unit
Framework topic
Objectives: children will be taught to…
NHM Topic
NHM Section
Understanding + and 
3 Mental calculation strategies
(+ and )
Extend understanding of the operations of addition and subtraction, read
and begin to write the related vocabulary, and continue to recognize that
addition can be done in any order.
Use the +, - and = signs.
Know by heart:
all addition and subtraction facts for each number to 20.
Addition to 100

Addition facts to 20
Subtraction to 100

Consolidation of facts to 20
Understanding + and 
Mental calculation strategies
4 (+ and )
Consolidate understanding of relationship between + and -.
Count on or back in repeated steps of 1, 10 or 100.
Partition into tens and units, adding the tens first.
Identify near doubles, using known doubles (e.g. 150 + 160).
Add or subtract the nearest multiple of 10, then adjust.
Continue to use the relationship between addition and subtraction.
Add 3 or 4 small numbers, finding pairs totalling 10, or 9 or 11.
Add three two-digit multiples of 10, such as 40 + 70 + 50.
Use known number facts and place value to add or subtract mentally, including
any pair of two-digit whole numbers.
Use informal pencil and paper methods to support, record or explain
additions/subtractions.
Addition to 1000

Addition to 100: mental strategies
Unit 2
5 days
Pencil and paper procedures
(+ and )
Making decisions and checking
results
Teaching File page
Pupil Sheets
9-16, 85-89,
120-125
NF, Shortcut 1
11-16, 84-91
12-13
Activity Book page
Textbook page
Home Activities
Check-ups
1-4, 17-20
4, 8
7
3
4
MATERIALS
TOOLBOX
3
11-12
11-14
Extension book
page
14-17, 29-35, 39-40,
49
6, 19-25, 34
4
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Week
Day 1
Starter
Year 3
Year 4
Tune-in TF 84
Mental addition
Revising addition facts to 20
Tune-in TF 84
Number rows
Main
Teaching
1 Addition facts for 11 to 20
TF 85
Adding single-digit numbers or 10
1 Revising addition involving
two-digit multiples of 10 TF 85
Activities
Pupil Activity TF 85-86
1 Adding single-digit numbers or
10
Pupil Activity TF 85
1 Pupil Sheet 11
A multiple of 10 and a two-digit
number
Plenary
Textbook pages 1-2 TF 88
Pupil Activity TF 85-86
1 Adding single-digit numbers or
10
Provide pupils with partially
written cards to complete, e.g.
7 + __.
Additional
notes
Pupil Activity TF 85-86
1 Adding single-digit numbers or
10
Ask pupils to include additions of 3
or more numbers, e.g. 7 + 3 + 4.
Extra
Resources
Follow-up for Textbook pages 1-2
TF 89
Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
Pupil Activity TF 85
1 Pupil Sheet 11
With the pupils as a group do further
questions adding two multiples of 10
before doing the sheet.
Pupil Activity TF 85
1 Pupil Sheet 11
Give each pair of pupils a set of
multiple cards from 10 to 90 and a
set of two-digit numbers cards.
Take turns to select one card from
each set and read out the two
numbers. Their partner must find
the total mentally.
Discuss children’s work.
Home Activity 4
Review
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NHM Mixed Age Planning Year 3 and Year 4 Autumn Term
Week
Day 2
Starter
Year 3
Year 4
Specific Starter for Addition to
100
TF 9-13
Specific Starter for Addition to
1000 TF 11-16
Main
Teaching
2 Adding a teens number and a
single-digit number
TF 86-87
2 Pairs TF 86
Finding pairs of two-digit numbers
which total 100 or 60
Activities
Pupil Activity TF87-88
1 Adding a teens number and a
single-digit number
Pupil Activity TF 86
1 Pupil Sheet 12
Pairs totalling 100, 60
Plenary
Textbook pages 3-4 TF 88
Pupil Activity TF87-88
1 Adding a teens number and a
single-digit number
Provide pupils with partially
written cards to complete, e.g.
3+__.
Additional
notes
Pupil Activity TF87-88
Ask pupils to include additions of
one two-digit number and two
single-digit numbers, e.g. 11+3+2.
Can they find all possible answers?
Extra
Resources
Review
Follow-up for Textbook pages 3-4
TF 89
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Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
Pupil Activity TF 86
1 Pupil Sheet 12
On the board write a set of numbers
less than 40. For each number, ask
pupils to write down the number
which makes it total 40. Repeat for
30 and 50
Pupil Activity TF 86
1 Pupil Sheet 12
Pairs totalling 100, 60
Give pupils a set of two-digit
number cards less than 80. Ask
them to select a card and write
down the number which makes the
card number up to 80. Repeat for
70 and 90.
Discuss children’s work.
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NHM Mixed Age Planning Year 3 and Year 4 Autumn Term
Week
Day 3
Starter
Year 3
Year 4
Tune-in TF 120
Mental subtraction
Revising subtraction facts to 20
Specific Starter for Addition to
1000 TF 11-16
Main
Teaching
1 Counters TF 120-121
Consolidating subtraction facts to
19
3 Double-up TF 86-87
Addition doubles from 20 + 20 to
50 + 50
4 Near doubles TF 87-88
Activities
Pupil Activities TF 121
1 Subtraction bingo
Pupil Activity TF 88
1 Card doubles
Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
Textbook page 11 TF 91
Textbook page 17 TF 125
Plenary
Pupil Activities TF 121
2 Subtraction pairs
Pupil Activity TF 88
1 Card doubles
Place the cards face up and work as
a group to match them successfully.
Additional
notes
Pupil Activities TF 121
1 Subtraction bingo
Put numbers from 10 to 20 on the
bingo cards with matching question
cards.
Pupil Activity TF 88
1 Card doubles
Create five more pairs of cards to
give a total of ten cards in each set
with which to play the game.
Extra
Resources
Follow-up for Textbook page 17
TF 125
Follow-up for Textbook page 11
TF 91
Review
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NHM Mixed Age Planning Year 3 and Year 4 Autumn Term
Week
Day 4
Starter
Year 3
Year 4
Specific Starter for Subtraction to
100
TF 13-16
Specific Starter for Addition to
1000 TF 11-16
Main
Teaching
2 Ten-frames TF 122
Consolidating subtraction facts for
20
5 Adding two-digit numbers with
bridging TF 88-89
Activities
Pupil Activity TF 122
1 Pupil Sheet 12
Textbook page 12 TF 91
Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
Subtraction facts for 20 dominoes
Textbook page 18 TF 125
Plenary
Pupil Activity TF 122
Use Pupil Sheet 3 as a domino
template to practice all subtraction
facts for a smaller number, e.g. 15.
Textbook page 12 TF 91
Provide a 0 – 100 number line for
support
Additional
notes
Pupil Activity TF 122
Use Pupil Sheet 3 as a domino
template to practice a mixture of
subtraction facts for all numbers to
20, e.g. 19-7, 17-8.
Extra
Resources
Follow-up for Textbook page 18
TF 125
Textbook page 12 TF 91
Ask the pupils to answer all the
questions mentally and time
themselves to see how quickly they
can find all the answers. Ask them
to explain to each other how they
found each answer.
Follow-up for Textbook page 12
TF 91
Home Activity 3
Review
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NHM Mixed Age Planning Year 3 and Year 4 Autumn Term
Week
Day 5
Starter
Year 3
Year 4
Specific Starter for Subtraction to
100
TF 13-16
Specific Starter for Addition to
1000 TF 11-16
Main
Teaching
3 Cubes TF 123-124
Subtracting teens numbers from
teens numbers or 20
6 Snakes and ladders TF 89-90
Adding several small numbers
Activities
Pupil Activities TF 124
2 Pupil Sheet 13
Subtraction facts to 20 game
Textbook pages 13-14 TF 91
Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
Textbook pages 19-20 TF 125
Plenary
Pupil Activities TF 124
1 Differences to 20
Textbook pages 13-14 TF 91
Provide a 0 – 100 number line for
support. Work through the page
orally with the pupils as a group
before asking them to do it
independently.
Additional
notes
Pupil Activities TF 124
2 Pupil Sheet 13
Subtraction facts to 20 game
Use a 1 to 12 die or spinner.
Extra
Resources
Follow-up for Textbook pages 1920
TF 125
Home Activity 8
Check-up 7
Textbook pages 13-14 TF 91
Ask pupils to find all the solutions
possible for q3. Working in pairs
ask them to choose other sets of
numbers to find, e.g. all the pairs of
numbers which are even and have a
difference greater then 15.
Follow-up for Textbook pages
13-14 TF 91
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Mixed Age Planning Year 3 & Year 4
Autumn Term
Unit
Framework topic
Money and ‘real life’ problems
3 Making decisions and checking
results
Unit 3
Understanding + and 
Mental calculation strategies
(+ and )
4
Pencil and paper procedures
(+ and )
Making decisions and checking
results
Objectives: children will be taught to…
NHM Topic
NHM Section
Solve word problems involving numbers in 'real life', money and measures,
using one or more steps, including finding totals and giving change, and
working out which coins to pay. Explain how the problem was solved.
Recognize all coins and notes. Understand and use £.p notation (for
example, know that £3.06 is £3 and 6p).
Money

Using £1 and £2 coins
Consolidate understanding of relationship between + and -.
Understand the principles (not the names) of the commutative and associative laws
as they apply or not to addition and subtraction.
Count on or back in repeated steps of 1, 10 or 100.
Add or subtract the nearest multiple of 10, then adjust.
Continue to use the relationship between addition and subtraction.
Use known number facts and place value to add or subtract mentally, including
any pair of two-digit whole numbers.
Use informal pencil and paper methods to support, record or explain
additions/subtractions.
Check with the inverse operation.
Check the sum of several numbers by adding in reverse order.
Check with an equivalent calculation.
Use knowledge of sums or differences of odd/even numbers.
Subtraction to 1000

Subtraction to 100: mental strategies
Teaching File page
Pupil Sheets
23-25, 236-243
27-28
17-20, 122-129
22, 96
Activity Book page
Textbook page
Home Activities
Check-ups
61-64
22
18
7
7
MATERIALS
TOOLBOX
Extension book
page
3
25-28
5, 19-25, 34, 39
4
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Resource Sheets
NHM Mixed Age Planning Year 3 and Year 4 Autumn Term
Week
Day 1
Starter
Year 3
Year 4
Tune-in TF 236
Coins
Laying out amounts to 99p, the £1
coin
Tune-in TF 122-123
Mental subtraction
Using patterns of similar
calculations
Main
Teaching
1 Jumble sale TF 237
Coin collections with £1
1 Subtracting mentally near
multiples of 10 TF 123-124
Activities
Textbook page 61 TF 242
Plenary
Textbook page 61 TF 242
Give pupils coins to use. Ask them
to find the correct coins needed for
each item and then find the total,
adding the largest amounts first.
Additional
notes
Textbook page 61 TF 242
For question 3 ask pupils to find as
many ways as possible of making
each amount.
Extra
Resources
Follow-up for Textbook page 61
TF 243
Pupil Activities TF 124
1 Connection cards game
(Resource Sheet 39)
2 Pupil Sheet 96 Template
Textbook page 25 TF 128
Pupil Activities TF 124
1 Connection cards game
(Resource Sheet 39)
2 Pupil Sheet 96 Template
Provide a 0 – 100 number line to
help pupils find the answers
Pupil Activities TF 124
1 Connection cards game
(Resource Sheet 39)
2 Pupil Sheet 96 Template
Ask the pupils to create their own
set of domino cards using pupil
sheet 96 and swap with a friend to
arrange.
Follow-up for Textbook page 25
TF 129
Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
Review
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NHM Mixed Age Planning Year 3 and Year 4 Autumn Term
Week
Day 2
Starter
Year 3
Year 4
Specific Starter for Money
TF 23-25
Specific Starter for Subtraction to
1000 TF 17-20
Main
Teaching
2 Money exchange TF 237-238
Introducing and using the £2 coin
2 Two-steps TF 125
Revising subtraction of a single
digit, bridging a multiple of 10
Activities
Pupil Activity TF 238
1 Pupil Sheet 27
Counting coin collections with £2
Pupil Activity TF 125
1 Pupil Sheet 22
Single digit bridging a multiple of
10
Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
Textbook page 62 TF 242
Plenary
Pupil Activity TF 238
Give pupils a set of flashcards
showing different amounts of
money. Ask them to select coins to
match each amount.
Pupil Activity TF 125
1 Pupil Sheet 22
Single digit bridging a multiple of
10
Work through the sheet orally with
the pupils as a group then ask them
to complete it independently
Additional
notes
Pupil Activity TF 238
1 Pupil Sheet 27
For each label ask the pupils to
think of other combinations of coins
which would give the same total.
Pupil Activity TF 125
1 Pupil Sheet 22
Single digit bridging a multiple of
10
On the board write the total of all
the answers. When the pupils have
finished the sheet, ask them to find
the total of all their answers and
compare it with your total. If there
is a difference they must find their
mistakes.
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Extra
Resources
Follow-up for Textbook page 62
TF 243
Discuss children’s work.
Review
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NHM Mixed Age Planning Year 3 and Year 4 Autumn Term
Week
Day 3
Starter
Year 3
Year 4
Specific Starter for Money
TF 23-25
Specific Starter for Subtraction to
1000 TF 17-20
Main
Teaching
3 Money jars TF 239-240
Amounts in pounds and pence
3 Three-steps TF 126-127
Revising subtraction of a two-digit
number, bridging a multiple of 10
Activities
Pupil Activity TF 240
1 Matching amounts in £.p and
pence
Textbook page 26 TF 128
Ask pupils to find the answers
mentally.
Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
Textbook page 63 TF 242
Plenary
Pupil Activity TF 240
1 Matching amounts in £.p and
pence
Include cards with pictures of the
coins making up each amount. With
the cards face up, ask pupils to
arrange them in matching triples.
Textbook page 26 TF 12
Additional
notes
Pupil Activity TF 240
1 Matching amounts in £.p and
pence
Include values up to £10.
Textbook page 26 TF 12
Extra
Resources
Follow-up for Textbook page 63
TF 243
Follow-up for Textbook page 26
TF 129
Home Activity 7
Provide pupils with a 0 – 100 number
line for support. Allow them to make
jottings to help them find each answer.
Ask pupils to find the answers mentally.
Give pupils a set of 0 – 100 cards. Ask
them to select two cards and find the
difference between them. Time
themselves to see how quickly they can
complete ten questions.
Check-up 7
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NHM Mixed Age Planning Year 3 and Year 4 Autumn Term
Week
Day 4
Starter
Year 3
Year 4
Specific Starter for Money
TF 23-25
Specific Starter for Subtraction to
1000 TF 17-20
Main
Teaching
4 Class shop TF 240-241
Change from £1 and £2
4 Checking TF 127-128
Checking answers by linking
addition and subtraction
Activities
Pupil Activity TF 241
1 Pupil Sheet 28
Change from £1 and £2
Textbook pages 27-28 TF 128
Plenary
Pupil Activity TF 241
1 Pupil Sheet 28
Textbook pages 27 TF 128
Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
Change from £1 and £2
Give pupils coins, ask them to count
on from each price to show the
change for each child.
Additional
notes
Pupil Activity TF 241
1 Pupil Sheet 28
Textbook pages 27-28 TF 128
Change from £5
Extra
Resources
Review
Provide similar questions
practising change from £5.
Specific Starter for Money
TF 23-25
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Follow-up for Textbook pages
27-28 TF 129
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NHM Mixed Age Planning Year 3 and Year 4 Autumn Term
Week
Day 5
Starter
Year 3
Year 4
Specific Starter for Money
TF 23-25
Generic Starter TF 2-5
Main
Teaching
5 Pocket money TF 241-242
Finding the difference between two
amounts
Revision/consolidation of work
covered in units 2-3
Activities
Textbook page 64 TF 242
Plenary
Textbook page 64 TF 242
Give pupils coins to lay out when
answering the questions.
Ask pupils to design a poster
explaining how to check addition
and subtraction answers, e.g. by
using the inverse operation or rules
about adding/subtracting odd/even
numbers. Provide a set of questions
for them to check and use as the
basis of their poster.
Textbook pages 28 TF 128
Additional
notes
Textbook page 64 TF 242
Ask pupils to make up their own
problems and swap with a friend to
answer.
Extra
Resources
Follow-up for Textbook page 64
TF 243
Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
Ask pupils to design a poster
explaining how to check addition
and subtraction answers, e.g. by
using the inverse operation or rules
about adding/subtracting odd/even
numbers.
Discuss pupils’ posters
Home Activity 22
Check-up 18
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Mixed Age Planning Year 3 & Year 4
Autumn Term
Unit
Framework topic
Measures, including problems
3
Unit 4
4
Objectives: children will be taught to…
NHM Topic
NHM Section
Read and begin to write the vocabulary related to length.
Measure and compare using standard units (km, m, cm), including using a
ruler to draw and measure lines to the nearest half centimetre. Know the
relationships between kilometres and metres, metres and centimetres.
Begin to use decimal notation for metres and centimetres.
Measure

Length
Measure

Length
Suggest suitable units and measuring equipment to estimate or measure
length.
Read scales to the nearest division (labelled or unlabelled).
Record estimates and measurements to the nearest whole or half unit (e.g.
‘about 1.5 m’), or in mixed units (e.g. '3m and 20cm').
Measures, including problems
Teaching File page
Use, read and write standard metric units (km, m, cm, mm), including their
abbreviations, and imperial units (mile).
Know and use the relationships between familiar units of length.
Know the equivalent of one half, one quarter, three quarters and one tenth of 1km,
1m, in m, cm. Convert up to 1000 centimetres to metres, and vice versa.
Suggest suitable units and measuring equipment to estimate or measure length.
Record estimates and readings from scales to a suitable degree of accuracy.
Measure and calculate the perimeter of rectangles and other simple shapes, using
counting methods and standard units (cm).
Pupil Sheets
Activity Book page
Textbook page
Home Activities
Check-ups
MATERIALS
2-5, 322-329
TOOLBOX
Extension book
page
89-92
3
2-5, 346-355
81
91-94
E16-E18
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Resource Sheets
NHM Mixed Age Planning Year 3 and Year 4 Autumn Term
Week
Day 1
Starter
Year 3
Year 4
Tune-in TF 323-324
The metre
Tune-in TF 346-347
Metres and centimetres
Revising the relationship between
metres/half-metres and centimetres
Main
Teaching
1 Classroom lengths TF 324-325
Introducing the half-metre
1 Half and half again TF 347-348
Introducing the quarter-metre
Activities
Textbook page 89 TF 328
Textbook page 91 TF 353
Ask pupils to first estimate whether
each object will be more or less
than ¼ metre before measuring.
Plenary
Textbook page 89 TF 328
Ask pupils to list the objects from
smallest to largest first – encourage
them to refer to this to help avoid
mistakes when measuring.
Textbook page 91 TF 353
Discuss with the pupils in advance
which objects they might choose for
q2.
Additional
notes
Textbook page 89 TF 328
For question 3 use metre sticks and
rulers and give measurements to the
nearest cm.
Textbook page 91 TF 353
Textbook page 92 TF 353 q1.
Ask pupils to choose five more
objects in the classroom to estimate
then measure the length of.
Extra
Resources
Follow-up for Textbook page 89
TF 328
Follow-up for Textbook page 91
TF 353
Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
Review
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NHM Mixed Age Planning Year 3 and Year 4 Autumn Term
Week
Day 2
Starter
Generic Starter TF 2-5
Generic Starter TF 2-5
Main
Teaching
2 Metres and centimetres
TF 325-326
2 Three ways TF 348-349
Recording using different forms
Activities
Pupil Activities TF 326
Textbook page 92 TF 353
Year 3
Year 4
Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
2 Estimating and measuring in
metres and centimetres
Plenary
Additional
notes
Extra
Resources
Review
Textbook page 90 TF 328
Pupil Activities TF 326
1 Objects in metres and centimetres
Pupil Activities TF 326
2 Estimating and measuring in
metres and centimetres
Include pieces of string to be
measured to the nearest cm, e.g. 1m
47cm.
Follow-up for Textbook page 90
TF 328
NHM Mixed Age Planning
Textbook page 92 TF 353
Provide a set of cards showing all
the heights in the table in q2
(including the missing ones) and
ask pupils to work together to
match up the same measurements.
Textbook page 92 TF 353 q2-3
Pupil Activities TF 350
1 Pupil Sheet 81
Centimetres and half-centimetres
2 Measuring curved lines
Discuss the strategies pupils used to
measure the curved lines.
Follow-up for Textbook page 92
TF 353
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Week
Day 3
Starter
Generic Starter TF 2-5
Generic Starter TF 2-5
Main
Teaching
3 Centimetres and halfcentimetres TF 326-327
3 Rulers TF 350
Measuring in centimetres and
half-centimetres
Activities
Pupil Activities TF 327
1 Estimating and measuring objects
with lengths less than 20cm
Pupil Activities TF 350
1 Pupil Sheet 81
Centimetres and half-centimetres
2 Measuring curved lines
Plenary
Pupil Activities TF 327
1 Estimating and measuring objects
with lengths less than 20cm
Ask pupils to measure the objects to
the nearest cm independently then
support them to measure more
accurately.
Pupil Activities TF 350
1 Pupil Sheet 81
Centimetres and half-centimetres
Additional
notes
Write some measurements on the
board, e.g. 3½ cm, 14cm. Ask
pupils to find objects they think will
be approximately each length. Have
them measure and record each
object’s length alongside the length
they were aiming for.
Write some measurements on the
board, e.g. 12cm. Invite pupils to
suggest objects which will be
approximately that length. Invite a
Extension Textbook pages
E16-E17 TF 354-355
Extra
Resources
Year 3
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Year 4
Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
Discuss children’s work.
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pupil to measure a suggested object
and see how close it is.
Review
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NHM Mixed Age Planning Year 3 and Year 4 Autumn Term
Week
Day 4
Starter
Year 3
Year 4
Generic Starter TF 2-5
Generic Starter TF 2-5
Main
Teaching
3 Centimetres and halfcentimetres TF 326-327
Further consolidation
4 Choosing measuring
instruments and units TF 351
Activities
Pupil Activities TF 327
2 Drawing objects of specified
length to nearest half-centimetre
Textbook page 93 TF 353
Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
Textbook page 91 TF 328
Plenary
Pupil Activities TF 327
2 Drawing objects of specified
length to nearest centimetre
Specify whole cm lengths, e.g. 5cm,
12cm.
Textbook page 93 TF 353
Work through the page orally with
the pupils as a group discussing
reasons for selecting each answer.
Additional
notes
Pupil Activities TF 327
2 Drawing objects of specified
length to nearest half-centimetre
Extra
Resources
Review
Follow-up for Textbook page 91
TF 329
Textbook page 93 TF 353
Ask pupils to list four things they
would measure in km and four in
mm.
Extension Textbook pages
E16-E17 TF 354-355
Follow-up for Textbook page 93
TF 353
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Week
Day 5
Starter
Year 3
Year 4
Generic Starter TF 2-5
Generic Starter TF 2-5
Main
Teaching
4 Using a tape measure TF 327
5 Introducing perimeter
TF 351-352
Activities
Textbook page 92 TF 328
Textbook page 94 TF 353
Plenary
Textbook page 92 TF 328
Ask pupils to give their
measurements to the nearest
centimetre independently. If time
support them to make their answers
more accurate.
Textbook page 94 TF 353
Measure the objects in q2 and 3
together as a group and record the
measurements then let the pupils do
the page.
Additional
notes
Textbook page 92 TF 328
Ask pupils to find other curved
objects to measure with their tape
measure.
Textbook page 94 TF 353
Extension Textbook pages
E18 TF 354-355
Extra
Resources
Follow-up for Textbook page 92
TF 329
Follow-up for Textbook page 94
TF 353
Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
Review
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Mixed Age Planning Year 3 & Year 4
Autumn Term
Unit
Framework topic
Measures, including problems
3
Unit 4
4
Objectives: children will be taught to…
NHM Topic
NHM Section
Read and begin to write the vocabulary related to length.
Measure and compare using standard units (km, m, cm), including using a
ruler to draw and measure lines to the nearest half centimetre. Know the
relationships between kilometres and metres, metres and centimetres.
Begin to use decimal notation for metres and centimetres.
Measure

Length
Measure

Length
Suggest suitable units and measuring equipment to estimate or measure
length.
Read scales to the nearest division (labelled or unlabelled).
Record estimates and measurements to the nearest whole or half unit (e.g.
‘about 1.5 m’), or in mixed units (e.g. '3m and 20cm').
Measures, including problems
Teaching File page
Use, read and write standard metric units (km, m, cm, mm), including their
abbreviations, and imperial units (mile).
Know and use the relationships between familiar units of length.
Know the equivalent of one half, one quarter, three quarters and one tenth of 1km,
1m, in m, cm. Convert up to 1000 centimetres to metres, and vice versa.
Suggest suitable units and measuring equipment to estimate or measure length.
Record estimates and readings from scales to a suitable degree of accuracy.
Measure and calculate the perimeter of rectangles and other simple shapes, using
counting methods and standard units (cm).
Pupil Sheets
Activity Book page
Textbook page
Home Activities
Check-ups
MATERIALS
2-5, 322-329
TOOLBOX
Extension book
page
89-92
3
2-5, 346-355
81
91-94
E16-E18
4
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Resource Sheets
NHM Mixed Age Planning Year 3 and Year 4 Autumn Term
Week
Day 1
Starter
Year 3
Year 4
Tune-in TF 323-324
The metre
Tune-in TF 346-347
Metres and centimetres
Revising the relationship between
metres/half-metres and centimetres
Main
Teaching
1 Classroom lengths TF 324-325
Introducing the half-metre
1 Half and half again TF 347-348
Introducing the quarter-metre
Activities
Textbook page 89 TF 328
Textbook page 91 TF 353
Ask pupils to first estimate whether
each object will be more or less
than ¼ metre before measuring.
Plenary
Textbook page 89 TF 328
Ask pupils to list the objects from
smallest to largest first – encourage
them to refer to this to help avoid
mistakes when measuring.
Textbook page 91 TF 353
Discuss with the pupils in advance
which objects they might choose for
q2.
Additional
notes
Textbook page 89 TF 328
For question 3 use metre sticks and
rulers and give measurements to the
nearest cm.
Textbook page 91 TF 353
Textbook page 92 TF 353 q1.
Ask pupils to choose five more
objects in the classroom to estimate
then measure the length of.
Extra
Resources
Follow-up for Textbook page 89
TF 328
Follow-up for Textbook page 91
TF 353
Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
Review
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NHM Mixed Age Planning Year 3 and Year 4 Autumn Term
Week
Day 2
Starter
Generic Starter TF 2-5
Generic Starter TF 2-5
Main
Teaching
2 Metres and centimetres
TF 325-326
2 Three ways TF 348-349
Recording using different forms
Activities
Pupil Activities TF 326
Textbook page 92 TF 353
Year 3
Year 4
Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
2 Estimating and measuring in
metres and centimetres
Plenary
Additional
notes
Extra
Resources
Review
Textbook page 90 TF 328
Pupil Activities TF 326
1 Objects in metres and centimetres
Pupil Activities TF 326
2 Estimating and measuring in
metres and centimetres
Include pieces of string to be
measured to the nearest cm, e.g. 1m
47cm.
Follow-up for Textbook page 90
TF 328
NHM Mixed Age Planning
Textbook page 92 TF 353
Provide a set of cards showing all
the heights in the table in q2
(including the missing ones) and
ask pupils to work together to
match up the same measurements.
Textbook page 92 TF 353 q2-3
Pupil Activities TF 350
1 Pupil Sheet 81
Centimetres and half-centimetres
2 Measuring curved lines
Discuss the strategies pupils used to
measure the curved lines.
Follow-up for Textbook page 92
TF 353
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NHM Mixed Age Planning Year 3 and Year 4 Autumn Term
Week
Day 3
Starter
Generic Starter TF 2-5
Generic Starter TF 2-5
Main
Teaching
3 Centimetres and halfcentimetres TF 326-327
3 Rulers TF 350
Measuring in centimetres and
half-centimetres
Activities
Pupil Activities TF 327
1 Estimating and measuring objects
with lengths less than 20cm
Pupil Activities TF 350
1 Pupil Sheet 81
Centimetres and half-centimetres
2 Measuring curved lines
Plenary
Pupil Activities TF 327
1 Estimating and measuring objects
with lengths less than 20cm
Ask pupils to measure the objects to
the nearest cm independently then
support them to measure more
accurately.
Pupil Activities TF 350
1 Pupil Sheet 81
Centimetres and half-centimetres
Additional
notes
Write some measurements on the
board, e.g. 3½ cm, 14cm. Ask
pupils to find objects they think will
be approximately each length. Have
them measure and record each
object’s length alongside the length
they were aiming for.
Write some measurements on the
board, e.g. 12cm. Invite pupils to
suggest objects which will be
approximately that length. Invite a
Extension Textbook pages
E16-E17 TF 354-355
Extra
Resources
Year 3
NHM Mixed Age Planning
Year 4
Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
Discuss children’s work.
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pupil to measure a suggested object
and see how close it is.
Review
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NHM Mixed Age Planning Year 3 and Year 4 Autumn Term
Week
Day 4
Starter
Year 3
Year 4
Generic Starter TF 2-5
Generic Starter TF 2-5
Main
Teaching
3 Centimetres and halfcentimetres TF 326-327
Further consolidation
4 Choosing measuring
instruments and units TF 351
Activities
Pupil Activities TF 327
2 Drawing objects of specified
length to nearest half-centimetre
Textbook page 93 TF 353
Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
Textbook page 91 TF 328
Plenary
Pupil Activities TF 327
2 Drawing objects of specified
length to nearest centimetre
Specify whole cm lengths, e.g. 5cm,
12cm.
Textbook page 93 TF 353
Work through the page orally with
the pupils as a group discussing
reasons for selecting each answer.
Additional
notes
Pupil Activities TF 327
2 Drawing objects of specified
length to nearest half-centimetre
Extra
Resources
Follow-up for Textbook page 91
Textbook page 93 TF 353
Ask pupils to list four things they
would measure in km and four in
mm.
Extension Textbook pages
E16-E17 TF 354-355
Follow-up for Textbook page 93
TF 353
TF 329
Review
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Week
Day 5
Starter
Year 3
Year 4
Generic Starter TF 2-5
Generic Starter TF 2-5
Main
Teaching
4 Using a tape measure TF 327
5 Introducing perimeter
TF 351-352
Activities
Textbook page 92 TF 328
Textbook page 94 TF 353
Plenary
Textbook page 92 TF 328
Ask pupils to give their
measurements to the nearest
centimetre independently. If time
support them to make their answers
more accurate.
Textbook page 94 TF 353
Measure the objects in q2 and 3
together as a group and record the
measurements then let the pupils do
the page.
Additional
notes
Textbook page 92 TF 328
Ask pupils to find other curved
objects to measure with their tape
measure.
Textbook page 94 TF 353
Extension Textbook pages
E18 TF 354-355
Extra
Resources
Follow-up for Textbook page 92
TF 329
Follow-up for Textbook page 94
TF 353
Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
Review
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Mixed Age Planning Year 3 & Year 4
Autumn Term
Unit
Framework topic
6
4
days
Objectives: children will be taught to…
NHM Topic
NHM Section
Shape and space
Reasoning about shapes
Classify and describe 3-D shapes, including the hemi-sphere, prism ... referring to
properties such as the number or shapes of faces, the number of edges and vertices,
whether edges are the same length, whether or not angles are right angles...
Make and describe shapes and patterns.
Relate solid shapes to pictures of them.
Shape

3D shape
Shape and space
Reasoning about shapes
Describe and visualise 3-D shapes, including the tetrahedron.
Visualise 3-D shapes from 2-D drawings and identify simple nets of solid shapes.
Shape

3D shape
3
5
days
4
Teaching File page
Pupil Sheets
Activity Book page
Textbook page
MATERIALS
2-5, 376-381
TOOLBOX
Home Activities
Check-ups
Extension
Textbook page
105-107
3
382-392
85
103-106
12-14
4
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NHM Mixed Age Planning Year 3 and Year 4 Autumn Term
Week
Day 1
Starter
Year 3
Year 4
Tune-in TF 376
What’s my shape?
Identifying shapes and discussing
properties
Tune-in TF 382-383
Name the shape
Naming and describing shapes
Main
Teaching
1 Introducing prisms TF 377-378
Sorting and identifying shapes
Core
Activities
Pupil Activities TF 378-379
1 Sorting shapes on a Carroll
diagram
1 Introducing the triangular
pyramid TF 383-385
Identifying shapes and discussing
properties
Pupil Activity TF 385
1 Sorting 3D shapes on a Carroll
diagram
Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
Textbook pages 103-104 TF 392
Support
Pupil Activities TF 378-379
1 Sorting shapes on a Carroll
diagram
Decide with the children which
other properties to investigate.
Pupil Activity TF 385
1 Sorting 3D shapes on a Carroll
diagram
Work with the pupils as a group to
sort the shapes then do the textbook
pages.
Extension
Pupil Activities TF 378-379
2 Matching shapes to their
descriptions
Pupil Activity TF 385
1 Sorting 3D shapes on a Carroll
diagram
Ask pupils to record four different
ways in which they sorted the
shapes writing the names of the
shapes on copies of the Carroll
diagram.
Plenary
Draw a large Carroll diagram on
the board. Invite a pupil to choose a
property to sort shapes by. Hand
out shapes around the class. Invite
pupils to decide where their shape
should go and write its name onto
the board.
Follow-up for Textbook pages
103-104 TF 392
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Additional
notes
Extra
Resources
Review
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NHM Mixed Age Planning Year 3 and Year 4 Autumn Term
Week
Day 2
Starter
Main
Teaching
Year 3
Tune-in TF 376
What’s my shape?
Identifying shapes and discussing
properties
Generic Starter TF 2-5
1 Introducing prisms TF 377-378
2 Prisms and pyramids
TF 386-387
Naming and describing prisms and
pyramids
Pupil Activity TF 388
1 Pupil Sheet 85
Prisms and pyramids
Sorting and identifying shapes
Further consolidation
Core
Activities
Year 4
Pupil Activities TF 378-379
2 Matching shapes to their
descriptions
Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
Textbook page 105 TF 381
Support
Extension
Plenary
Pupil Activities TF 378-379
2 Matching shapes to their
descriptions
Put one property on each task card,
e.g. it has 12 straight edges. Ask the
pupils to find any shapes which
match the description.
Pupil Activities TF 378-379
3 Writing clues to describe shapes
Follow-up for Textbook page 105
TF 381
Pupil Activity TF 388
1 Pupil Sheet 85
Prisms and pyramids
Provide a set of the shapes on the
sheet for the pupils to work with.
Pupil Activity TF 388
1 Pupil Sheet 85
Prisms and pyramids
Ask pupils to explain why their
answers to q2 will always be right
then explore a set of pyramids and
prisms and write down more true
statements about them.
Discuss children’s work.
Additional
notes
Extra
Resources
Review
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NHM Mixed Age Planning Year 3 and Year 4 Autumn Term
Week
Day 3
Starter
Generic Starter TF 2-5
Generic Starter TF 2-5
Main
Teaching
2 Building with shapes
TF 379-380
3 Building models TF 388-389
Using construction kits and straws
Core
Activities
Pupil Activities TF 380
2 Building models
Pupil Activities TF 389
1 Making prisms
2 Making prisms and pyramids
Year 3
Year 4
Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
Textbook page 106 TF 381
Support
Pupil Activities TF 380
1 Building prisms from 3D shapes
Pupil Activities TF 389
1 Making prisms
Extension
Pupil Activities TF 380
2 Building models
Plenary
Follow-up for Textbook page
106 TF 381
Pupil Activities TF 389
1 Making prisms
2 Making prisms and pyramids
Ask pupils to make as many
different prisms and pyramids as
they can.
Discuss children’s work.
Additional
notes
Extra
Resources
Review
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NHM Mixed Age Planning Year 3 and Year 4 Autumn Term
Week
Day 4
Starter
Year 3
Year 4
Generic Starter TF 2-5
Generic Starter TF 2-5
Main
Teaching
2 Building with shapes
TF 379-380
Further consolidation
4 Cubes and cuboids TF 389-390
Identifying nets
Core
Activities
Pupil Activities TF 380
3 Building 3D shapes
Textbook page 105 TF 392
Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
Textbook page 107 TF 381
Support
Pupil Activities TF 380
2 Building models
Extension
Pupil Activities TF 380
3 Building 3D shapes
Ask the pupils to make up their own
task cards and swap them with
another group.
Plenary
Follow-up for Textbook page
107 TF 381
Textbook page 105 TF 392
Provide pupils with each of the
shapes in q1 and 2 already made
for them to look at when making
their own.
Textbook page 105 TF 392
Ask pupils to make as many
different nets as they can for a cube
out of squared paper.
Follow-up for Textbook page 105
TF 392
Additional
notes
Extra
Resources
Review
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Week
Day 5
Starter
Year 3
Year 4
Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
Tune-in TF 382-383
Name the shape
Naming and describing shapes
Main
Teaching
5 Building 3D shapes from
pictures TF 390-391
Using interlocking cubes
Core
Activities
Textbook page 106 TF 392
Support
Textbook page 106 TF 392
Ask pupils to work in pairs to make
each shape.
Extension
Textbook page 106 TF 392
Ask pupils to face each other in
pairs and put a screen between
them. One child must make a shape
out of cubes then give their partner
step by step instructions to recreate
it. Remove the screen and see if the
shapes are the same.
Plenary
Discuss children’s work.
Additional
notes
Extra
Resources
Review
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NHM Mixed Age Planning Year 3 and Year 4 Autumn Term
Mixed Age Planning Year 3 & Year 4
Autumn Term
Unit
Framework topic
3
Objectives: children will be taught to…
NHM Topic
NHM Section
Counting and properties of
number
Reasoning about numbers
Describe and extend number sequences:
count on or back in tens or hundreds, starting from any two- or three-digit number
Numbers to 1000


Counting in twos, threes, fours and fives
The sequence to 1000
Properties of numbers
Reasoning about numbers
Recognise and extend number sequences formed by counting from any number in
steps of constant size, extending beyond zero when counting back:
for example, count on in steps of 25 to 500, and then back to, say, -100.
Numbers to 10 000

The sequence to 10 000
count on or back in twos starting from any two-digit number, and recognise odd and
even numbers to at least 100;count on in steps of 3, 4 or 5 from any small number to
at least 50, then back again.
4
Teaching File page
Pupil Sheets
Activity Book page
Textbook page
Home Activities
Check-ups
1-2, 7-8
2
2
1-3
1
MATERIALS
TOOLBOX
3
4
7-9, 38-54
NC, Shortcuts 1-3
NG, Shortcuts 1-3
40-46
NC, Shortcut 1
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Textbook page
E1-E2
3-4, 19-25, 34
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NHM Mixed Age Planning Year 3 and Year 4 Autumn Term
Week
Day 1
Starter
Year 3
Year 4
Tune-in TF 38
Counting in twos; odds and evens
Tune-in TF 40
Counting in ones
Revising the number sequence to
1000
Main
Teaching
1 Counting in twos and threes
TF 38-39
1 Counting in hundreds, fifties
and tens TF 41-42
Revising number sequences to 1000
Core
Activities
Pupil Activities TF 40
2 Counting in twos and threes
Pupil Activity TF 42
1 Pupil Sheet 1
Sequences to 1000
Textbook page 1 TF 46
Activity Book page 1 TF 42
Support
Pupil Activities TF 40
1 Counting cubes in twos and threes
Pupil Activity TF 42
1 Pupil Sheet 1
Sequences to 1000
Work with the pupils as a group
through the sheet orally and then
ask them to complete it in pairs.
Extension
Pupil Activities TF 40
2 Counting in twos and threes
3 Sorting odd and even
Plenary
Follow-up for Activity Book
page 1 TF 43
Pupil Activity TF 42
1 Pupil Sheet 1
Sequences to 1000
Give pairs of pupils a set of cards
showing the numbers 1 – 10, the
multiples of 10 to 100 and 25 and
75. Pupils take it in turns to choose
a three-digit number and write it at
the top of a sheet of paper. Their
partner picks a card and challenges
them to count on or back in steps of
that number.
Follow-up for Textbook page 1
TF 46
Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
Additional
notes
Extra
Resources
Review
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Week
Day 2
Starter
Year 3
Year 4
Specific Starter for Numbers to
1000
TF 7-9
Specific Starter for Numbers to
10 000 TF 7-11
Main
Teaching
2 Counting in fours and fives
TF 40-41
2 Introducing the number
sequence to 10 000 TF 43-44
Core
Activities
Pupil Activities TF 41-42
4 Counting in fours and fives
1 Patterns on 100-squares
Pupil Activity TF 44
1 Pupil Sheet 2 Sequences in ones
Support
Activity Book page 2 TF 42
Pupil Activities TF 41-42
3 Counting cubes in fours and fives
4 Counting in fours and fives
Extension
Pupil Activities TF 41-42
1 Patterns on 100-squares
2 Ordering multiples of 4 and 5
Plenary
Follow-up for Activity Book
page 2 TF 43
Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
Pupil Activity TF 44
1 Pupil Sheet 2 Sequences in ones
Before the pupils do the sheet write
some four-digit numbers on the
board and ask them to count on
then back in ones from each one,
writing down the sequences they
create.
Pupil Activity TF 44
1 Pupil Sheet 2
Sequences in ones
Ask pupils to write down ten of their
own sequences of four-digit
numbers going up or down in steps
of one with some numbers missing.
Swap with a friend to complete.
Specific Starter for Numbers to
10 000 TF 7-11
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notes
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Resources
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Week
Day 3
Starter
Year 3
Year 4
Tune-in TF 43-44
Zero to one hundred
Revising the number sequence to
100
Specific Starter for Numbers to
10 000 TF 7-11
Main
Teaching
2 More or less TF 46-47
Sequences, 10 more/less
Further consolidation of counting in
steps of one and ten from numbers
up to 10 000
Core
Activities
Activity Book page 7 TF 52
Pupil Activity TF 44
Pupil Sheet 3 Sequences in tens
Support
Pupil Activity TF 44
Pupil Sheet 3 Sequences in tens
Write in the starting number for
each sequence on the sheet.
Extension
Activity Book page 7 TF 52
Provide cards with the missing
numbers on. As a group ask the
children to show you which cards
should be placed where, then ask
them to complete the page alone.
Activity Book page 7 TF 52
In pairs give the pupils a set of
cards showing three-digit numbers
and a die labelled ‘more than’ and
less than’. Take it in turns to take a
card and roll the die. According to
the die they must say the number 10
more or less than their card.
Plenary
Follow-up for Activity Book
pages 7-8 TF 53
Follow-up for Textbook page 2
TF 46
Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
Textbook page 2 TF 46
Pupil Activity TF 44
Pupil Sheet 3
Sequences in tens
Ask pupils to write down ten of their
own sequences of four-digit
numbers going up or down in steps
of ten with some numbers missing.
Swap with a friend to complete.
Additional
notes
Extra
Resources
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NHM Mixed Age Planning Year 3 and Year 4 Autumn Term
Week
Day 4
Starter
Year 3
Year 4
Specific Starter for Numbers to
1000
TF 7-9
Specific Starter for Numbers to
10 000 TF 7-11
Main
Teaching
3 Tracks TF 47-48
Sequences, 100 more/less
3 Sequences in hundreds and in
thousands TF 44-45
Core
Activities
Activity Book page 8 TF 52
Pupil Activity TF 45
1 Pupil Sheet 4
Sequences in hundreds
Support
Activity Book page 8 TF 52
Provide a 0 – 1000 number line for
the pupils to use.
Pupil Activity TF 45
1 Pupil Sheet 4
Sequences in hundreds
Work with the pupils as a group
through the sheet orally and then
ask them to complete it in pairs.
Extension
Activity Book page 8 TF 52
In pairs give the pupils a set of
cards showing 3-digit numbers less
than 500 and a die labelled ‘more
than’ and ‘less than’. Pupils take it
in turns to take a card and find 100
more or less than their number.The
first one to pass 1000 wins.
Pupil Activity TF 45
1 Pupil Sheet 4
Sequences in hundreds
Pupil Sheet 5
Sequences in thousands
Plenary
Follow-up for Activity Book
pages 7-8 TF 53
Specific Starter for Numbers to
Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
10 000 TF 7-11
Home Activity 2
Check-up 2
Additional
notes
Extra
Resources
Review
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NHM Mixed Age Planning Year 3 and Year 4 Autumn Term
Week
Day 5
Starter
Year 3
Year 4
Specific Starter for Numbers to
1000
TF 7-9
Specific Starter for Numbers to
10 000 TF 7-11
Main
Teaching
Further consolidation on 10 and
100 more and less than
Further consolidation of sequences
in hundreds and thousands
Core
Activities
In pairs give the pupils a set of
cards showing three-digit numbers
less than 500 and a die labelled
‘more than’ and ‘less than’. Pupils
take it in turns to take a card and
find 100 more or less than their
number. They must keep a running
total of their answers, the first one
to pass 1000 wins.
In pairs give the pupils ten cards
showing three-digit numbers less
than 500. Working together they
must write down 10 and 100 more
and less than each number
Pupil Activity TF 45
Pupil Sheet 5
Sequences in thousands
Extension
Extension Textbook E1-E2
TF 53-54
Plenary
Follow-up for Extension Textbook
pages E1-E2 TF 54
Put the class into groups, have
some counting in tens, some in
hundreds and some in thousands.
Write some four-digit numbers on
the board such as: 9500, 9750,
9980. Ask pupils to work in pairs to
count on in hundreds from each
number and decide how to say and
write the numbers beyond 10 000.
Follow-up for Textbook page 3
TF 46
Support
Additional
notes
Extra
Resources
Review
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Teacher Notes
Textbook page 3 TF 46
Pupil Activity TF 45
Pupil Sheet 5
Sequences in thousands
Ask pupils to write out the multiples of
1000 from 0 – 10 000 from smallest to
largest and from largest to smallest
before doing the sheet
Check-up 1
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Autumn Term
Unit
Framework topic
3
9
Understanding  and 
Mental calculation strategies
( and )
Money and ‘real life’ problems
Making decisions and checking
results
Understanding  and 
Mental calculation strategies
( and )
4
Money and ‘real life’ problems
Making decisions and checking
results
Objectives: children will be taught to…
NHM Topic
NHM Section
Understand multiplication as repeated addition.
Read and begin to write the related vocabulary.
Extend understanding that multiplication can be done in any order.
Know by heart:
multiplication facts for the 2, 5 and 10 times-tables.
Begin to know the 3 and 4 times-tables.
Extend understanding of the operations of × and ÷, and their relationship to each
other and to + and -. Understand the principles (not the names) of the commutative,
associative and distributive laws as they apply to multiplication.
Know by heart:
multiplication facts for 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 times-tables.
Begin to know: multiplication facts for 6, 7, 8 and 9 times-tables.
Use doubling or halving, starting from known facts. For example:
find the 8 times-table facts by doubling the 4 times-table.
Use known number facts and place value to multiply and divide integers, including
by 10 and then 100 (whole-number answers).
Choose and use appropriate number operations and appropriate ways of
calculating (mental, mental with jottings, pencil and paper) to solve problems.
Multiplication


The two, ten and five times tables
The three and four times tables
Multiplication

Table facts and multiplication by 10, 100
Teaching File page
Pupil Sheets
Activity Book page
Textbook page
Home Activities
Check-ups
17-19, 166-180
3, 23
24-26
37-43
12-15
11-12
20-22, 156-169
MF, Shortcut 1
34-37
38-43
10-14
10-12
MATERIALS
TOOLBOX
Extension
Textbook page
3, 18-19, 29-35, 49
3
4
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NHM Mixed Age Planning Year 3 and Year 4 Autumn Term
Week
Day 1
Starter
Year 3
Year 4
Tune-in TF 166
Sequences
The 2 and 10 times tables
Tune-in TF 156-157
Buzz
Main
Teaching
1 Random facts TF 167
Multiplying by two and ten
Core
Activities
Pupil Activities TF 167-168
1 Bingo, x2 and x10 tables
1 Mental practice TF 157
Revising the 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 times
tables
2 Patterns TF 157-158
Revising mult. by 10 and 100
Textbook page 38 TF 168
Textbook pages 37-38 TF 170
Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
Pupil Activities TF 158
1 Multiplying by 10 and 100
2 Multiplying by 10 and 100
Textbook page 39 TF 168
Pupil Activities TF 158
2 Multiplying by 10 and 100
Support
Pupil Activities TF 167-168
3 Matching facts and answers
Extension
Pupil Activities TF 167-168
2 Snap, x2 and x10 tables
Provide a mixed set of cards for
both the 2 and 10 times table facts.
Pupil Activities TF 158
1 Multiplying by 10 and 100
Ask pupils to select three cards and
multiply the three-digit number they
create by 10 then 100.
Plenary
Follow-up for Textbook pages
37-38 TF 170
Follow-up for Textbook pages
38-39 TF 169
Home Activity 10
Check-up 10
Additional
notes
Extra
Resources
Review
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NHM Mixed Age Planning Year 3 and Year 4 Autumn Term
Week
Day 2
Starter
Year 3
Year 4
Specific Starter for Multiplication
TF 17-19
Specific Starter for Multiplication
TF 20-22
Main
Teaching
2 Five times table TF 168-169
3 Multiplication facts for 8
TF 159-161
Core
Activities
Pupil Activities TF 169
2 Bingo, x5 table
Pupil Activities TF 161
3 Pupil Sheet 34 8 times table
Textbook page 40
Support
Activity Book page 24
Textbook page 39 TF 170
Pupil Activities TF 169
1 Money boxes, 2p, 5p and 10p
coins
Teacher Notes
Pupil Activities TF 161
2 Snap, x8 table
Ask the pupils to work in pairs and
match the station cards to the
multiplication cards.
Pupil Activities TF 161
1 Bingo, x8 table
Extension
Pupil Activities TF 169
2 Bingo, x5 table
Provide a mixture of cards giving
the ‘stations’ of the 2, 5 and 10
times tables. Ask pupils to pick
multiplications from all of them for
their cards.
Plenary
Follow-up for Textbook page 39
TF 170
Follow-up for Textbook page 40
TF 169
Home Activity 12
Check-up 11
Home Activity 11
Additional
notes
Extra
Resources
Review
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NHM Mixed Age Planning Year 3 and Year 4 Autumn Term
Week
Day 3
Starter
Year 3
Year 4
Tune-in TF 172
Counting in threes
Specific Starter for Multiplication
TF 20-22
Main
Teaching
1 Multiplication facts for 3
TF 173-174
4 Multiplication facts for 6
TF 161-162
Core
Activities
Pupil Activities TF 174
2 Bingo, x3 table
Pupil Activity TF 162
1 Pupil Sheet 35 6 times table
Activity Book page 25 TF 180
Textbook page 40 TF 180
Pupil Activities TF 174
1 Matching x3 facts and answers
Textbook page 41 TF 168
Support
Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
Pupil Activities TF 161
2 Snap, x8 table
Repeat the activity for the x6 table.
Ask the pupils to work in pairs and
match the station/mult. cards.
Ask the pupils to make two sets of
cards, one showing the stations of
the x6 table and the other the
associated multiplications. Ask
them to devise their own game with
the cards, explaining the rules.
Extension
Pupil Activities TF 174
2 Bingo, x3 table
Invite children to be the caller and
ask them to record the questions
they ask and the numbers which
should have been crossed off
accordingly.
Plenary
Follow-up for Textbook page 40
TF 180
Follow-up for Textbook page 41
TF 169
Home Activity 13
Home Activity 12
Check-up 11
Additional
notes
Extra
Resources
Review
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NHM Mixed Age Planning Year 3 and Year 4 Autumn Term
Week
Day 4
Starter
Year 3
Year 4
Teaching TF 174-175
2 Counting in fours
Specific Starter for Multiplication
TF 20-22
Main
Teaching
3 Ten-frames TF 175-176
The four times table
5 Multiplication facts for 9
TF 163-164
Core
Activities
Pupil Activities TF 176-177
2 Pupil Sheet 3
Domino template
Pupil Activities TF 164-165
1 Fingers, x9 facts
2 Pupil Sheet 36 9 times table
Activity Book page 26 TF 180
Textbook page 41 TF 180
Pupil Activities TF 176-177
1 Function machine, x4
Textbook page 42 TF 168
Extension
Pupil Activities TF 176-177
1 Function machine, x4
Provide a set of 0 – 25 cards as the
‘in’ cards and ask the children to
write down the ‘out’ cards.
Pupil Activities TF 161
1 Bingo, x8 table
On their bingo cards ask pupils to
write stations from the x6, x8 and
x9 tables and ask questions from all
three tables.
Plenary
Follow-up for Textbook page 41
TF 180
Follow-up for Textbook page 42
TF 169
Support
Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
Pupil Activities TF 164-165
1 Fingers, x9 facts
Home Activity 13
Home Activity 14
Check-up 12
Additional
notes
Extra
Resources
Review
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NHM Mixed Age Planning Year 3 and Year 4 Autumn Term
Week
Day 5
Starter
Year 3
Year 4
Specific Starter for Multiplication
TF 17-19
Specific Starter for Multiplication
TF 20-22
Main
Teaching
4 Tables practice TF 177
The 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 times tables
6 Multiplication facts for 7
TF 165-166
Core
Activities
Pupil Activities TF 178-179
3 Multiplication spinners
4 Saying multiplication stories
Pupil Activities TF 166
1 Matching table facts, x7
2 Pupil Sheet 37 7 times table
Textbook pages 42-43 TF 180
Pupil Activities TF 178-179
1 Stations of the 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10
times tables
2 Writing multiplication stories
Textbook page 43 TF 168
Pupil Activities TF 166
1 Matching table facts, x7
Ask the pupils to work in pairs to
order the cards in their own time.
Extension
Pupil Activities TF 178-179
3 Multiplication spinners
5 Matching facts and answers
6 Pupil Sheet 23
The 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 times tables
Pupil Activities TF 166
1 Matching table facts, x7
Allow the pupils a second go to try
and beat their previous time.
Plenary
Follow-up for Textbook page 43
TF 180
Follow-up for Textbook page 43
TF 169
Home Activity 15
Home Activity 14
Check-up 12
Support
Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
Additional
notes
Extra
Resources
Review
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NHM Mixed Age Planning Year 3 and Year 4 Autumn Term
Mixed Age Planning Year 3 & Year 4
Autumn Term
Unit
Framework topic
3
9
Understanding  and 
Mental calculation strategies
( and )
Money and ‘real life’ problems
Making decisions and checking
results
Understanding  and 
Mental calculation strategies
( and )
4
Money and ‘real life’ problems
Making decisions and checking
results
Objectives: children will be taught to…
NHM Topic
NHM Section
Understand multiplication as repeated addition.
Read and begin to write the related vocabulary.
Extend understanding that multiplication can be done in any order.
Know by heart:
multiplication facts for the 2, 5 and 10 times-tables.
Begin to know the 3 and 4 times-tables.
Extend understanding of the operations of × and ÷, and their relationship to each
other and to + and -. Understand the principles (not the names) of the commutative,
associative and distributive laws as they apply to multiplication.
Know by heart:
multiplication facts for 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 times-tables.
Begin to know: multiplication facts for 6, 7, 8 and 9 times-tables.
Use doubling or halving, starting from known facts. For example:
find the 8 times-table facts by doubling the 4 times-table.
Use known number facts and place value to multiply and divide integers, including
by 10 and then 100 (whole-number answers).
Choose and use appropriate number operations and appropriate ways of
calculating (mental, mental with jottings, pencil and paper) to solve problems.
Multiplication


The two, ten and five times tables
The three and four times tables
Multiplication

Table facts and multiplication by 10, 100
Teaching File page
Pupil Sheets
Activity Book page
Textbook page
Home Activities
Check-ups
17-19, 166-180
3, 23
24-26
37-43
12-15
11-12
20-22, 156-169
MF, Shortcut 1
34-37
38-43
10-14
10-12
MATERIALS
TOOLBOX
Extension
Textbook page
3, 18-19, 29-35, 49
3
4
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NHM Mixed Age Planning Year 3 and Year 4 Autumn Term
Week
Day 1
Starter
Year 3
Year 4
Tune-in TF 166
Sequences
The 2 and 10 times tables
Tune-in TF 156-157
Buzz
Main
Teaching
1 Random facts TF 167
Multiplying by two and ten
Core
Activities
Pupil Activities TF 167-168
1 Bingo, x2 and x10 tables
1 Mental practice TF 157
Revising the 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 times
tables
2 Patterns TF 157-158
Revising mult. by 10 and 100
Textbook page 38 TF 168
Textbook pages 37-38 TF 170
Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
Pupil Activities TF 158
1 Multiplying by 10 and 100
2 Multiplying by 10 and 100
Textbook page 39 TF 168
Pupil Activities TF 158
2 Multiplying by 10 and 100
Support
Pupil Activities TF 167-168
3 Matching facts and answers
Extension
Pupil Activities TF 167-168
2 Snap, x2 and x10 tables
Provide a mixed set of cards for
both the 2 and 10 times table facts.
Pupil Activities TF 158
1 Multiplying by 10 and 100
Ask pupils to select three cards and
multiply the three-digit number they
create by 10 then 100.
Plenary
Follow-up for Textbook pages
37-38 TF 170
Follow-up for Textbook pages
38-39 TF 169
Home Activity 10
Check-up 10
Additional
notes
Extra
Resources
Review
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NHM Mixed Age Planning Year 3 and Year 4 Autumn Term
Week
Day 2
Starter
Year 3
Year 4
Specific Starter for Multiplication
TF 17-19
Specific Starter for Multiplication
TF 20-22
Main
Teaching
2 Five times table TF 168-169
3 Multiplication facts for 8
TF 159-161
Core
Activities
Pupil Activities TF 169
2 Bingo, x5 table
Pupil Activities TF 161
3 Pupil Sheet 34 8 times table
Activity Book page 24
Textbook page 39 TF 170
Textbook page 40
Support
Pupil Activities TF 169
1 Money boxes, 2p, 5p and 10p
coins
Extension
Pupil Activities TF 169
2 Bingo, x5 table
Provide a mixture of cards giving
the ‘stations’ of the 2, 5 and 10
times tables. Ask pupils to pick
multiplications from all of them for
their cards.
Pupil Activities TF 161
2 Snap, x8 table
Ask the pupils to work in pairs and
match the station cards to the
multiplication cards.
Pupil Activities TF 161
1 Bingo, x8 table
Plenary
Follow-up for Textbook page 39
TF 170
Follow-up for Textbook page 40
TF 169
Home Activity 12
Check-up 11
Home Activity 11
Additional
notes
Extra
Resources
Review
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NHM Mixed Age Planning Year 3 and Year 4 Autumn Term
Week
Day 3
Starter
Year 3
Year 4
Tune-in TF 172
Counting in threes
Specific Starter for Multiplication
TF 20-22
Main
Teaching
1 Multiplication facts for 3
TF 173-174
4 Multiplication facts for 6
TF 161-162
Core
Activities
Pupil Activities TF 174
2 Bingo, x3 table
Pupil Activity TF 162
1 Pupil Sheet 35 6 times table
Activity Book page 25 TF 180
Textbook page 40 TF 180
Pupil Activities TF 174
1 Matching x3 facts and answers
Textbook page 41 TF 168
Support
Extension
Plenary
Pupil Activities TF 174
2 Bingo, x3 table
Invite children to be the caller and
ask them to record the questions
they ask and the numbers which
should have been crossed off
accordingly.
Follow-up for Textbook page 40
TF 180
Home Activity 13
Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
Pupil Activities TF 161
2 Snap, x8 table
Repeat the activity for the x6 table.
Ask the pupils to work in pairs and
match the station/mult. cards.
Ask the pupils to make two sets of
cards, one showing the stations of
the x6 table and the other the
associated multiplications. Ask
them to devise their own game with
the cards, explaining the rules.
Follow-up for Textbook page 41
TF 169
Home Activity 12
Check-up 11
Additional
notes
Extra
Resources
Review
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NHM Mixed Age Planning Year 3 and Year 4 Autumn Term
Week
Day 4
Starter
Year 3
Year 4
Teaching TF 174-175
2 Counting in fours
Specific Starter for Multiplication
TF 20-22
Main
Teaching
3 Ten-frames TF 175-176
The four times table
5 Multiplication facts for 9
TF 163-164
Core
Activities
Pupil Activities TF 176-177
2 Pupil Sheet 3
Domino template
Pupil Activities TF 164-165
1 Fingers, x9 facts
2 Pupil Sheet 36 9 times table
Activity Book page 26 TF 180
Textbook page 41 TF 180
Pupil Activities TF 176-177
1 Function machine, x4
Textbook page 42 TF 168
Extension
Pupil Activities TF 176-177
1 Function machine, x4
Provide a set of 0 – 25 cards as the
‘in’ cards and ask the children to
write down the ‘out’ cards.
Plenary
Follow-up for Textbook page 41
TF 180
Pupil Activities TF 161
1 Bingo, x8 table
On their bingo cards ask pupils to
write stations from the x6, x8 and
x9 tables and ask questions from all
three tables.
Follow-up for Textbook page 42
TF 169
Support
Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
Pupil Activities TF 164-165
1 Fingers, x9 facts
Home Activity 13
Home Activity 14
Check-up 12
Additional
notes
Extra
Resources
Review
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NHM Mixed Age Planning Year 3 and Year 4 Autumn Term
Week
Day 5
Starter
Year 3
Year 4
Specific Starter for Multiplication
TF 17-19
Specific Starter for Multiplication
TF 20-22
Main
Teaching
4 Tables practice TF 177
The 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 times tables
6 Multiplication facts for 7
TF 165-166
Core
Activities
Pupil Activities TF 178-179
3 Multiplication spinners
4 Saying multiplication stories
Pupil Activities TF 166
1 Matching table facts, x7
2 Pupil Sheet 37 7 times table
Textbook pages 42-43 TF 180
Pupil Activities TF 178-179
1 Stations of the 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10
times tables
2 Writing multiplication stories
Textbook page 43 TF 168
Pupil Activities TF 166
1 Matching table facts, x7
Ask the pupils to work in pairs to
order the cards in their own time.
Extension
Pupil Activities TF 178-179
3 Multiplication spinners
5 Matching facts and answers
6 Pupil Sheet 23
The 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 times tables
Pupil Activities TF 166
1 Matching table facts, x7
Allow the pupils a second go to try
and beat their previous time.
Plenary
Follow-up for Textbook page 43
TF 180
Follow-up for Textbook page 43
TF 169
Home Activity 15
Home Activity 14
Check-up 12
Support
Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
Additional
notes
Extra
Resources
Review
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NHM Mixed Age Planning Year 3 and Year 4 Autumn Term
Mixed Age Planning Year 3 & Year 4
Autumn Term
Unit
Framework topic
Fractions
11
Objectives: children will be taught to…
NHM Topic
NHM Section
Recognize unit fractions such as ½, ¼ … and use them to find fractions of
shapes and numbers.
Fractions

Halves and quarters
Time

Time: the calendar
Fractions

Halves, quarters, tenths, thirds and fifths
Begin to recognise simple fractions that are several parts of a
whole, such as ¾.
3
Time, including problems
Compare familiar fractions: for example, know that on the number line one half lies
between one quarter and three quarters.
Fractions and decimals
Read and begin to write the vocabulary related to time.
Use units of time and know the relationships between them (second, minute,
hour, day, week, month, year).
Use a calendar.
Use fraction notation. Recognise simple fractions that are several parts of a
whole, such as 2/3 or 5/8, and mixed numbers, such as 53/4.
Identify two simple fractions with a total of 1 (e.g. 3/10 and 7/10).
Order simple fractions: for example, decide whether fractions such as 3/8 or 7/10 are
greater or less than one half.
Begin to relate fractions to division and find simple fractions such as 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5,
1
/10 of numbers or quantities.
Find fractions such as 2/3, 3/4, 3/5, 7/10 ... of shapes.
4
Teaching File page
Pupil Sheets
25-27, 31-33,
256-260, 344-346
42
2-5, 28-29, 256-263
57-59
Activity Book page
Textbook page
Home Activities
Check-ups
MATERIALS
TOOLBOX
3
70-71, 97
67-68
25
Extension
Textbook page
20
21
4
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22, 24-26
NHM Mixed Age Planning Year 3 and Year 4 Autumn Term
Week
Day 1
Starter
Year 3
Year 4
Tune-in TF 256
Circles
Revising halves and quarters of a
shape
Tune-in TF 256-257
Revising fractions with numerator
one
Main
Teaching
1 More circles TF 257
Revising half and quarter of a
number
Core
Activities
Textbook page 70 TF 260
1 Squared paper shapes
TF 257-258
Revising halves, quarters, tenths,
thirds and fifths with numerators
greater than one
Pupil Activity TF 258
1 Pupil Sheet 57
Halves, quarters, thirds, fifths and
tenths
Support
Textbook page 70 TF 260
Do the page with the pupils as a
group answering orally.
Extension
Textbook page 70 TF 260
Ask the pupils to work in pairs to
create a simple poster which shows
the connection between halves and
quarters.
Plenary
Follow-up for Textbook page 70
TF 260
Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
Pupil Activity TF 258
1 Pupil Sheet 57
Provide a similar sheet with
questions about halves and quarters
only for pupils to do first.
Pupil Activity TF 258
Give pupils a set of interlocking
cubes of different colours. Write
some fractions on the board, e.g.
4/10, 3/5. Ask the pupils to make
rectangles with the fraction stated a
different colour to the rest of the
shape.
Discuss children’s work.
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Week
Day 2
Starter
Year 3
Year 4
Specific Starter for Fractions
TF 25-27
Generic Starter TF 2-5
Main
Teaching
2 Rectangles TF 258-259
Positioning halves on a number line
Core
Activities
Textbook page 71 TF 260
Support
Extension
Textbook page 71 TF 260
For q2 provide a copy of the
number line and ask the pupils to
label the half points, e.g. 2 ½.
Textbook page 71 TF 260
Give the pupils a number line from
0 to 50. Write a set of ‘half
numbers’ on the board e.g. 23 ½
and ask them to position them on
their lines.
2 Mixed numbers TF 258-260
Whole numbers and fractions
involving halves, quarters, tenths,
thirds and fifths
Pupil Activities TF 260
1 Pupil Sheet 58 Mixed numbers
2 Pupil Sheet 59 Mixed numbers
Provide the sheet with the shapes
already coloured and ask pupils to
write down the mixed numbers.
Pupil Activities TF 260
1 Pupil Sheet 58 Mixed numbers
Plenary
Follow-up for Textbook page 71
TF 260
Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
Pupil Activities TF 260
2 Pupil Sheet 59 Mixed numbers
Specific Starter for Fractions
TF 28-29
Check-up 20
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Week
Day 3
Starter
Year 3
Year 4
Specific Starter for Fractions
TF 25-27
Specific Starter for Fractions
TF 28-29
Main
Teaching
Further Teaching TF 259
Positioning quarters on a number
line
Further consolidation of mixed
numbers.
Core
Activities
Give the pupils a large 0 – 10
number line with the quarter points
marked off but not labelled. Ask
pupils to label the marks.
Textbook page 67 TF 263
Support
Textbook page 67 TF 263
Work through the questions with the
pupils as a group answering orally
then ask them to complete the page
independently.
Extension
Provide the pupils with a set of
cards showing the numbers from 0
to 5 going up in steps of a quarter.
Ask the pupils to shuffle the cards
and turn them over one at a time,
ordering them as they appear.
Provide the pupils with a blank 020 number line and a set of cards
showing ‘half and quarter numbers’
less than 20, e.g. 5 ¾ , 12 ¼. Ask
the pupils to shuffle the cards, turn
them over one at a time and place
them where they think they would
be on the number line.
Plenary
Specific Starter for Fractions
TF 25-27
Follow-up for Textbook page 67
TF 263
Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
Textbook page 67 TF 263
Write some mixed numbers on the
board. Give pupils a set of
interlocking cubes of different
colours. Ask the pupils to make sets
of shapes to represent the numbers.
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Week
Day 4
Starter
Year 3
Year 4
Tune-in TF 344
Revising months of the year
Specific Starter for Fractions
TF 28-29
Main
Teaching
1 Days in each month TF 344-345
3 Finding one half, one quarter,
one tenth, one third and one fifth
of a set TF 260-262
Core
Activities
Put some future events on the
board, e.g. ‘your birthday’,
‘Christmas’. Ask the pupils to work
out how many days there are till
each event using their knowledge of
how many days are in each month.
Provide a set of cards of the months
of the year and a set showing 30,
30, 30, 30, 28 or 29, 31, 31, 31, 31,
31, 31, 31. Ask the pupils to match
the two sets up.
Put some future events on the
board, e.g. ‘your birthday’,
‘Christmas’. Ask the pupils to work
out how many days there are till
each event using their knowledge of
how many days are in each month.
Ask pupils to think of other events
to investigate.
Specific Starter for Time TF 31
1 Days and dates
Textbook page 68 TF 263
Support
Extension
Plenary
Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
Textbook page 68 TF 263
With the pupils as a group write
down the x3, x4, x5 and x10 tables
facts before they do the page.
Textbook page 68 TF 263
On the board draw a 4x4 grid.
Write in the squares multiples of 10.
Ask the pupils to draw their own
grid and in each matching square
write down 2/10 of the number.
Repeat to practise finding other
fractions of sets, e.g. 2/3, 4/10
Follow-up for Textbook page 68
TF 263
Home Activity 25
Check-up 21
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Week
Day 5
Starter
Specific Starter for Time TF 31-33
Specific Starter for Fractions
TF 28-29
Main
Teaching
2 The calendar TF 345-346
Pupil Sheet 42 The calendar
Further consolidation of finding
fractions of a set.
Core
Activities
Textbook page 97 TF 346
Support
Textbook page 97 TF 346
Make a large copy of the calendar
and work with the pupils as a group
answering the questions orally.
Textbook page 97 TF 346
Ask the pupils to think of other
events in the year and find out
which day of the week they are on.
On the board draw a 4 x 4 grid.
Write in the grid multiples of 4
below 100. Ask pupils to draw their
own grid and in each matching
square write down ¼ of the number.
Repeat to practise finding 1/3, 1/5
and 1/10 of a set.
Provide pairs of pupils with a set of
cards showing the multiples of 4 to
40. Ask them to write down ½ then
¼ of each number.
Provide small groups with a
spinner showing ½, ¼, 1/3, 1/5 and
1/10 and a set of cards showing the
multiples of 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 to 100.
Place the shuffled cards face down
on the table. Pupils take it in turns
to pick a card and spin the spinner.
They must then find the required
fraction of their number. If their
answer is right they score a point if
they can’t get a whole number
answer then they miss a turn.
Specific Starter for Fractions
TF 28-29
Extension
Plenary
Year 3
Follow-up for Textbook page 97
TF 346
Year 4
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Mixed Age Planning Year 3 & Year 4
Autumn Term
Unit
Framework topic
3
Objectives: children will be taught to…
NHM Topic
NHM Section
Understanding + and –
Mental calculation strategies
(+ and -)
Use knowledge that addition can be done in any order to do mental calculations
more efficiently. For example:
put the larger number first and count on.
Use patterns of similar calculations.
Subtract mentally a 'near multiple of 10' to or from a two-digit number by
subtracting 10, 20, 30 and adjusting.
Use known number facts and place value to add/subtract mentally.
Addition to 100

Subtraction to 100

Addition of a two-digit number and a single-digit,
ten and a multiple of ten
Subtracting a single digit, a multiple of ten
Understanding + and –
Mental calculation strategies (+ and )
Consolidate understanding of relationship between + and -.
Partition into tens and units, adding the tens first.
Add or subtract the nearest multiple of 10, then adjust.
Add three two-digit multiples of 10, such as 40 + 70 + 50.
Use known number facts and place value to add or subtract mentally, including
any pair of two-digit whole numbers.
Use informal pencil and paper methods to support, record or explain
additions/subtractions.
Addition to 1000

Addition of two-digit numbers, bridging 100
Measure

Time: the calendar
4
Time, including problems
Use, read and write the vocabulary related to time.
Read simple timetables and use this year's calendar.
Teaching File page
Pupil Sheets
13-16, 90-95,
126-132
3, 6, 14-16
Activity Book page
Textbook page
Home Activities
Check-ups
5-6, 21-23
5
4, 8
4
5
MATERIALS
TOOLBOX
3
4
11-16, 34-36, 92-96,
326-329
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NHM Mixed Age Planning Year 3 and Year 4 Autumn Term
Week
Day 1
Starter
Year 3
Year 4
Tune-in TF 90
Linking known facts
Tune-in TF 92
Adding multiples of 10
Main
Teaching
1 Addition patterns TF 90-91
Adding mentally using patterns of
similar calculations
1 Adding a two-digit number and
a multiple of 10 TF 93
Core
Activities
Textbook page 5 TF 94
Textbook page 15 TF 96
Support
Textbook page 5 TF 94
Provide the pupils with a 0 – 100
number line.
Textbook page 15 TF 96
Provide pupils with a number line
for support.
Extension
Textbook page 5 TF 94
Provide further ‘missing number’
questions on the board.
Textbook page 15 TF 96
Ask pupils to time themselves to see
how quickly they can complete the
page mentally.
Plenary
Follow-up for Textbook page 5
TF 94
Follow-up for Textbook page 15
TF 96
Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
Home Activity 5
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Week
Day 2
Starter
Main
Teaching
Year 3
Year 4
Teaching TF 91
2 Adding ten
Specific Starter for Addition to
1000 TF 11-16
3 Adding multiples of ten TF 92
2 Adding 11, 21, 31, … and 9, 19,
29 … TF 93-94
Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
4 Adding a two-digit number and
a multiple of ten TF 92-93
Core
Activities
Pupil Activity TF 93
1 Pupil Sheet 6
Adding a two-digit number and a
multiple of 10
Pupil Activity TF 94
1 Adding game using dice and
cards
Textbook page 6 TF 94
Textbook page 16 TF 96
Pupil Activity TF 94
1 Adding game using dice and
cards
Label the die 11, 21, 31, 19, 29, 39
and provide a set of cards showing
two-digit numbers less than 50.
Pupil Activity TF 94
1 Adding game using dice and
cards
Provide cards with some three-digit
numbers on.
Support
Pupil Activity TF 93
1 Pupil Sheet 6
Provide practice in adding two
multiples of ten, e.g. 20 + 30,
before pupils attempt the sheet.
Extension
Pupil Activity TF 93
1 Pupil Sheet 6
Put questions on the board such as
73 + 22. Ask pupils how they might
answer them using the same
strategies as they have been
practising, i.e. adding the multiples
of ten first then the units.
Follow-up for Textbook page 6
TF 95
Plenary
Check-up 4
Follow-up for Textbook page 16
TF 96
Home Activity 4
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Week
Day 3
Starter
Year 3
Year 4
Tune-in TF 126
Linking known subtraction facts
Specific Starter for Addition to
1000 TF 11-16
Main
Teaching
1 Subtracting a single digit from
a two-digit number, without
bridging TF 127-128
Consolidation, using patterns of
similar calculations
3 Adding two-digit numbers,
bridging 100 TF 95
Core
Activities
Pupil Activity TF 128
1 Pupil Sheet 14
A single-digit number from a twodigit number
Textbook page 21 TF 132
Pupil Activity TF 128
1 Pupil Sheet 14
Provide the pupils with a 0 – 100
number line.
Pupil Activity TF 128
1 Pupil Sheet 14
Give pairs a set of two-digit number
cards and a set of 0 – 9 digit cards.
Shuffling the cards, ask pupils to
take one card from each pile and
subtract the single-digit from the 2digit number. Discuss strategies to
cross the tens boundary.
Specific Starter for Subtraction to
100 TF 13-16
Textbook page 17 TF 96
Support
Extension
Plenary
Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
Textbook page 17 TF 96
Allow the pupils to draw number
lines to find their answers.
Textbook page 17 TF 96
Ask pupils to make up problems
similar to q4 and swap with a friend
to answer.
Follow-up for Textbook page 17
TF 96
Check-up 5
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Week
Day 4
Starter
Main
Teaching
Year 3
Specific Starter for Subtraction to
100 TF 13-16
2 Subtracting a multiple of ten
from a two-digit number
TF 128-129
Core
Activities
Pupil Activities TF 130
2 Pupil Sheet 16
Subtracting multiples of 10
Support
Textbook page 22 TF 132
Pupil Activities TF 130
1 Pupil Sheet 15
Subtracting multiples of 10
Extension
Pupil Activities TF 130
2 Pupil Sheet 16
Subtracting multiples of 10
Enter numbers between 60 and 120.
Plenary
Specific Starter for Subtraction to
100 TF 13-16
Year 4
Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
Tune-in TF 326
Days and months
Revising the sequence of months
and the number of days in each
month
1 Weeks and days TF 327-328
Finding durations from calendars
showing consecutive months
Textbook page 83 TF 328
Textbook page 83 TF 328
Put the answers to each question on
flashcards. Ask the pupils to work
in pairs and match each card to a
question.
Textbook page 83 TF 328
Give pupils a current calendar. Ask
each pupil to write down the date of
five events happening in their lives
this year (e.g. birthdays). Swap
events with a partner who has to
find out the day of the week each
event will take place on.
Follow-up for Textbook page 83
TF 328
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Week
Day 5
Starter
Year 3
Year 4
Specific Starter for Subtraction to
100 TF 13-16
Specific Starter for Time TF 34-36
Main
Teaching
3 Subtracting 11, 21, 31, … and 9,
19, 29, … TF 130-131
Consolidate Teaching from Day 4
Core
Activities
Pupil Activities TF 131
2 More connection cards
Pupil Sheet 3 Domino template
Textbook page 84 TF 328
Support
Extension
Plenary
Textbook page 23 TF 132
Pupil Activities TF 131
2 More connection cards
Provide questions where 11, 21, etc
are subtracted from two-digit
numbers less than 50. Provide a
number line for support.
Pupil Activities TF 131
2 More connection cards
Pupil Sheet 3 Domino template
Include questions where 9 and 11
are subtracted from three-digit
numbers.
Check-up 8
Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
Textbook page 84 TF 328
Allow pupils to write down all the
days that are included in each time
duration and use this to help count
the total number of days, and hence
weeks, for each question.
Textbook page 84 TF 328
Provide pupils with a set of cards
showing dates in the year. Pupils
take it in turns to pick two cards
and find the number of weeks and
days between the two dates.
Follow-up for Textbook page 84
TF 329
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Autumn Term
Unit
Framework topic
13
Objectives: children will be taught to…
NHM Topic
NHM Section
Handling data
Solve a given problem by organizing and interpreting numerical data in simple
lists, tables and graphs, for example:
simple frequency tables;
bar charts - intervals labelled in ones then twos.
Data Handling

Frequency tables; bar charts
Handling data
Solve a problem by collecting quickly, organising, representing and interpreting data
in tables, charts, graphs and diagrams, including those generated by a computer, for
example:
tally charts and frequency tables;
bar charts - intervals labelled in 2s, 5s, 10s or 20s.
Data Handling

Extracting information, tally charts and bar charts
3
4
Teaching File page
Pupil Sheets
Activity Book page
Textbook page
42-43
112-114
Home Activities
Check-ups
MATERIALS
2-5, 408-412
TOOLBOX
Extension
Textbook page
3
2-5, 420-427
90-92
118-120
E21
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Week
Day 1
Starter
Year 3
Year 4
Tune-in TF 408
Children’s Zoo
Revising data collection and
interpretation
Tune-in TF 420
Book Fayre
Extracting information from a chart
Main
Teaching
1 More about animals TF 409
Interpreting frequency tables
1 Book Sales TF 421
Extracting information from a table
Core
Activities
Textbook page 112 TF 412
Textbook page 118 TF 426
Support
Textbook page 112 TF 412
Work with the pupils as a group
and answer the questions orally.
Extension
Textbook page 112 TF 412
Ask pupils to work in pairs and
decide on a simple survey to
conduct with the class related to the
page, e.g. the animal children
would most like to see if they visited
a safari park. They must draw a
table and collect their results.
Textbook page 118 TF 426
Work through the page orally with
the pupils as a group and discuss
how to find the information for each
question. Ask the pupils to work in
pairs to record their answers.
Textbook page 118 TF 426
Plenary
Follow-up for Textbook page 112
TF 412
Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
2 Visitors TF 422
Interpreting tally charts
Textbook page 119 TF 426
Follow-up for Textbook page 118
TF 426
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Week
Day 2
Starter
Generic Starter TF 2-5
Generic Starter TF 2-5
Main
Teaching
2 Votes for boats TF 409-410
Developing bar charts
2 Visitors TF 422
Interpreting tally charts
Core
Activities
Textbook page 113
Textbook page 119 TF 426
Year 3
Year 4
Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
Activity Book page 42 TF 412
Support
Textbook page 113
Activity Book page 42 TF 412
As a group complete the ticksheet in
1a. Draw a large bar chart of the
results together and then ask pupils
to complete the one on the page
independently.
Extension
Textbook page 113
Textbook page 119 TF 426
Make a set of cards with the
different insects on. Give each pair
of pupils a blank tally chart and ask
them to turn the cards over one at a
time and record the insect shown in
the table. When they have done this
ask q1-4 from the textbook orally
about their own table.
3 Vowels TF 423
Recording on a tally chart
Plenary
Activity Book page 42 TF 412
Ask pupils to make a bar chart
showing the results of their survey
on Day 1.
Pupil Activity TF 423
1 Pupil Sheet 90 Tally charts
Follow-up for Textbook page 113
and Activity Book page 42 TF 412
Follow-up for Textbook page 119
TF 426
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Week
Day 3
Starter
Year 3
Year 4
Generic Starter TF 2-5
Generic Starter TF 2-5
Main
Teaching
3 Votes for boats TF 410-411
Bar charts with frequency axis
labelled in twos
3 Vowels TF 423
Recording on a tally chart
Core
Activities
Textbook page 114 TF 412
Pupil Activity TF 423
1 Pupil Sheet 90 Tally charts
Support
Textbook page 114 TF 412
Give further practice of reading
information off bar charts before
pupils do the page.
Extension
Further Teaching TF 411
1 Bar charts on a computer
Pupil Activity TF 423
1 Pupil Sheet 90 Tally charts
Encourage pupils to cross off each
insect as they record it on their tally
chart.
4 Hooked on boats TF 423-424
Bar charts with frequency axis
labelled in fives
Pupil Activity TF 424
1 Pupil Sheet 91 Bar charts
Pupil Activity TF 425
1 Pupil Sheet 92 Bar charts
Plenary
Follow-up for Textbook page 114
TF 412
Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
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ICT
Discuss children’s work.
Additional
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Week
Day 4
Starter
Generic Starter TF 2-5
Generic Starter TF 2-5
Main
Teaching
Further consolidation of bar charts
4 Hooked on boats TF 423-424
Bar charts with frequency axis
labelled in fives
Core
Activities
Further Teaching TF 411
1 Bar charts on a computer
Pupil Activity TF 424
1 Pupil Sheet 91 Bar charts
Support
Activity Book page 43 TF 412
For q3, help pupils draw a table to
collect their results and then as a
group decide on the appropriate
axes for their bar chart.
Extension
Textbook page 114 TF 412
Activity Book page 43 TF 412
Pupil Activity TF 424
1 Pupil Sheet 91 Bar charts
After pupils have completed the
tally chart discuss with them the
height each bar should be before
they complete their graph.
Textbook page 120 TF 426
Ask pupils to conduct a class survey
to find out the favourite holiday
destinations of the children in the
class.
Plenary
Discuss children’s work.
Discuss children’s work.
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notes
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Week
Day 5
Starter
Year 3
Year 4
Generic Starter TF 2-5
Generic Starter TF 2-5
Main
Teaching
Further consolidation of bar charts
5 Hobbies TF 425
Bar charts with frequency axis
labelled in tens
Core
Activities
Activity Book page 43 TF 412
Ask pupils to enter their results
from q3 onto the computer to create
a bar chart.
Pupil Activity TF 425
1 Pupil Sheet 92 Bar charts
Support
Further Teaching TF 411
1 Bar charts on a computer
Textbook page 120 TF 426
Extension
Ask pupils to work in pairs and
decide on a simple survey. They
must collect data from the class and
then display their findings on either
drawn or computer generated
graphs.
Extension Textbook page E21
TF 427
Plenary
Follow-up for Activity Book page
43 TF 412
Follow-up for Textbook page 120
TF 427
Additional Resources
Teacher Notes
Textbook page 120 TF 426
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notes
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Resources
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