NHM Framework Unit Planning Year 3 Autumn Term
Unit/
Days
Framework topic
Objectives: children will be taught to…
NHM Topic
NHM Section
1
Place value, ordering, estimating,
rounding
Reading numbers from scales
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
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
3 days
Teaching File page
Pupil Sheets
Activity Book page
7-9, 43-54, 73-78
NC, Shortcuts 1-3
NG, Shortcuts 1-3
1-5
3-6, 9-10, 22
Textbook page
Home Activities
Check-ups
1
1
MATERIALS
TOOLBOX
Starter
Day 1
Tune-in TF 73
Number names to twenty
Door numbers
Main
Teaching
1 Doors TF 74
Number names for multiples of 10
and 100
Day 2
Tune-in TF 43-44
Zero to one hundred
Revising the number sequence to
100
1 One thousand TF 44-45
Introducing the number sequence to
1000
Day 3
Specific Starter for Numbers to
1000
TF 7-9
Number names, ordinal numbers
The sequence to 1000
Extension
Textbook page
Day 4
4 Tens TF 48-50
Adding/subtracting 10 and
multiples of 10
5 Number lines TF 50-51
Adding/subtracting 100 and
multiples of 100
Core
Activities
Pupil Activities TF 74-75
2 Pupil Sheet 5
Number names, multiples of 100
Pupil Activities TF 46
1 Numbers after, more and less
Sequences before, after, between,
and one, two more/less
Activity Book page 9
Pupil Activities TF 51
1 Connection cards
Activity Book page 22 TF 77
Activity Book pages 3-6 TF 52
Support
Pupil Activities TF 74-75
1 Pupil Sheet 4
Number names, multiples of 10
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.
Extension
Give pupils a selection of 100 to
1000 flashcards, e.g. 456, 782. Ask
them to write the number.
Pupil Activities TF 46
2 Pupil Sheets 1 and 2
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Activity Book page 10 TF 53
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.
Pupil Activities TF 51
2 Pupil Sheet 3
Connection cards template
Include multiples of 10
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Resource Sheets
8-11, 29-35,
39-40
Day 5
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Plenary
Follow-up for Activity Book
page 22 TF 78
Follow-up for Activity Book
pages 3-6 TF 52-53
Additions/subtractions which cross
100, e.g. 460 add 80.
Follow-up for Activity Book
pages 9-10 TF 53
Home Activity 1
Check-up 1
Additional
notes
Extra
Resources
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Unit/
Days
Framework topic
Objectives: children will be taught to…
NHM Topic
NHM Section
2
Understanding + and 
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
5 days
Teaching File page
Pupil Sheets
9-16, 85-89,
120-125
12-13
Activity Book page
Textbook page
Home Activities
Check-ups
1-4, 17-20
4, 8
7
MATERIALS
Extension
Textbook page
Resource Sheets
14-17, 29-35, 39-40,
49
NF, Shortcut 1
TOOLBOX
PUPIL ACTIVITY
SOFTWARE
Starter
Unit 4
Addition to 100
Day 1
Tune-in TF 84
Mental addition
Revising addition facts to 20
Day 2
Specific Starter for Addition to
100
TF 9-13
Day 3
Tune-in TF 120
Mental subtraction
Revising subtraction facts to 20
Day 4
Day 5
Specific Starter for Subtraction to
100
Specific Starter for Subtraction to
100
TF 13-16
TF 13-16
Main
Teaching
1 Addition facts for 11 to 20
TF 85
Adding single-digit numbers or 10
2 Adding a teens number and a
single-digit number
TF 86-87
1 Counters TF 120-121
Consolidating subtraction facts to
19
2 Ten-frames TF 122
Consolidating subtraction facts for
20
3 Cubes TF 123-124
Subtracting teens numbers from
teens numbers or 20
Core
Activities
Pupil Activity TF 85-86
1 Adding single-digit numbers or
10
Pupil Activity TF87-88
1 Adding a teens number and a
single-digit number
Pupil Activities TF 121
1 Subtraction bingo
Pupil Activity TF 122
1 Pupil Sheet 12
Subtraction facts for 20 dominoes
Pupil Activities TF 124
2 Pupil Sheet 13
Subtraction facts to 20 game
Textbook pages 1-2 TF 88
Textbook pages 3-4 TF 88
Textbook page 17 TF
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Textbook page 18 TF 125
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Textbook pages 19-20
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125
TF 125
Support
Pupil Activity TF 85-86
1 Adding single-digit numbers or
10
Provide pupils with partially
written cards to complete, e.g.
7 + __.
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+__.
Pupil Activities TF 121
2 Subtraction pairs
Pupil Activity TF 122
Use Pupil Sheet 3 as a domino
template to practice all subtraction
facts for a smaller number, e.g. 15.
Pupil Activities TF 124
1 Differences to 20
Extension
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.
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?
Pupil Activities TF 121
1 Subtraction bingo
Put numbers from 10 to 20 on the
bingo cards with matching question
cards.
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.
Pupil Activities TF 124
2 Pupil Sheet 13
Subtraction facts to 20 game
Use a 1 to 12 die or spinner.
Plenary
Follow-up for Textbook pages 1-2
TF 89
Follow-up for Textbook pages 3-4
TF 89
Follow-up for Textbook page 17
TF 125
Follow-up for Textbook page 18
Follow-up for Textbook pages 1920
TF 125
Home Activity 4
TF 125
Home Activity 8
Check-up 7
Additional
notes
Extra
Resources
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Unit/
Days
Framework topic
Objectives: children will be taught to…
NHM Topic
NHM Section
3
Money and ‘real life’ problems
Making decisions and checking
results
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

5 days
MATERIALS
PUPIL ACTIVITY
SOFTWARE
Teaching File
page
Pupil Sheets
23-25, 236-243
27-28
Activity Book page
Textbook page
Home Activities
Check-ups
61-64
22
18
Using £1 and £2 coins
Extension
Textbook page
Resource Sheets
Unit 12:
Money
Day 1
Tune-in TF 236
Coins
Laying out amounts to 99p, the £1
coin
Day 2
Specific Starter for Money
TF 23-25
Day 3
Specific Starter for Money
TF 23-25
Specific Starter for Money
TF 23-25
Specific Starter for Money
TF 23-25
Main
Teaching
1 Jumble sale TF 237
Coin collections with £1
2 Money exchange TF 237-238
Introducing and using the £2 coin
3 Money jars TF 239-240
Amounts in pounds and pence
4 Class shop TF 240-241
Change from £1 and £2
5 Pocket money TF 241-242
Finding the difference between two
amounts
Core
Activities
Textbook page 61 TF 242
Pupil Activity TF 238
1 Pupil Sheet 27
Counting coin collections with £2
Pupil Activity TF 240
1 Matching amounts in £.p and
pence
Pupil Activity TF 241
1 Pupil Sheet 28
Change from £1 and £2
Textbook page 64 TF 242
Starter
Day 4
Textbook page 63 TF 242
Textbook page 62 TF
242
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Support
Extension
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.
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 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.
Pupil Activity TF 241
1 Pupil Sheet 28
Textbook page 61 TF 242
For question 3 ask pupils to find as
many ways as possible of making
each amount.
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 240
1 Matching amounts in £.p and
pence
Include values up to £10.
Pupil Activity TF 241
1 Pupil Sheet 28
Follow-up for Textbook page 61
Follow-up for Textbook page 62
Follow-up for Textbook page 63
Specific Starter for Money
TF 23-25
TF 243
TF 243
TF 243
Change from £1 and £2
Textbook page 64 TF 242
Give pupils coins to lay out when
answering the questions.
Give pupils coins, ask them to count
on from each price to show the
change for each child.
Change from £5
Provide similar questions
practising change from £5.
Textbook page 64 TF 242
Ask pupils to make up their own
problems and swap with a friend to
answer.
Follow-up for Textbook page 64
TF 243
Home Activity 22
Check-up 18
Additional
notes
Extra
Resources
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Unit/
Days
Framework topic
Objectives: children will be taught to…
NHM Topic
NHM Section
4
Measures, including problems
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
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5 days
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').
Teaching File page
Pupil Sheets
Activity Book page
Textbook page
Home Activities
Check-ups
MATERIALS
2-5, 322-329
Extension
Textbook page
Resource Sheets
89-92
Starter
Day 1
Tune-in TF 323-324
The metre
Day 2
Generic Starter TF 2-5
Day 3
Generic Starter TF 2-5
Main
Teaching
1 Classroom lengths TF 324-325
Introducing the half-metre
2 Metres and centimetres
TF 325-326
3 Centimetres and halfcentimetres TF 326-327
3 Centimetres and halfcentimetres TF 326-327
Further consolidation
Core
Activities
Textbook page 89 TF 328
Pupil Activities TF 326
Pupil Activities TF 327
1 Estimating and measuring objects
with lengths less than 20cm
Pupil Activities TF 327
2 Drawing objects of specified
length to nearest half-centimetre
2 Estimating and measuring in
metres and centimetres
Day 4
Generic Starter TF 2-5
Day 5
Generic Starter TF 2-5
4 Using a tape measure TF
327
Textbook page 92 TF 328
Textbook page 91 TF 328
Textbook page 90 TF
328
Support
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.
Pupil Activities TF 326
1 Objects in metres and centimetres
Extension
Textbook page 89 TF 328
Pupil Activities TF 326
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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.
Write some measurements on the
Pupil Activities TF 327
2 Drawing objects of specified
length to nearest centimetre
Specify whole cm lengths, e.g. 5cm,
12cm.
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.
Pupil Activities TF 327
Textbook page 92 TF 328
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Plenary
For question 3 use metre sticks and
rulers and give measurements to the
nearest cm.
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 89
Follow-up for Textbook page 90
TF 328
TF 328
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
pupil to measure a suggested object
and see how close it is.
2 Drawing objects of specified
length to nearest half-centimetre
Ask pupils to find other curved
objects to measure with their tape
measure.
Follow-up for Textbook page 91
TF 329
Follow-up for Textbook page 92
TF 329
Additional
notes
Extra
Resources
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Framework topic
Objectives: children will be taught to…
NHM Topic
NHM Section
Shape and space
Classify and describe 2-D shapes, including the semi-circle, quadrilateral …referring
to properties such as reflective symmetry, the number of sides and vertices, whether
sides are the same length, whether or not angles are right angles …
Make and describe shapes and patterns.
Shape

Unit/
Days
5
4 days
Reasoning about shapes
Teaching File page
Pupil Sheets
Activity Book page
Textbook page
2-5, 384-388
SM, Shortcuts 1-6
46-48
37
108
Home Activities
2D Shape: making shapes
Check-ups
MATERIALS
TOOLBOX
Starter
Main
Teaching
Day 1
Tune-in TF 384
Shape quiz
Revising 2D shapes
Day 2
Tune-in TF 384
Shape quiz
Revising 2D shapes
Day 3
Generic Starter TF 2-5
Day 4
Generic Starter TF 2-5
1 Two of a kind TF 385
Making 2D shapes
1 Two of a kind TF 385
Making 2D shapes
2 Slide or flip TF 386
Making strip patterns
2 Slide or flip TF 386
Pupil Activity TF 386
1 Pupil Sheet 47
Strip patterns
Using squared paper, ask pupils to
make up their own starting shapes
and see if they can make strip
patterns from them.
Making strip patterns
Further consolidation
Further consolidation
Core
Activities
Extension
Textbook page
E20-E22
Pupil Activity TF 385
1 Pupil Sheet 46
Quadrilaterals, hexagons, octagons
Textbook page 108 TF
387
Activity Book page 37
TF 387
Support
Pupil Activity TF 385
1 Pupil Sheet 46
Quadrilaterals, hexagons, octagons
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Pupil Activity TF 386
1 Pupil Sheet 47
Strip patterns
Activity Book page 37 TF 387
Allow pupils to continue making
and now drawing their own
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53
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Allow the pupils to show their
solutions using the shapes provided
without having to record them.
Extension
387
Allow the pupils to show their
solutions using the shapes provided
without having to record them.
Pupil Activity TF 385
1 Pupil Sheet 46
Ask pupils to find what shapes they
can make using the triangles and
rectangles together.
Textbook page 108 TF
387
Ask pupils to explore other shapes
that can be made using a
combination of triangles, squares
and rectangles.
Follow-up for Textbook page 108
Plenary
Discuss the different ways in
which the children made
each shape.
TF 387
Give pupils a collection of shape
pieces to make their patterns from
without drawing them.
patterns.
Pupil Activity TF 386
1 Pupil Sheet 47
Strip patterns
Ask pupils to make up their own
starting shapes and see if they can
make strip patterns from them.
Extension Textbook pages
E20-E22 TF 388
Discuss children’s work on strip
patterns.
Ask children who have completed
Extension Textbook pages to
explain their work.
Pupil Sheet 48 Using and Applying
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Unit/
Days
Framework topic
Objectives: children will be taught to…
NHM Topic
NHM Section
6
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

4 days
Teaching File page
Pupil Sheets
Activity Book page
Textbook page
Home Activities
3D shape
Check-ups
MATERIALS
2-5, 376-381
Extension
Textbook page
105-107
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Starter
Tune-in TF 376
What’s my shape?
Identifying shapes and discussing
properties
Tune-in TF 376
What’s my shape?
Identifying shapes and discussing
properties
Generic Starter TF 2-5
Generic Starter TF 2-5
Main
Teaching
1 Introducing prisms TF 377-378
Sorting and identifying shapes
1 Introducing prisms TF 377-378
2 Building with shapes
TF 379-380
2 Building with shapes
TF 379-380
Sorting and identifying shapes
Further consolidation
Further consolidation
Core
Activities
Pupil Activities TF 378-379
1 Sorting shapes on a Carroll
diagram
Pupil Activities TF 378-379
2 Matching shapes to
their descriptions
Pupil Activities TF 380
2 Building models
Pupil Activities TF 380
3 Building 3D shapes
Textbook page 107 TF 381
Textbook page 106 TF
381
Textbook page 105 TF
381
Support
Pupil Activities TF 378-379
1 Sorting shapes on a Carroll
diagram
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Pupil Activities TF 378-379
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Pupil Activities TF 380
1 Building prisms from 3D shapes
Pupil Activities TF 380
2 Building models
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Decide with the children which
other properties to investigate.
2 Matching shapes to
their descriptions
Extension
Pupil Activities TF 378-379
2 Matching shapes to their
descriptions
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.
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
Pupil Activities TF 380
2 Building models
Pupil Activities TF 380
3 Building 3D shapes
Ask the pupils to make up their own
task cards and swap them with
another group.
Follow-up for Textbook page 105
TF 381
Follow-up for Textbook page
106 TF 381
Follow-up for Textbook page
107 TF 381
Additional
notes
Extra
Resources
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Days
Framework topic
Objectives: children will be taught to…
NHM Topic
NHM Section
8
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


5 days
Counting in twos, threes, fours and fives
The sequence to 1000
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.
Teaching File page
Pupil Sheets
Activity Book page
Textbook page
Home Activities
Check-ups
2
2
MATERIALS
TOOLBOX
Starter
Main
Teaching
7-9, 38-54
NC, Shortcuts 1-3
NG, Shortcuts 1-3
1-2, 7-8
Day 1
Tune-in TF 38
Counting in twos; odds and evens
1 Counting in twos and
threes
Day 2
Specific Starter for Numbers to
1000
Extension
Textbook page
E1-E2
Resource Sheets
8-13, 29-35, 39-40
Specific Starter for Numbers to
1000
TF 7-9
Specific Starter for Numbers to
1000
TF 7-9
TF 7-9
Day 3
Tune-in TF 43-44
Zero to one hundred
Revising the number sequence to
100
2 Counting in fours and fives
TF 40-41
2 More or less TF 46-47
Sequences, 10 more/less
3 Tracks TF 47-48
Sequences, 100 more/less
Further consolidation on 10 and
100 more and less than
Pupil Activities TF 41-42
4 Counting in fours and fives
1 Patterns on 100-squares
Activity Book page 7 TF 52
Activity Book page 8 TF 52
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 8 TF 52
Provide a 0 – 1000 number line for
the pupils to use.
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.
Day 4
Day 5
TF 38-39
Core
Activities
Pupil Activities TF 40
2 Counting in twos and threes
Activity Book page 1 TF
Activity Book page 2 TF
42
42
Support
Pupil Activities TF 40
1 Counting cubes in twos and threes
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Pupil Activities TF 41-42
3 Counting cubes in fours and fives
4 Counting in fours and fives
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Extension
Pupil Activities TF 40
2 Counting in twos and threes
3 Sorting odd and even
Pupil Activities TF 41-42
1 Patterns on 100-squares
2 Ordering multiples of 4 and 5
Plenary
Follow-up for Activity Book
page 1 TF 43
Follow-up for Activity Book
page 2 TF 43
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.
Follow-up for Activity Book
pages 7-8 TF 53
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.
Follow-up for Activity Book
pages 7-8 TF 53
Home Activity 2
Check-up 2
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Extension Textbook E1-E2
TF 53-54
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.
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Framework topic
Objectives: children will be taught to…
NHM Topic
NHM Section
9
Understanding  and 
Mental calculation strategies
( and )
Money and ‘real life’ problems
Making decisions and checking
results
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.
Multiplication


5 days
MATERIALS
PUPIL ACTIVITY
SOFTWARE
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
Extension
Textbook page
Resource Sheets
3, 18-19, 29-35, 49
Units 8 and 9:
Multiplication
Starter
Day 1
Tune-in TF 166
Sequences
The 2 and 10 times tables
Day 2
Specific Starter for Multiplication
Main
Teaching
1 Random facts TF 167
Multiplying by two and ten
2 Five times table TF 168-169
Core
Activities
The two, ten and five times tables
The three and four times tables
Pupil Activities TF 167-168
1 Bingo, x2 and x10 tables
Day 4
Day 5
Teaching TF 174-175
2 Counting in fours
Specific Starter for Multiplication
TF 17-19
3 Ten-frames TF 175-176
The four times table
4 Tables practice TF 177
The 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 times tables
Pupil Activities TF 176-177
2 Pupil Sheet 3
Domino template
Pupil Activities TF 178-179
3 Multiplication spinners
4 Saying multiplication stories
Activity Book page 26
TF 180
Textbook pages 42-43
TF 180
TF 17-19
1 Multiplication facts
for 3
Pupil Activities TF 169
2 Bingo, x5 table
Activity Book page 24
Textbook pages 37-38
TF 170
Day 3
Tune-in TF 172
Counting in threes
Textbook page 39 TF 170
TF 173-174
Pupil Activities TF 174
2 Bingo, x3 table
Activity Book page 25
TF 180
Textbook page 40 TF 180
Textbook page 41 TF 180
Support
Pupil Activities TF 167-168
3 Matching facts and answers
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Pupil Activities TF 169
1 Money boxes, 2p, 5p and 10p
coins
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Pupil Activities TF 174
1 Matching x3 facts and answers
Pupil Activities TF 176-177
1 Function machine, x4
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Pupil Activities TF 178-179
1 Stations of the 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10
times tables
2 Writing multiplication stories
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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.
Plenary
Follow-up for Textbook pages
37-38 TF 170
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.
Follow-up for Textbook page 39
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
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 178-179
3 Multiplication spinners
5 Matching facts and answers
6 Pupil Sheet 23
The 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 times tables
Follow-up for Textbook page 41
Follow-up for Textbook page 43
TF 170
TF 180
TF 180
TF 180
Home Activity 12
Home Activity 13
Check-up 11
Home Activity 14
Check-up 12
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notes
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Framework topic
Objectives: children will be taught to…
NHM Topic
NHM Section
10
Understanding  and 
Mental calculation strategies
( and )
Money and ‘real life’ problems
Making decisions and checking
results
Understand division as grouping (repeated subtraction) or sharing. Read and begin
to write the related vocabulary.
Recognize that division is the inverse of multiplication, and that halving is the
inverse of doubling.
Derive quickly:
division facts corresponding to the 2 and 10 times-tables.
Division


5 days
MATERIALS
PUPIL ACTIVITY
SOFTWARE
Teaching File
page
Pupil Sheets
17-22, 196-203
3, 24
Starter
Tune-in TF 196
Core
Activities
Textbook page
Home Activities
Check-ups
47-50
17-18
14
Extension
Textbook page
Resource Sheets
18-21, 29-35
Unit 10:
Division
Day 1
Main
Teaching
Activity Book page
Dividing by 2 and by 10; halving
Dividing by 5
Tables facts for two
Revising mental multiplication by2
1 Dividing by 2; halving
TF 196-198
Consolidation
Textbook page 47
Day 2
Specific Starter for Multiplication
or Division
TF 17-22
Day 3
Tune-in TF 200
Five times table
Revising mental multiplication by 5
Day 4
Day 5
Specific Starter for Multiplication
or Division
TF 17-22
Specific Starter for Multiplication
or Division
TF 17-22
2 Dividing by 10 TF 198-199
Consolidation
1 Dividing by 5 TF 200-201
Sharing
2 Dividing by 5 TF 202
Grouping
Revision/consolidation of work
covered in units 9-10
Textbook page 48 TF 199
Pupil Activity TF 202-203
2 Pupil Sheet 24
Dividing by 5 dominoes
Pupil Activities TF 202-203
3 Pupil Sheet 3
Domino template
Pupil Activities TF 178-179
2 Writing multiplication stories
Ask the pupils to write as many
multiplication and division stories
as they can using each number.
Textbook pages 49-50
TF 203
Support
Textbook page 47
With the pupils as a group build up
the two times table before they do
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Textbook page 48 TF 199
Provide pupils with a place value
grid for support.
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Pupil Activity TF 202-203
1 Making amounts with 5p coins
Pupil Activities TF 202-203
2 Pupil Sheet 24
Dividing by 5 dominoes
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Pupil Activities TF 178-179
2 Writing multiplication stories
Ask the pupils to write at least one
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the page.
Extension
Plenary
Textbook page 47
Provide pairs with a set of the even
numbers to 100. Take it in turns to
pick a card and halve the number.
Keeping a running total of their
answers, the first one to reach 50
wins.
Textbook page 48 TF 199
On the board put a 4 x 4 grid filled
with two- and three-digit multiples
of 10. Ask the pupils to make their
own grid and divide each of your
numbers by 10.
Follow-up for Textbook page 47
Follow-up for Textbook page 48
TF 199
TF 199
Home Activity 17
Pupil Activity TF 202-203
2 Pupil Sheet 24
Dividing by 5 dominoes
Put some three-digit multiples of 5
on the board. Ask pupils to work in
pairs to try and divide each number
by 5.
Specific Starter for Multiplication
or Division
TF 17-22
Pupil Activities TF 202-203
3 Pupil Sheet 3
Domino template
Ask pupils to make their own set of
dominoes for dividing by 2, 5 and
10.
Follow-up for Textbook pages 4950 TF 203
Home Activity 18
Check-up 14
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notes
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Resources
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multiplication and one division
story using each number.
Pupil Activities TF 178-179
6 Pupil Sheet 23
The 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 times tables
Provide a similar grid which
practices dividing by 2, 5 and 10.
Revision/consolidation of work
covered in units 9-10
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Framework topic
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5 days
Fractions
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
Begin to recognise simple fractions that are several parts of a
whole, such as ¾.
Compare familiar fractions: for example, know that on the number line one half lies
between one quarter and three quarters.
Time, including problems
MATERIALS
PUPIL ACTIVITY
SOFTWARE
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.
Teaching File
page
Pupil Sheets
25-27, 31-33,
256-260, 344346
42
Activity Book page
Textbook page
Home Activities
70-71, 97
Check-ups
Extension
Textbook page
20
Resource Sheets
22, 24-26
Unit 14:
Fractions
Day 1
Tune-in TF 256
Circles
Revising halves and quarters of a
shape
1 More circles TF 257
Revising half and quarter of a
number
Day 2
Specific Starter for Fractions
TF 25-27
Day 3
Specific Starter for Fractions
TF 25-27
2 Rectangles TF 258-259
Positioning halves on a number line
Further Teaching TF 259
Positioning quarters on a number
line
Core
Activities
Textbook page 70 TF 260
Textbook page 71 TF 260
Give the pupils a large 0 – 10
number line with the quarter points
marked off but not labelled. Ask
pupils to label the marks.
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.
Textbook page 97 TF 346
Support
Textbook page 70 TF 260
Do the page with the pupils as a
Textbook page 71 TF 260
For q2 provide a copy of the
Provide the pupils with a set of
cards showing the numbers from 0
Provide a set of cards of the months
of the year and a set showing 30, 30,
Textbook page 97 TF 346
Make a large copy of the calendar
Starter
Main
Teaching
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Day 4
Tune-in TF 344
Revising months of the year
1 Days in each month TF
344-345
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Day 5
Specific Starter for Time TF 31-33
2 The calendar TF 345-346
Pupil Sheet 42 The calendar
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group answering orally.
number line and ask the pupils to
label the half points, e.g. 2 ½.
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.
30, 30, 28 or 29, 31, 31, 31, 31, 31,
31, 31. Ask the pupils to match the
two sets up.
and work with the pupils as a group
answering the questions 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.
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.
Follow-up for Textbook page 70
Follow-up for Textbook page 71
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 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.
Plenary
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.
Specific Starter for Fractions
TF 25-27
TF 260
TF 260
TF 346
Check-up 20
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Framework topic
Objectives: children will be taught to…
NHM Topic
NHM Section
12
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

5 days
MATERIALS
PUPIL ACTIVITY
SOFTWARE
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
Extension
Textbook page
Resource Sheets
14-17, 29-35, 39-40,
49
Unit 6:
Subtraction to
100
Starter
Day 1
Tune-in TF 90
Linking known facts
Day 2
Teaching TF 91
2 Adding ten
Day 3
Tune-in TF 126
Linking known subtraction facts
Main
Teaching
1 Addition patterns TF 90-91
Adding mentally using patterns of
similar calculations
3 Adding multiples of ten TF 92
Textbook page 5 TF 94
Pupil Activity TF 93
1 Pupil Sheet 6
Adding a two-digit number and a
multiple of 10
Core
Activities
Addition of a two-digit number and a single-digit,
ten and a multiple of ten
Subtracting a single digit, a multiple of ten
4 Adding a two-digit number and
a multiple of ten TF 92-93
Day 4
Day 5
Specific Starter for Subtraction to
100 TF 13-16
Specific Starter for Subtraction to
100 TF 13-16
1 Subtracting a single digit from
a two-digit number, without
bridging TF 127-128
Consolidation, using patterns of
similar calculations
2 Subtracting a multiple of ten from a
two-digit number
3 Subtracting 11, 21, 31, … and 9,
19, 29, … TF 130-131
Pupil Activity TF 128
1 Pupil Sheet 14
A single-digit number from a twodigit number
Pupil Activities TF 130
2 Pupil Sheet 16
Subtracting multiples of 10
TF 128-129
Pupil Activities TF 131
2 More connection cards
Pupil Sheet 3 Domino template
Textbook page 23 TF 132
Support
Textbook page 5 TF 94
Provide the pupils with a 0 – 100
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Textbook page 21 TF
132
Textbook page 22 TF
132
Pupil Activity TF 93
1 Pupil Sheet 6
Pupil Activity TF 128
1 Pupil Sheet 14
Pupil Activities TF 130
1 Pupil Sheet 15
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Pupil Activities TF 131
2 More connection cards
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number line.
Provide practice in adding two
multiples of ten, e.g. 20 + 30,
before pupils attempt the sheet.
Provide the pupils with a 0 – 100
number line.
Subtracting multiples of 10
Provide questions where 11, 21, etc
are subtracted from two-digit
numbers less than 50. Provide a
number line for support.
Extension
Textbook page 5 TF 94
Provide further ‘missing number’
questions on the board.
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.
Pupil Activities TF 130
2 Pupil Sheet 16
Subtracting multiples of 10
Enter numbers between 60 and 120.
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.
Plenary
Follow-up for Textbook page 5
Follow-up for Textbook page 6
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
Specific Starter for Subtraction to
100 TF 13-16
Check-up 8
TF 94
TF 95
Home Activity 5
Check-up 4
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notes
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Resources
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Framework topic
Objectives: children will be taught to…
NHM Topic
NHM Section
Data Handling

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.
13
5 days
Teaching File page
Pupil Sheets
Activity Book page
Textbook page
42-43
112-114
Home Activities
Frequency tables; bar charts
Check-ups
MATERIALS
2-5, 408-412
Day 1
Tune-in TF 408
Children’s Zoo
Revising data collection and
interpretation
Day 2
Generic Starter TF 2-5
Day 3
Generic Starter TF 2-5
Main
Teaching
1 More about animals TF 409
Interpreting frequency tables
2 Votes for boats TF 409-410
Developing bar charts
Core
Activities
Textbook page 112 TF 412
Textbook page 113
Support
Textbook page 112 TF 412
Work with the pupils as a group
and answer the questions orally.
Starter
Extension
Extension
Textbook page
Day 4
Textbook page 112 TF 412
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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.
Textbook page 113
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Day 5
Generic Starter TF 2-5
Generic Starter TF 2-5
3 Votes for boats TF 410-411
Bar charts with frequency axis
labelled in twos
Further consolidation of bar charts
Further consolidation of bar charts
Textbook page 114 TF 412
Further Teaching TF 411
1 Bar charts on a computer
Activity Book page 43 TF 412
Ask pupils to enter their results
from q3 onto the computer to create
a bar chart.
Textbook page 114 TF 412
Give further practice of reading
information off bar charts before
pupils do the page.
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.
Further Teaching TF 411
1 Bar charts on a computer
Further Teaching TF 411
Textbook page 114 TF 412
Ask pupils to work in pairs and
Activity Book page 42 TF 412
Textbook page 113
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Plenary
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.
Follow-up for Textbook page 112
1 Bar charts on a computer
Activity Book page 43 TF 412
decide on a simple survey. They
must collect data from the class and
then display their findings on either
drawn or computer generated
graphs.
Follow-up for Textbook page 114
TF 412
Discuss children’s work.
Follow-up for Activity Book page
43 TF 412
Activity Book page 42 TF 412
Ask pupils to make a bar chart
showing the results of their survey
on Day 1.
Follow-up for Textbook page 113
and Activity Book page 42 TF 412
TF 412
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Unit 1
AB 22
AB 3
AB 4
AB 5
AB 6
HA 1
CU 1
AB 9
AB 10
Unit 2
TB 1
TB 2
HA 4
TB 3
TB 4
TB 17
TB 18
TB 19
TB 20
HA 8
CU 7
Unit 3
TB 61
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TB 63
TB 64
HA 22
CU 18
Unit 4
TB 89
TB 90
TB 91
TB 92
Unit 5
TB 108
AB 37
EX 20
EX 21
EX 22
Unit 6
TB 105
TB 106
TB 107
Unit 8
AB 1
AB 2
AB 7
AB 8
HA 2
CU 2
EX 1
EX 2
Unit 9
TB 37
TB 38
AB 24
TB 39
HA 12
CU 11
AB 25
TB 40
HA 13
AB 26
TB 41
Unit 10
TB 47
TB 48
HA 17
TB 49
TB 50
HA 18
CU 14
Unit 11
TB 70
TB 71
CU 20
TB 97
Unit 12
TB 5
HA 5
TB 6
CU 4
TB 21
TB 22
TB 23
Unit 13
TB 112
TB 113
AB 42
TB 114
AB 43
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CU 12
TB 42
CU 8
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TB 43
HA 15