Numeracy across the
Primary Curriculum
Definitions
mean
face
negative
root
http://www.counton.org/numberland/
Art
Kandinsky, Wassily
Piet Mondrian
On the walls
Making Patterns
http://www.highhopes.com/snowflakes.html
Symmetry
http://www.mcescher.com/Gallery/gallery-symmetry.htm
“The Stonemason’s Yard” by Canaletto
DT
From 3D to 2D
Projections
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/7
_8/light_shadows.shtml
Plan view?
Our Classroom
Fractions in everyday life!
Satsuma Segments
Party Food
A recipe for making 6 scones includes the following
ingredients.
20g butter
1 teaspoon castor sugar
75 ml milk
Calculate the quantities of these ingredients needed to
make 12 scones.
Biscuit Sale
•125g (4 oz) butter or block margarine
•150 g (5 oz) caster sugar
•2 egg yolks
•225 g (8 oz) plain flour
•grated rind of 1 lemon or orange
1.Grease two large baking sheets.
2.Cream the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy. Add the egg yolks and beat
well.
3.Stir in the flour and grated lemon rind and mix to a fairly firm dough with a
round-bladed knife.
4.Turn out on to a lightly floured surface and knead lightly.
5.Roll out to about 5 mm (1/4 inch) thick. Cut into rounds with a 6 cm (2 1/2
inch) fluted cutter and place on the baking sheets.
6.Bake in the oven at 180°C (350°F) mark 4 for about 15 minutes, until firm
and a very light brown colour.
VARIATION
Add 50 g (2 oz) chopped dried fruit to the mixture with the flour.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/laac/index.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/schools/4_1
1/uptoyou/healthy/findnutrients.shtml
Reading scales
English & Welsh
Supercalifrajalisticexpealidoutius
•How many letters?
•How many vowels?
•How many consonants?
•If the vowels cost 5p and the consonants cost 10p,
how much would the whole word cost?
•In the same way, how much would each pupil's name
cost?
•How many words can you write which are worth £1?
Similarly …
A costs 1p
B costs 2p
C costs 3p
etc
Can you find a word which
costs exactly £1?
Alphanumbetical
How many Alphanumbetical numbers can you find? These
are numbers which when written as words have all their
letters in alphabetical order …..
Fox hunting
What percentage of foxes
killed each year are killed by
horse and hound hunting?
Fox hunting
What percentage of foxes
killed each year are killed by
horse and hound hunting?
3%
Persuasive language
Missing vowels
CB, RDS, DGNL, NGL,
QLS, CN, CT, LGBR,
VRG, DVD, R, MNS,
STMT.
A = 1 B = 2 C = 3 D = 4 E = 5 etc…
Crack the Code
H
8
Code Key
13
M
V
22
1
A
O
15
+5
20
T
C
3
8
H
N
14
19
S