Category: Prep

Fruit Loops and Milk Fill the bath (bowl) with milk. Predict how many cups of fruit loops it will take{...}

Watch/Read Mr Archimedes Bath Stop throughout – Turn and talk:   What do you think is happening with the water?{...}

Have a whole range of different containers. The children are to choose a container thinking which one they think holds{...}

Balls: golf ball table tennis ball tennis ball Predict and work out the lightest to heaviest ball. Prove it. If{...}

Watch a clip of Mrs Murray going into the supermarket weighing different objects. Mixed Groups Have a fruit shop setup{...}

https://nrich.maths.org/14796 Seesaw- How can you make this seesaw balance.   Is there only 1 way or can you find different{...}

Watch ‘Dragons scales’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2JhkfjIgXM Stop the movie and ask the kids if they think the dragon is correct and why?{...}

Watch ‘How big is a foot?’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWhWL1MET7A Stop the video – why do you think the bed did not fit?{...}

May need assistance from Yr 5 buddies to assist. Watch the Flying Girl and her Cape (start at 10mins):  {...}

Launch: Have children write their names of a piece of paper. Put the class names in order of shortest to{...}