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Copyright

Teachers may reproduce the following materials without infringing copyright, so long as copies are made for use in their own schools. Techniquest’s permission must be obtained before reproducing these materials for any other purpose.

Show Summary

Delyth the dragon is very excited about going to the circus. But when they get there her mum has one giant dragon sneeze and blows the circus down. Everything is in chaos and Delyth has a race against the clock to put everything right. Join Delyth the dragon and use your maths skills to help everyone at the circus so the show can go on. In this interactive show pupils explore weights and measures, sorting, 3D shapes, number sequences and fun sums. Pupils can even take part on stage with Delyth and test their problem solving skills.

This show is fully developed in line with the Foundation Phase curriculum and is accompanied by a follow up activity using some of Techniquest’s hands on exhibits.

Acknowledgements

Special thanks to the pupils and teachers of Eagleswell Primary School, Llanfair Primary School, Barry Island Primary School and Jenner Park Primary School for their support and ideas.

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Working in groups, ask pupils to select one photograph from those taken of them during their visit. Pupils should present their chosen photograph to the class and describe what is happening in the photograph. Use these questions to get more information from the pupils. • Who is in this photograph? • What is this a photograph of? • Why have you chosen this photograph? • Has anyone found something similar in

another photograph? • What did you enjoy about this exhibit?• Does this exhibit have anything to do with

the show you saw? What?• What else did you see at Techniquest?• What did you learn from your visit?• What was your favourite part of the visit?

Why?

Using Your Photos

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Exhibit TrailIn each of the following photographs, Delyth is asking a question related to the show or the exhibit. • Set pupils the challenge of answering

the questions. • Ask pupils if they used the exhibit

in the photograph during their visit. What did they find out about it?

• What other exhibits did they find that were related to the show? What did they find out from exploring these?

• Pupils could draw a picture of their favourite exhibit. They could add thought bubbles, like on the photographs of Delyth, to explain why they liked it.

Pupils can email their thoughts, comments and pictures about their time in Techniquest to:

DelythDragon@techniquest.org

Delyth will choose her favourite emails and photographs and these will be displayed in Techniquest. Look out for them next time you visit.

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Which of these balls have odd numbers on

them? Which have even numbers?

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What shapes canyou see?

What colours canyou see?

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What shapes canyou see?

What other shapesdo you know?

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Paper Plate Clown

What you need: • Paper plates• Lollipop sticks• Crepe paper• Pompoms• Crayons• Glue sticks• Ruler• Sticky tape

Can you make a clown mask using 12 different pieces?

Why did you choose these pieces?

If you could add 2 more pieces, what would you add? Why?

What shapes can you see in your clown face?

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Judy the Juggler

Here is Judy the Juggler. Some of her juggling balls are in the circle below. • Can you count how many there

are in Welsh?• Can say their colours in Welsh? • Find out what the word ‘juggler’

is in Welsh. Find out what the word ‘circus’ is in Welsh.You could use: bbc.co.uk/learnwelsh to help you.

• Write a sentence in the bubble in Welsh about what Delyth thinks about the circus.

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Have a Picnic!

Think about: • Where will you have your picnic?• When will you have it?• What time will it start?• What will you eat?• What will drink? • What else do you need to bring?• What will you sit on?• What will you eat from?• Will there be a theme for your

picnic? What will it be?• Who will you invite?

Delyth is taking a picnic to eat at the circus. She is going with three of her friends.

• Delyth would like to take some apples. How many apples should Delyth take so that everyone can have one?

• Delyth also brings eight sweets. How many can everyone have so that they all have the same number?

• Why is sharing important?

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Obstacle Course

What you need: • Different shaped equipment,

such as hoops, benches, blocks, footballs, cubes, etc.

• An open space.

Teacher Instructions

• Set up the obstacles so that they are in two lines.

• Ask pupils to count how many different obstacles there are.

• Ask pupils to name the shapes of the obstacles. What other shapes do they know?

• Spilt the class into two teams.• Teams should compete against

each other to complete the obstacle course in the quickest time.

• Ask pupils how to measure the times teams take. What units do we use for time?

• Individual times for pupils completing the course could be recorded. Pupils could put these into a simple chart to review.

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Curriculum Links

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At the Circus science theatre show

Exhibit trail at Techniquest

Juggling balls - floor activity at Techniquest

Stilts - floor activity at Techniquest

5 Puzzle - floor activity at Techniquest

Paper plate clown - post-show activity

Judy the Juggler - post-show activity

Have a picnic! - post-show activity

Obstacle course - post-show activity