Numeracy across the Primary Curriculum

PE

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RE

CubitApproximately equal to the length of a person's forearm, i.e. the part of the arm from the elbow to the fingers.

Accuracy

1 cubit = 45.72 centimeters

The Romans used a cubit equal to 17.4 modern inches; the Egyptians used one of 20.64 inches.

Although the precise length of the Biblical cubit is unknown today, it's estimated to have been approximately 17½ to 20½ inches, with Scriptural references to both a "common" cubit and a "long" cubit.

Goliath

“And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.” 1 Samuel 17:3-5 (King James Version)

Noah’s Ark

“The length of the ark [shall be] three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.” Genesis 6:15 (King James Version)

Science

Maths in Nature

http://www.abc.net.au/science/photos/mathsinnature/photo2.htm

Achillea PtarmicaSuppose that when a plant puts out a new shoot, that shoot has to grow two months before it is strong enough to support branching. If it branches every month after that at the growing point, we get the picture shown here.

http://www.mcs.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/R.Knott/Fibonacci/fibnat.html#spiral

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/podsmission/solidsandliquids/annie02.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/podsmission/bones/pod.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/9_10/keeping_healthy.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/8_9/keeping_warm.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/10_11/forces_action.shtml

Out & About

Treasure Hunt

Five items, together weighing exactly a kilogram

A perfectly symmetric leaf

An item with rotational symmetry

Two congruent shapes

Two similar shapes

An example of a spiralA twig exactly 12 inches

long

A regular solid

http://www.counton.org/pi/

http://www.zompist.com/numbers.shtml Numbers in 5000 languages

Less than, more than, same as …

                                                    

Ourselves

What can your pupils do for exactly one minute?

•Balance on one leg?

•Stare without blinking?

•Count the seconds in their head?

•What else can they do in one minute?

One-minute challenge

Issues?

45 ÷ 6 : Easy!

45 sweets are to be shared between 6 pupils. How many sweets will each pupil receive & how many will be left over?

7 sweets each with 3 left over

How many games of rounders, each lasting 6 minutes, can be played during a 45 minute P.E. lesson? 7

45 ÷ 6 : Still Easy

A relay team do a sponsored run of 45 miles. There are 6 athletes in the team. How far must each of them run?

71/2 miles

45 ÷ 6 : Still Easy!

£45 is to be shared between 6 pupils. How much will each pupil receive?

£7.50

A piece of string 45cm long is to be cut into 6 equal pieces. What will be the length of each piece?

7.5 cm

45 ÷ 6 : Still Easy?

45 pupils are going on a school trip. Each minibus can carry 6 pupils. How many minibuses are needed?

8 minibuses

Proportional change

x 95 miles 8km

Convert 45 miles into km

x 945 miles

72 km

“What else do I know?”

5miles

=

8km

10miles

=

16km

50miles

=

80km

15miles

=

24km

25miles

=

40km

75miles

=

120km

150miles

=

240km

100% = 80 50% = 40

25% = 20 10% = 8

5% = 4

75% = 60

1% = 0.8 40% = 32

2% = 1.6 20% = 16

“What else do I know?”

Whole-school practice?• Agreed approaches to calculation

• School policy on calculator use

• Agreed mathematical vocabulary and notation

• Lists of units used for measurement

• Agreed methods for drawing and labelling graphs, charts and diagrams

• Links with using and applying mathematics – reasoning, communicating, investigating and problem solving