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Planets Talk

Description: Planets hold a fascination for many children and we have built on this interest to improve children's speaking and listening skills, as well as their ability to cooperate.

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Planets Matching

Description: The Planets Matching Game allows pupils to build on their knowledge of the planets as well as improve their speaking and listening skills.

Learning Outcomes: Pupils will have increased their knowledge about the planets.

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Energy Chains

Description: Identifying different types of energy and how energy chains are formed is a fundamental part of physics. In these activities we are building on pupils’ knowledge of energy in a fun and collaborative way.

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Push, Pull or Push and Pull

Description: Identifying and classifying are important parts of all the sciences and here we have devised a fun way for younger children to start learning these processes. If you add different sets of cards please send them to the address below for expanding our library.

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What's That Sound?

Description: Differentiating between sounds to decide whether they are loud or quiet and high or low is a fun way of getting pupils to think and distinguish between sounds. 

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Energy and Sound Dominoes

Description: This dominoes activity is designed to consolidate the spelling and meanings of scientific vocabulary.

 

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Stability

Description: This game has been devised to help pupils to be able to generalise about stability (or instability), explain why some objects are more/less stable and compare the stability of different objects.

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Where Can You Find Me ? (Connect Four Game)

Description: We have concentrated here on animals that can be found or sighted in English playgrounds during the day. If you have a very different playground population, you will need to add and subtract cards. If you produce very different sets of animals please send them to address below for expanding our library.

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Who Eats What ? (Matching Game)

Description: We have concentrated here on animals that can be found or sighted in English woodlands. If you have very different animals in the woods or forests in your area then you can add and replace cards. 
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Who Eats What ? (Connect 4 Game)

Description: We have concentrated here on animals that can be found or sighted in English woodlands. If you have very different animals in the woods or forests in your area then you can add and subtract cards. If you add different sets of animals please send them to the address below for expanding our library....You can also get sound enabled version of this actiivity. Click here to buy sound enabled version

Germ Warfare

Description: This game was developed for pupils to explore and learn about the basics of hygiene; how germs are transmitted, and that they can make us ill. The importance of how germs are spread has been highlighted by various campaigns to reduce the infection rate of many illnesses world wide.­  You might want to make...You can also get sound enabled version of this actiivity. Click here to buy sound enabled version

Waterhole

Description: The survival game is a fun way for pupils to gain knowledge of the various dangers that a wild animal faces. The game has four animals for the pupils to choose from but they can also make their own.
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Vertebrate (Information Gap)

Description: This activity will encourage students to look at and describe the different features of various vertebrates. It will reinforce their use of descriptive language and their understanding of animals. This is a companion game to “Vertebrate Connect Four”.

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Vertebrate (Connect Four)

Description: In Biology, students learn about the features of amphibians, fish and mammals. Matching these animals to their various characteristics while playing a game helps to reinforce students’ learning in a fun way. This is a companion game to “Vertebrate Information Gap”.

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Plant or Animal

Description: Classification is very important in all the sciences. In this activity, students explore the characteristics of plants and animals, and then match them to a Plant or Animal place on the game board. You can add pictures or characteristics to the blank Game Cards. You may wish to add versions of the Game Cards in...You can also get sound enabled version of this actiivity. Click here to buy sound enabled version

Parts of a Flower

Description: While studying nature, it is important to identify and label the various parts of plants. This game is a fun way to help students to identify the parts of a flower.

 

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Another Nail

Description: There are many health risks and dangers in the everyday environment both here and abroad, and they are not always obvious. Our aim is for students to become aware of and discuss health risks through stimulating game activities.

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Queasy Tum

Description: Food poisoning can make people very ill or even kill them, so it is important for students to learn food hygiene. The cards in this game give various scenarios and students will discover which ones will make them ill.

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Healthy Eating Dominoes

 Description: Making pupils aware of the quality of the food they eat and the impact on their health, is very important, especcially with the rise in obesity. The sorting and domino games will give pupils a great understanding of the content of some of their food and...You can also get sound enabled version of this actiivity. Click here to buy sound enabled version

Health Game

Description: We all have a choice in the food we eat and making students aware of the quality of their food and the impact it can have on their health is very important, especially with the increase in obesity.

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Accident at Home

Description: They say that cats have nine lives but even cats can be injured. Many careless accidents happen in the home so we have designed this game to give students a greater awareness of health and safety.

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Decay


Description: Inspired by time-lapse photos of decaying fruit, this activity has been adapted to a ‘do it yourself’ version. Pupils can collect pictures or even use real items to assemble their own ‘game boards’ and try the activity out on each other. In many cases the process...You can also get sound enabled version of this actiivity. Click here to buy sound enabled version

Qualities

Description: Sorting and classifying are important parts of science and in this activity we have  concentrated on the different physical qualities of everyday objects. If you add different sets of object pictures or translate the game into different languages please send them to the address below for expanding our library...You can also get sound enabled version of this actiivity. Click here to buy sound enabled version

Elements

Description: We are always trying to think of activities to make revision fun and this is essentially such an activity turned into an interactive game.  For students to further test their knowledge we have also included an Elements Quiz.

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Burning Dominoes

Description: This dominoes activity is designed to consolidate the spelling and meanings of scientific vocabulary.
 
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Acid and Alkalis

Description: This matching activity is designed to enable students to understand the nature of the continuum from strong acid through neutral substance to strong alkali and it encourages pupils to work collaboratively to complete their task.
 
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Ancient & Modern Olympics

Description: With the Olympic Games taking place in 2012 it is a good time to discover the origins of these games. There are many topics around this theme and if you develop your own please share them by sending them to the address below for expanding our library.

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Egypt Quiz

Description: Life in Ancient Egypt was complex and fascinating and our aim is to encourage pupils to become interactively involved in its exploration through the use of pictures and words (either written or spoken). We have left some of the activity cards blank so that pupils can make their own versions.

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Medieval Snakes and Ladders

Description: We have devised this activity to help students engage with English Medieval History. To gain an insight into the life of a humble serf, students collect Chance Cards which they transcribe into a diary of their character at the end of the game.

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Ancient Greek and Modern Education

Description: Education systems have developed and changed throughout the course of history. To engage students with these changes we have devised this activity for them to compare their schooling with those of Ancient Greeks. If you develop your own activities around this theme please share them by sending them to the address...You can also get sound enabled version of this actiivity. Click here to buy sound enabled version

Henry VIII's Six Wives

Description: Henry VIII was a king of major importance and his relationships to his wives helped to shape Briton. This is why we have developed this activity for students to familiarise themselves with his six wives and their role in history. If you develop your own activities around this theme please share them by sending them...You can also get sound enabled version of this actiivity. Click here to buy sound enabled version

Tudor Entertainments

Description: As apart of the study of Tudor Briton this activity has been designed to give students an insight into the sports and entertainments that the Tudors engaged in.
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Greek Farming

Description: As part of the study of Ancient Greece this activity focuses on farming and the various factors that affect the outcome of it being either a good or bad year. The produce used in the game are the same that are still enjoyed by many today, even if the farming techniques have changed.

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WW2 Air Raids

Description: The bombing of civilians is a common strategy of war. In this activity we have focused on air raids on Britain during World War 2 but many of the affects on civilians are still the same today, in any war zone.

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Aztec Tributes Game

Description: The Aztecs demanded tributes from all the smaller neighbouring tribes, and this board game is designed to show how the tributary tribes became discontented with this system.  It was this discontent that in the end lead the smaller tribes to support any group of soldiers who were prepared to help them stand up...You can also get sound enabled version of this actiivity. Click here to buy sound enabled version

Underlying Causes of First World War

Description: This dominoes activity helps students to gain an understanding of the underlying causes of the First World War exploring how certain aspects and causes of the war had more effect than others. The game is designed to raise discussion and to encourage more varied responses.
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Catch the Plague

Description: The Great Plague was an epidemic that devastated London and the south east of England between 1664 and 1666. The poor conditions in towns and cities were a major cause of the disease spreading quickly. This game have been devised to consolidate student’s learning of the...You can also get sound enabled version of this actiivity. Click here to buy sound enabled version

Antisemitism and Anne Frank

Description: Ethnic minorities have always come up against prejudice; even today many minority groups continue to suffer discrimination and oppression. However, no group has experienced such systematic destruction and dehumanisation as the Jews at the hands of the Nazis. This activity will...You can also get sound enabled version of this actiivity. Click here to buy sound enabled version

Perseus and the Gorgon

Description: This game has been devised to help students to memorise the characters and the plot of the Greek myth “Perseus and the Gorgon”. By using this activity students will gain an understanding of the basic story development and plot.

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Greek Gods Identity Parade

Description: This activity was created to help students gain a further understanding of the relationship between the Greek gods, their characteristics and abilities, and the reasons why they were worshipped.

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Victorian Working Life

Description: Present day working conditions for children still cause much concern. Even though this activity examines the conditions of children working in factories in the Victorian era, it is just as relevant to children working in sweatshops all over the world today.
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Arachne

Description: This activity based on the story of Arachne, one of the most popular Greek myth, has been designed to devise a way in which everyone in the class could participate in a retelling of the story as well as take on the flavour of a Greek play.
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Slave Rebellions

Description: This Connection activity will study the two forces working towards the end of slavery: the resistance of the slaves and the political action of abolitionists and will explore the events in United States and Europe during the 18th and 19th century.

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Technology and the Wilsons

Description: This activity has been devised to examine the development of technology in the household since 1950. The matching, sequencing game encourages pupils to work collaboratively to complete their task.
 
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Musical Instruments

Description:  For this game we have taken a variety of musical instruments from various cultures around the world. If you wish to use other instruments you will add and replace cards. If you add a different set of musical instruments send them to the address below so we can add them to our library.

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The Fossils Speak

Description: This activity was developed taking the students’ interest and knowledge about one topic, namely dinosaurs, to introduce knowledge in a new topic on tectonic plates.

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Transport Information

Description: There are many different modes of transport and this game takes, as its basis, some of the more common ones. It encourages children to work collaboratively to gain and share descriptions of the various modes of transport to complete their transport cards. You may have other forms of transport that you wish to...You can also get sound enabled version of this actiivity. Click here to buy sound enabled version

Weather (Connect Four Game)


Description: The Weather is a topic of interest the world over, especially with he effects of climate change. We have devised this activity for children to explore just how the different types of weather impact our lives. If you add different weather cards please send them to the address below for expanding our library....You can also get sound enabled version of this actiivity. Click here to buy sound enabled version

Migration

Description: The aim of this activity is to allow students to understand the recurring theme of migration throughout human history. By focusing on the reasons for migration students will develop a greater understanding of the particular circumstances of refugees.
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Continental Drift

Description: This activity was developed to extend students knowledge of continents and also their referencing and atlas reading skills.

 

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Don’t Cry Sly Fox

Description: The track game has been devised to encourage pupils to explore the theme of food in relation to the Don’t Cry Sly Fox book and to reinforce the core vocabulary used.

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The Giant Turnip ( Bingo Game)

Description: The bingo game has been devised to encourage pupils to explore the theme of growing vegetables in relation to the Giant Turnip book. The matching activity reinforces the learning of core words from the story.  You might like to devise other ways of playing the game or substitute the...You can also get sound enabled version of this actiivity. Click here to buy sound enabled version

Feelings Synonyms ( Connect Four Game)

Description: This game was developed to give pupils a richer level of vocabulary in a fun way. For the synonyms game we have concentrated on four feelings: happy, sad, angry and scared. You can adapt this game to include other feelings or translate the feelings into different languages.

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Haiku

Description: This game was designed to build confidence in producing poetry and also encourage speaking and listening skills. We have used animal haikus as the theme but you can adapt the activity to other themes or languages. Some cards have been left blank so that pupils can add their own animal haikus...You can also get sound enabled version of this actiivity. Click here to buy sound enabled version

Frequent Words

Description:  The English language has some awkward, un-phonetic words which some children have trouble identifying and spelling, even when they are older. So this game has been devised to encourage young children to look at these words repeatedly, thus reinforcing their word recognition and spelling skills.

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Silent Letters

Description: There are some words in the English language that have letters that are written but not pronounced - so called ‘silent letters’. Words containing silent letters are difficult to learn to spell, even for older children. This is why we have devised this activity to reinforce the...You can also get sound enabled version of this actiivity. Click here to buy sound enabled version

Collection

Description: The Collections Game was developed to expand pupils’ vocabulary in a fun way. It will help them to identify items that are normally collected into groups such as bunches (flowers) or flocks (sheep). We have also provided spare blank cards for pupils to add more collective nouns or you could encourage them to...You can also get sound enabled version of this actiivity. Click here to buy sound enabled version

Macbeth Connect Four

Description: Macbeth is one of the most popular Shakespeare plays that many students study. To give them a greater understanding of the play we have focused on the main characters in a fun game of Connect Four with a twist.

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Classic Tales

Description: This game is designed to consolidate children’s knowledge of some well-known folk tales and increase their literacy skills.
The stories we used are:
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Simile Bingo

Description: This game was developed to give students a richer level of vocabulary, in a fun way. It introduces some well known similes, and having seen how a simile is constructed students can then be encouraged to develop their own.  If you make any interesting changes please send them to the address below so that we can...You can also get sound enabled version of this actiivity. Click here to buy sound enabled version

Sufficient Suffixes

Description: Suffixes can be difficult to join onto words and spell, so we devised this game to give students a fun way to practise adding suffixes. The game also encourages the development of the students’ vocabulary by making them think of their own words and how to spell them.

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Giant Turnip Rhyming Words

Description: This game was developed to give pupils a richer level of vocabulary in a fun way.  It is best to first read The Giant Turnip book before starting the game. If you wish you can  hear the story in various languages with your TalkingPEN and the appropriate audio files. Visit...You can also get sound enabled version of this actiivity. Click here to buy sound enabled version

Compound Nouns

Description: This activity was developed in order to familiarise students with compound nouns but it also illustrates the historical development of language. Some of the words are no longer in use and some like treadmill have developed a new meaning. The activity can be used both for literacy and history.

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Vowels (Connect Four)

Description: Spelling and phonics are vital in the learning of English and we have devised here a fun way for students to practise their vowel sounds and link them to the vowels used in various words.
 

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Double or Single Consonants

Description: Students learning English often find they are not sure when a word needs a double or a single consonant. This game provides a fun way to give them practice in identifying single and double consonant words.

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Improving Adjectives

Description: This is an activity to help build vocabulary and enhance creative writing skills. In the context of a connect four game, students are challenged to substitute commonly used adjectives with more interesting ones.

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Too Many Apostrophes

Description: The use of apostrophes puzzles even adults, so for students learning English it can be even more confusing. Many languages do not have apostrophes or they apply them in a different way, so in this activity we give students practise at identifying where an apostrophe should be placed.

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Consonant Clusters

Description: Learning to spell is not usually thought of as a fun activity but when you turn it into a game pupils will be more than happy to play and learn at the same time.

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Prefix Pairs

Description: The matching pairs game has been devised to help pupils with their learning about prefixes and also to expand their vocabulary and improve their spelling.

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Prefix Connect Four

Description: This game has been devised to help pupils develope their literacy skills and practise the use of prefixes through playing the game "Four in a Row".

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Not Again Red Riding Hood (Lotto Game)

Description: This Lotto game has been devised to help reinforce pupils memory of the characters fro the "Not Again Red Raiding Hood" book in a fun way.

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Buri and the Marrow

Description: The track game has been devised to encourage pupils to explore the characters and the plots within the Buri and the Marrow book. 

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Not Again Red Riding Hood (Track Game)

Description: This track game has been devised to encourage pupils to explore the themes, characters and plot in relation to the ‘Not Again Red Riding Hood’ book. The activities reinforce the learning of core words from the story.
 
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Plural Monsters Machine and "One or More than One" Spelling Game

Description: This game has been devised to help pupils to understand the process of plural creation in a fun way and also to expand their vocabulary and improve their spelling.

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Suffix Trees

Description: In this activity we have devised a way that pupils can discover how to change the tens of a word either into the pastor the present continous by adding either "ed" or "ing".

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Complex Sentences

Description: This activity is designed to improve students’ writing skills and encourage the development of complex sentences as well as the identification of various grammatical features.

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Holes - Louis Sachar

Description: The novel “Holes” by Louis Sachar is currently very popular with Years 7 and 8. A Character game and a Connect Four game have been devised to help students to memorize the characters of the novel.

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Macbeth - Two Minute Autobiography

Description: Macbeth is one of the most popular Shakespeare plays studied by many students. This game has been devised to help students to memorise the characters within the play.

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Macbeth - Macbeth's Feelings

Description: This activity will help students to chart the changes in Macbeth’s feelings using quotes from the play and it will reinforce knowledge of Macbeth.

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Macbeth - Close Look at Act One

Description: Macbeth is one of the most popular Shakespeare plays studied by many students. This matching game is a fun way to help student to gain a deeper understanding of the characters and of the key events within the first act of the play.
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Oliver Twist

Description: Oliver Twist is one of the most popular books written by Charles Dickens. This game has been devised to help students to memorise the characters within the book.

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Punctuation Game

Description: The correct use of punctuation is a key skill in writing. We have devised a fun activity to help children learn about using punctuation.

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The Elves and the Shoemaker

Description: This game has been devised to help reinforce pupils memory of the characters from the ‘Elves and the Shoemaker’ book in a fun way. This will help increase their knowledge of the story line and the characters within it.

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Greek Word Detective

Description: A Matching game and a Connect four game have been devised to help pupils become aware of the influence of Ancient Greek on the modern English language and how various Greek “roots” (phono, graph, cardio etc.) are combined to make a variety of technical and general...You can also get sound enabled version of this actiivity. Click here to buy sound enabled version

It could have happened, but in fact it didn't

Description: This activity, inspired by “Careful with that Ball, Eugene” by Tohby Riddle, not only encourages the development of complex sentences but also involves the identification of grammatical features. With this game students will increase their vocabulary and writing skills...You can also get sound enabled version of this actiivity. Click here to buy sound enabled version

More than, Less than

Description: This game has been designed to encourage the rapid recall of addition and subtraction in units of 2, 5 and 10 in numbers up to 100, as well as encouraging the language development for “more than” and “less than”. For example 10 more than 10 is 20.

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Buy a Bear

Description: With this game we are giving young children the experience of shopping (parts of the bear) and exchanging money into equivalent amounts. We are also introducing children to the concept of ‘exact amount’.

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12 and 24 Hour Clock

Description: This game helps pupils to practise conversion of 12 to 24 hour clock times and vice versa. It also encourages the language of agreement/disagreement and of justification. There are a variety of ways of ‘telling’ the time.

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Adding Two Digit Numbers

Description: A fun activity for pupils to practise adding two digit numbers from the combined score of two dice, without using a calculator. This activity also encourages collaboration in the recording of the results. To vary the activity it can be played speaking the numbers in different languages...You can also get sound enabled version of this actiivity. Click here to buy sound enabled version

Decimal Street

Description: This activity has been devised to help pupils with the understanding of fractions and decimals written in different ways. You can adapt the cards to make it easier or more difficult depending on your pupils’ ability. You could also record the numbers in different languages for...You can also get sound enabled version of this actiivity. Click here to buy sound enabled version

Four in a Row

Description: Four in a Row is a fun way for pupils to practise their mental arithmetic either by adding or subtracting numbers while playing Connect Four. To vary the activity it can be played speaking the numbers in different languages or using different number...You can also get sound enabled version of this actiivity. Click here to buy sound enabled version

Measuring

Description: Looking at the historical context of the way things used to be measured gives us an understanding of some of the language still used today. We want pupils to imagine that they lived hundreds of years ago and that they need to do some measuring. We have left some squares blank for pupils to put in other ways of...You can also get sound enabled version of this actiivity. Click here to buy sound enabled version

Book Mystery

Description: This game was developed to give students a richer level of vocabulary, in a fun way. It introduces some well known similes, and having seen how a simile is constructed students can then be encouraged to develop their own.  If you make any interesting changes please send them to the address below so that we can...You can also get sound enabled version of this actiivity. Click here to buy sound enabled version

How Much How Many

Description: The aims of this activity are to encourage pupils to know wether they should use ‘how much?’ or ‘how many?’ when describing a quantity. They will also use the language of justification to describe their reasoning.

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Number Bonds

Description: Students can practise the number bonds for 10 and 20, while playing a game. They will roll a dice and progress along a board by working out the difference between 10 or 20 and the number rolled. This activity encourages quick mental arithmetic.

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Football Scores

Description: Students have the challenge of sorting out two sets of information to get the right football results. The only way that they can do this is by exchanging information individually or in pairs. The activity encourages collaboration as well as mathematical logic.
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Fraction Frolics

Description: Fractions can be quite daunting for some students, so this game has been devised to help them recognise the value of fractions both in words and numbers. We have related the activity to food and cooking, so students will also be inventing some original fun dishes.

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Maths Vocabulary

Description: It is important to develop students’ learning and understanding of mathematical vocabulary and reinforce that learning. In this activity students will identify maths words by matching them to other words with the same meaning.

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Change

Description: This game will help students to remember the appearance and values of different coins. Students must carry out simple additions in order to work out which collections of coins they would need to buy a priced item.

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Transformations

Description: This activity gives students an opportunity to practise their mathematical vocabulary. In an enjoyable context, students are asked to draw and describe a series of geometric shapes to their partners, who then have to transform the descriptions into visual representations.

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Shape Monsters

Description: The ability to identify and label shapes is fundamental in mathematics, and useful in many other subject areas. In this activity students can practise labelling and identifying various geometric shapes.

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Number Balance

Description: Balancing the weights of various monsters to win battles is a fun way for students to practise making up equal amounts. If a werewolf weighs 18 kilos how many other monsters are needed to make up that weight?

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Battle for Angle Forest

 Description: Estimating and comparing are two important components of maths and in this activity the pupils look at the angle presented and decide if they are more or less than the angles on the Game Board. At the same time, they can also play collaboratively...You can also get sound enabled version of this actiivity. Click here to buy sound enabled version

Perfect Paint Palette

Description: Mixing paint to get the right colours in the right quantity is a fun way for pupils to practise ratio. We have used the styles of various famous artists as well as giving pupils the opportunity to mix the paint for their own masterpiece. A great combination of Maths and Art.

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Regular Polygons

 Description: Pupils learn the characteristics of regular polygons while they are studying geometry. In this game they can practise matching the shapes and their angles to the descriptions on the Game Board while playing Connect Four.

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Probability

Description: In daily life we are always working out the probability of certain events happening or not. Playing probability connect four will give pupils practise as calculating their chances of picking different coloured cards from different combinations.

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More or Less (10-100)

Description: Pupils need practice learning the value of numbers up to 100 and in this activity they have the fun of playing connect four while remembering if a number is more or less than another. Playing will also help develop the pupils vocabulary and their ability to work collaboratively.

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Bigger or Smaller than Half

Description: Fractions can be quite daunting for some students, so this game has been devised to help them recognise the value of fractions in a fun way and to have a better understanding of how fractions represent a part of a whole. 

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Doubling Cards

Description: Doubling Cards is a fun way for pupils to practise their mental arithmetic, either by doubling or halving numbers.

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