Marvellous Monday: Awesome Addition

We have a great range of ThinkIts for you to help kick-start your day of addition, as well as some super Activities. One of our most popular Activities, which is definitely worth a try, is Splash Out – this Activity is fab and students are given the task to find the total of items. What better way to challenge your students and put their addition skills to the test? 

Below you'll find Key Stage-specific content, including many of our super fun Activities, which never fail to bring out the competitive spirit in children (and teachers too!).

Key Stage 1 

ThinkIts 

Counting paintbrushes (Y1) 

Combinations to 10 (Y1) 

Square hunt (Y2)

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Topic Tools

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Number Bonds: Number Bonds to 100.

This Topic Tool can be found within our Maths module in the years detailed below for each region:

  • England: Year 2
  • Scotland: First ** and First *** 
  • Wales: Year 3
  • N. Ireland: P3 and P4 

Activities

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MOST POPULAR! Splash Out: Find the total of three items costing less than 10p each and then identify the correct coins to pay.

This Activity can be found, along with peripheral content, within our Maths module in the years detailed below for each region:

  • England: Year 1
  • Scotland: Early***
  • Wales: Year 2
  • N. Ireland: P3

Lower Key Stage 2 

ThinkIts

Number magnets (Y3)

Not too much (Y3)

Making fractions (Y4)

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Activities

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On the Cards: Adding and subtracting 3 digit numbers and ones, tens and hundreds mentally.

This Activity can be found, along with peripheral content, within our Maths module in the years detailed below for each region:

  • England: Year 3
  • Scotland: First***
  • Wales: Year 3
  • N. Ireland: P5

Upper Key Stage 2 

ThinkIts

Sums with decimals (Y5)

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Let us know how you’re getting on playing PlayLive Maths throughout the week! They’ll be some super goodies for the highest scorers, so post us a message to Facebook or tweet us (@EducationCity). We’re using #MathsWeek as our hashtag.