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Royal Cakes
This numeracy topic teaching pack for the Foundation Stage gets the children to explore how to select and count the numbers of different shapes that can be used on the design for a cake to celebrate a special royal party.
The class can explain how they were able to identify the name of a shape by their matching properties including the number of sides and corners when counting each set of shapes.
Download this teaching pack including display posters, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to explore how to select and count the numbers of different shapes that can be used on the design for a cake to celebrate a special royal party
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe different 2D shapes used on a range of cakes and worksheets to count and describe some of the different geometric shapes that have been added to a cake for a special royal celebration matching a list of shapes.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to select and count the numbers of different shapes that have been used on the design of a cake for a special royal party.
This lesson is part of a numeracy scheme of work to get the children to identify and count the numbers of different geometric shapes that can be seen in special places, themes and illustrations. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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