This numeracy teaching pack for the Foundation Stage gets the children to investigate and illustrate how to follow and give sets of instructions to make different movements in the classroom as a robot moving backwards, forwards and sideways.

The class can suggest how they can move in different ways to follow specific routes when performing some different actions as a robot character.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to investigate and illustrate how to follow and give sets of instructions to make different movements in the classroom as a robot moving backwards, forwards and sideways

Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to practise following and giving instructions to make different movements and actions in the classroom and a set of cards to describe and make some movements around the classroom to match specific vocabulary when role-playing as a robot character.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to follow and give instructions to make different movements in the classroom as a robot.

This lesson is part of a numeracy scheme of work to get the children to explain and model how to control the direction and position of a robot when moving about the classroom to perform different functions. 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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