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Capacity Measurements
This maths scheme of work for Key Stage One gets the children to explain and model how to measure, calculate and record the capacities of different containers and vessels working with non-standard and standard units. The class can describe how to use number skills to find each of the identified capacities.
Filling Cups
Explore how to identify and record how many cups can be filled using matching capacities in standard and non-standard units of measurement
Bottles and Cups
Investigate how to calculate and record the capacity of some different sized bottles using non-standard measurements to match vocabulary words
Capacity Doubles
Practise doubling a range of measurements recorded in millilitres using numbers to ten, twenty and thirty to find the capacity of some different sized bottles
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Buses, Trains, Planes
Select patterned language to use when writing poems describing ways of travelling when making different journeys
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Toy Masses
Explain and model how to measure, record and compare the mass of some different toys and games using scales, bucket balances and symbols for greater than and less than
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Seaside Holidays
Describe and compare how families enjoyed seaside holidays together in the past with similar events and experiences enjoyed by families today
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Capacity Measurements
Explain and model how to measure, calculate and record the capacities of different containers and vessels working with non-standard and standard units