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Counting Back

This maths scheme of work for Key Stage One gets the children to practise using the number technique of counting back to solve and complete a range of abstract and contextual subtraction calculations. The class can explain how to use concrete equipment to model how to calculate each subtraction sum.

Subtraction Match
Explore and match subtraction sums with numbers sentences to identify calculations that are one, two and three less than different numbers to ten

Farmyard
Investigate how to record and match number sentences about a farm to show the correct calculations when subtracting single digit numbers from ten

Match Goals
Practise using counting back to subtract pairs of single digit numbers within ten to record the goals that have been scored during a football match

Pancake Counting
Explain and record how to use counting on and back to subtract pairs of numbers within twenty to identify the number of pancakes that can be made on Shrove Tuesday
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Garden Numbers
Identify and model some of the different calculation techniques that can be used when adding pairs of single digit numbers
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Summer Stories
Practise composing and presenting narrative stories with familiar settings to illustrate the events and experiences that could happen during the summer
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Fraction Numbers
Investigate how to use concrete equipment, diagrams and calculations to identify and record the matching fractions of different numbers
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Family Holiday Lists
Explore how to compile sentences punctuated using commas to list some of the special things that families can use, complete and experience on a holiday