Activities in this teaching pack include a worksheet to select and add pairs of items to purchase for a Christmas party using standard written methods of addition and a template to use a standard written method to add a pair of numbers representing items purchased for a Christmas party.

The interactive presentation gets the children to how to add pair of money amounts using standard written methods of addition to calculate the cost of items for a Christmas party.

This lesson is part of a maths scheme of work to get the children to practise using formal written methods for addition and multiplication to calculate the cost of buying different items to celebrate a family Christmas. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.