Introduce simple definition of ‘direction’. Outside session with 3 or 4 activities using balls to explore changing the strength of a force, gravity and changing direction, make up and share some games. Record by drawing. Suitable for Year 1 pupils. Find other lesson plans and resources at www.hamilton-trust.org.uk.

Introduce words push and pull and simple definition. Read story which will focus on movement, pushes and pulls. Adult led activity sorting objects into pushes, pulls and both. Independent activities exploring and playing with equipment/materials. Suitable for Year 1 pupils. Find other lesson plans and resources at www.hamilton-trust.org.uk.

Adding by counting on and partitioning five (three days). Children are shown how to count on to find a total, first where they can see the first number, and then where it is hidden. They partition 5 and learn to write the related addition facts. They begin to use these facts to find a hidden number. Find other lesson plans and resources at www.hamilton-trust.org.uk.

Making and partitioning teen numbers (two days). Children develop fluency in reading and writing numbers to 20. They see ‘teens’ numbers on a 100 string as a group of ten in one colour and the rest in another colour. They make ‘teens’ numbers by combining ten cubes with fewer than ten cubes. They then partition ‘teens’ numbers in to 10 and the rest. Find other lesson plans and resources at www.hamilton-trust.org.uk.

Read Harvey Slumfenburger’s Christmas Present by John Burningham as a stimulus for describing Christmas presents. Use more adjectives to describe Father Christmas with help from some poems. Write Christmas Word Stairs and a letter poem to Father Christmas. Hamilton’s English planning covers all aspects of English, including SPAG, within the context of a wide range of fiction, non-fiction and poetry genres, such as traditional tales, recounts and performance poems.

In this two-week block, children use a classic story to generate orders. They then turn orders into instructions and use an Animated Alphabet to provide stimulus for reading, following and writing instructions. Find other lesson plans and resources at www.hamilton-trust.org.uk.

Counting, comparing and ordering numbers to 20 (bead bar, objects) – include estimating (three days). Find other lesson plans and resources at www.hamilton-trust.org.uk.

Making and partitioning teen numbers (two days). Children develop fluency in reading and writing numbers to 20. They see ‘teens’ numbers on a 100 string as a group of ten in one colour and the rest in another colour. They make ‘teens’ numbers by combining ten cubes with fewer than ten cubes. They then partition ‘teens’ numbers in to 10 and the rest. Find other lesson plans and resources at www.hamilton-trust.org.uk.