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I am an ex-primary head teacher and English, Maths and History specialist. I've mostly worked in KS2, often in Year 6. Although for the last two years, I've been working in Year 1, which has been delightful! All the resources have been used successfully with children in a range of schools all over the country. I am constantly reviewing and updating my resources. Please follow me to ensure that you have the most up to date versions of the resources you buy.

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I am an ex-primary head teacher and English, Maths and History specialist. I've mostly worked in KS2, often in Year 6. Although for the last two years, I've been working in Year 1, which has been delightful! All the resources have been used successfully with children in a range of schools all over the country. I am constantly reviewing and updating my resources. Please follow me to ensure that you have the most up to date versions of the resources you buy.
2017 KS2 (Year 6) Maths SATs revision - Measures and Conversion & Arithmetic Fractions and BODMAS
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2017 KS2 (Year 6) Maths SATs revision - Measures and Conversion & Arithmetic Fractions and BODMAS

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A plan, set of teaching resources, Interactive Whiteboard presentations for both Promethean and Smartboards. This resource uses the questions on 2016 Key Stage 2 SATs papers 1, 2 and 3 to revise your class' understanding of quick arithmetic methods and revise a specific aspect of the reasoning papers finishing with an AfL style plenary using exemplar questions from the 2016 SATs paper. This is the ninth lesson in a revision programme designed to prepare Year 6 children for the Maths SATs papers 1, 2 and 3. Learning Objectives covered: To solve arithmetic problems using all four operations with fractions. To make use of BODMAS to solve multistep arithmetic problems To solve problems involving metric measures, to convert between metric measures and between imperial and metric measures. To use inverse operations
Year 1 Term 1-2 Week 2 Day 2 halves shading and recognising.
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Year 1 Term 1-2 Week 2 Day 2 halves shading and recognising.

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A differentiated starter, introduction for both ActivInspire and Smartboard, and an activity where children can apply their new knowledge and AFL / Next Steps plenary class activity. Also included is a youtube video and resources for distance learning. Learning Objectives:: To recognise one more or one less of an object. (starter), LO: To recognise, find and name a half as one of two equal parts of an object, /shape (main) This lesson consists of: A starter revising how to identify one less or more of a set of objects. An Interactive Whiteboard introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire flipchart teaching how to recognise shapes with equal halves and how to shade half of a range of common shapes. A youtube video link for distance learning introducing the starter, main part of the lesson and the AFL / Next Steps plenary. A set of independent tasks where children identify shapes with equal halves and use shading to show half of a range of common shapes. A Next steps / AFL Challenge plenary to allow you to assess the children’s understanding and correct misconceptions.
Upper Key Stage 2 (Year 5 & Year 6) Negative numbers in context of temperature: bar and line graphs
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Upper Key Stage 2 (Year 5 & Year 6) Negative numbers in context of temperature: bar and line graphs

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This lesson consists of: A starter / connect PowerPoint where children sequence and order negative and positive numbers. An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire, showing how empty number lines to find the difference between negative and positive numbers when applied to temperature. (differentiated 3 ways for ability). A 4 way differentiated series of independent tasks (including a Mastery Level Challenge Activity) where children to interpret a range of charts, bar and line graphs showing positive and negative temperatures. An AFL / Next Steps task taken from 2017 Maths SATs paper. LOs: Starter: - to count forwards and backwards with positive and negative whole numbers (Year 5) - to use negative numbers, and calculate intervals across 0 (Year 6) - to order positive and negative integers (KS3) Main Lesson: - to interpret negative numbers in context, count forwards and backwards with positive and negative whole numbers, including through 0 (Year 5) - use negative numbers in context, and calculate intervals across 0 (Year 6) - apply this knowledge to bar and line graphs. (KS3)
UKS2 (Year 5 and Year 6) - Short and Long division with remainders
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UKS2 (Year 5 and Year 6) - Short and Long division with remainders

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Learning Objectives: Starter: - To recognise when to use short or long division methods. Main Lesson: -To apply short division to integers and decimals (Year 5 & Year 6) - To use division including formal written methods, applying it to integers, (KS3) This lesson consists of: A starter focusing on revising the differences between short and long divisions using the context of Word Problems. A connect to get the children explaining what a remainder is. An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire, to teach how to show remainders in short and long division and to explain just why there is a remainder in certain calculations. A 4 way differentiated series of calculations (including a Challenge Activity) where children are expected to solve a series short and long division problems which give remainders, and one Word Problem per ability group. Answers are supplied to ease marking. An AFL / Next Steps task encouraging children to be able to rapidly predict the remainder in a given calculation.
UKS2 (Year 5 and Year 6) Addition and Subtraction multi-step Word Problems
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UKS2 (Year 5 and Year 6) Addition and Subtraction multi-step Word Problems

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LOs: Starter: To add and subtract large numbers Main Lesson: To solve addition and subtraction multi-step problems in contexts (Year 5 and Year 6) To develop their mathematical knowledge, in part through solving problems and evaluating the outcomes, including multi-step problems (KS3) This lesson consists of: A starter recapping on subtraction and addition of large numbers and 2 connect activities recapping on the different ways that addition and subtraction can be written, plus a set of differentiated word problems to allow children to work in pairs to decode, allowing you to establish children’s understanding of Word problems. An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire, to establish an effective way to lay-out calculations and to test the children’s ability to apply column subtraction and addition to work problems. A 4 way differentiated series of Word problems (including a Challenge Activity) where children are expected to solve a series of multi-step (developing single step) addition and subtraction problems. An AFL / Next Steps task based on a 2014 SATs question, which requires simple division in addition to subtraction.
UKS2 (Year 5 and Year 6) To decide whether to round up or down after division
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UKS2 (Year 5 and Year 6) To decide whether to round up or down after division

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Learning Objectives Starter: - To interpret remainders as fractions - To revise common metric conversions Main Lesson: - To use formal short division and interpret remainders appropriately for the context (Year 5) - To use formal long division and interpret remainders appropriately for the context (Year 6) - To develop their mathematical knowledge, in part through solving problems and evaluating the outcomes, including multi-step problems (KS3) This lesson consists of: A Starter consisting of a series of progressively harder division problems giving remainders to convert to fractions and their answers. A connect activity getting children to revise the metric conversions they will need in the independent task. An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire, to teach how to lay-out short and long division when answering word problems and to test the children’s ability to understand how context determine whether to round an answer up or down. A 4 way differentiated series of calculations (including a Challenge Activity) where children are expected to solve a series of short and long division Word problems and round the answer according to context. More Able children will have to complete multistep problems. Answers are supplied to ease marking. An AFL / Next Steps task based on previous a SATs question, to allow to introduce the fact that most problems aren’t simply one operation but usually are a combination of different operations.
2017 (updated for 2018)  KS2 (Year 6) Maths SATs revision -  Problem Solving using Four Operations
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2017 (updated for 2018) KS2 (Year 6) Maths SATs revision - Problem Solving using Four Operations

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A plan, set of teaching resources, Interactive Whiteboard presentations for both Promethean and Smartboards. (***New for 2018 – PowerPoint Presentations, and Word AFL / next steps question for printin***g) This resource uses the questions on 2016 Key Stage 2 SATs papers 1, 2 and 3 to revise your class’ understanding of quick arithmetic methods and revise a specific aspect of the reasoning papers finishing with an AfL style plenary using exemplar questions from the 2016 SATs paper. This is the fourteenth lesson in a revision programme designed to prepare Year 6 children for the Maths SATs papers 1, 2 and 3. **Learning Objectives covered: ** To add whole numbers, decimals or fractions quickly (Arithmetic Starter) To solve problems involving all 4 operations. **Learning Outcomes: ** All use their knowledge of the order of operations to carry out calculations involving the 4 operations with ThHTU by U Most use their knowledge of the order of operations to carry out calculations involving the 4 operations with ThHTU by TU Some will use their knowledge of the order of operations to carry out calculations involving the 4 operations with ThHTU by TU including decimals and negative numbers.
UKS2 (Year 5 and Year 6) Addition and Subtraction of large numbers and decimals
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UKS2 (Year 5 and Year 6) Addition and Subtraction of large numbers and decimals

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LOs: Starter: To add and subtract numbers Main Lesson: to add and subtract whole numbers with more than 4 digits (Year 5) to solve problems involving addition and subtraction (Year 6) This lesson consists of: A connect PowerPoint to establish children’s understanding of addition and subtraction methods. An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire, to model various methods that can be used to solve addition and subtraction and demonstrating why, for larger numbers, formal methods are best. A 4 way differentiated series of independent tasks (including a Challenge Activity) where children are expected to solve a series of addition and subtraction problems including one Word Problem for each ability group. . An AFL / Next Steps task challenging children to identify common calculation errors that are often made with addition and subtraction.
UKS2 (Year 5 and Year 6) Checking calculations - estimation and rounding
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UKS2 (Year 5 and Year 6) Checking calculations - estimation and rounding

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Learning Objectives Starter: - To perform (mental) calculations, including with mixed operations and large numbers. Main Lesson: - To use rounding to check answers to calculations (Year 5 Year 6) - To use the 4 operations, including formal written methods, applied to integers and decimals, (KS3) This lesson consists of: A Starter consisting of a series of progressively harder addition, subtraction, multiplication and division calculations. A connect activity getting children to consider how they might check answers using estimation. An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire, to teach how to use estimation in order to check calculations. It also includes a Knowledge check to ensure that your class are familiar with rounding. A 4 way differentiated series of calculations where children first estimate, and then solve addition, subtraction, multiplication and division problems including decimals (for MA and HA). An AFL / Next Steps task reviewing when to use estimation and when to use inverse operations to accurately check calculations.
Year 1 Term 1-2 Week 2 Day 4 quarters shading and recognising.
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Year 1 Term 1-2 Week 2 Day 4 quarters shading and recognising.

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A differentiated starter, introduction for both ActivInspire and Smartboard, and an activity where children can apply their new knowledge and AFL / Next Steps plenary class activity. Also included is a youtube video and resources for distance learning. Learning Objectives:: To add and subtract numbers to 20 and beyond. (starter), LO: To recognise, find and name a quarter as one of four equal parts of an object /shape (main) This lesson consists of: A starter revising how to subtract numbers up to 30 using a number line or number square. An Interactive Whiteboard introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire flipchart teaching how to recognise shapes with equal quarters and how to shade a quarter of a range of common shapes. A youtube video link for distance learning introducing the starter, main part of the lesson and the AFL / Next Steps plenary. A set of independent tasks where children identify shapes with equal quarters and show how to shade a quarter of a range of common shapes A Next steps / AFL Challenge plenary to allow you to assess the children’s understanding and correct misconceptions.
UKS2 (Year 5 and Year 6) Brackets, squares, cubes, order of operations and BODMAS.
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UKS2 (Year 5 and Year 6) Brackets, squares, cubes, order of operations and BODMAS.

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Learning Objectives Starter: - To perform (mental) calculations. - To revise factors, multiples and prime factors. Main Lesson: - To recognise and use square numbers and cube numbers, and the notation for squared (²) and cubed (³) (Year 5) - To use their knowledge of the order of operations to carry out calculations involving the 4 operations (Year 6) - To use conventional notation for the priority of operations, including brackets, powers and roots (KS3) This lesson consists of: A Starter consisting of a series of progressively harder, multiplication and division calculations and revision of highest common factors, lowest common multiples and prime factors. A connect activity getting children to begin to understand the effect of brackets in calcualations. An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire flipchart, to teach how to apply BODMAS to brackets and orders / powers. Also includes a revision of how to find square numbers (if required). A 4-way differentiated series of tasks requiring children to find square numbers, to carry out multi step calculations with brackets, squared and cube numbers and how to use brackets to solve calculations and balance equations. A stretch challenge introducing square roots. Answer sheet provided to support marking. A final AFL / Next Steps task, making use of BODMAS calculations from the 2016 and 2017 arithmetic SATs papers.
UKS2 (Year 5 and Year 6) + KS3 -Autumn 1 complete Maths scheme of Work.
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UKS2 (Year 5 and Year 6) + KS3 -Autumn 1 complete Maths scheme of Work.

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35 sets of complete lessons (7 x 5 days) covering current National Curriculum expectations for teaching Place Value, Addition and Subtraction, formal short and long multiplication and formal short and long division, division leaving remainders and fractions, multiples, common multiples, prime factors, common prime factors, BODMAS, multiplication and division by powers of 10, metric measures, conversions between metric and imperial measures, and multi-step Word Problems. Each week ends with either an investigation of Word Problems linked to the topic studied. Every lesson includes: - a Starter based on Arithmetic and / or previous learning and a Connect Activity designed to activate the children's interest in the topic being covered that day. - two interactive teaching presentations designed to run on either Smartboard's Interactive Whiteboard or Promethean ActivInspire software. - a detailed 4 way differentiated lesson plan including all relevant learning objectives and AfL / next step opportunities. - a 4 way differentiated worksheet designed to cater for the learning of virtually all children in Year 5 or Year 6 regardless of ability (and MA / LA Y7 - Y9)
UKS2 (Year 5 and Year 6) solving Word Problems by applying all four operations to fractions
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UKS2 (Year 5 and Year 6) solving Word Problems by applying all four operations to fractions

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Learning Objectives Starter: To use the 4 operations with proper and improper fractions Main Lesson: To add and subtract fractions with the same denominator, and denominators that are multiples of the same number (Year 5) To use their knowledge of the order of operations to carry out calculations involving the 4 operations (Year 6) To use the 4 operations with proper and improper fractions, and mixed numbers(KS3) This lesson consists of: A Starter consisting of a series of progressively harder problems where the children perform an addition, subtraction, multiplication (x2) and division calculation involving fractions. A connect activity focussing on the ordering of calculations using BODMAS – enabling you to assess prior learning. An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire flipchart, to teach children how to lay out multi operation Word problems involving fractions and how to allowing you to group children according to ability. A 4-way differentiated series of tasks requiring children to solve multi-step word problems relating to fractions of quantities and fractions of fractions. Answer sheet provided to support marking. A final AFL / Next Steps task, introducing the children to the relationship between decimals, fractions and percentages.
UKS2 (Year 5 and Year 6) Dividing fractions (mixed numbers and improper fractions) by whole numbers
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UKS2 (Year 5 and Year 6) Dividing fractions (mixed numbers and improper fractions) by whole numbers

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Learning Objectives Starter: To multiply whole numbers by proper and improper fractions > To associate a fraction with division Main Lesson: To solve problems involving division and division, including scaling by simple fractions (Year 5) To divide proper fractions by whole numbers (Year 6) To use the 4 operations with proper and improper fractions, and mixed numbers(KS3) This lesson consists of: A Starter consisting of a series of progressively harder problems where the children multiply 2 fractions together. A connect activity challenging children to consider what happens when fractions are divided by a whole number. An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire flipchart, to revise demonstrate what happens when fractions are divided by whole numbers. A series of slides teaching the linking the division fractions by whole numbers to dividing fractions together using correct mathematical language. A 4-way differentiated series of tasks requiring children to divide fractions, mixed numbers and improper fractions by whole numbers. Answers included to ease marking. A final AFL / Next Steps task, providing two incorrectly answered arithmetic questions for the children to identify the mistakes made and find the correct answer (showing their workings).
2017 KS2 (Year 6) Maths SATs revision - Algebra & Arithmetic - Subtraction, fractions and BODMAS
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2017 KS2 (Year 6) Maths SATs revision - Algebra & Arithmetic - Subtraction, fractions and BODMAS

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A plan, set of teaching resources, Interactive Whiteboard presentations for both Promethean and Smartboards. This resource uses the questions on 2016 Key Stage 2 SATs papers 1, 2 and 3 to revise your class' understanding of quick arithmetic methods and revise a specific aspect of the reasoning papers finishing with an AfL style plenary using exemplar questions from the 2016 SATs paper. This is the eleventh lesson in a revision programme designed to prepare Year 6 children for the Maths SATs papers 1, 2 and 3. Learning Objectives covered: To solve arithmetic subtraction problems involving large numbers, decimals and fractions . To make use of BODMAS to solve multistep arithmetic problems To solve problems involving algebra Learning Outcomes: All will use simple formulae Most will be able to find pairs of numbers that satisfy an equation with 2 unknowns Some will be able to express missing number problems algebraically
Upper Key Stage 2 (Year 5 and Year 6) - Place Value -4  days lesson presentations / teacher input
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Upper Key Stage 2 (Year 5 and Year 6) - Place Value -4 days lesson presentations / teacher input

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4 pairs of IWB presentations linked to Place Value covering all aspects of Place Value to allow you to meet expectations of current (2014 onwards) National Curriculum for Mathematics. The worksheets cover the following learning objectives: Year 5 - read, write, order and compare numbers to at least 1,000,000 and determine the value of each digit - round any number up to 1,000,000 to the nearest 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000 and 100,000 Year 6 - read, write, order and compare numbers up to 10,000,000 and determine the value of each digit - round any whole number to a required degree of accuracy KS3 - understand and use place value for decimals, measures and integers of any size - round numbers and measures to an appropriate degree of accuracy [for example, to a number of decimal places or significant figures] NB also available are the worksheets to go with these presentations, also for £2 and a complete 5 lesson teaching package (including both presentations, worksheets, starters and lesson plans) for £2.50.
UKS2 (Year 5 and Year 6) formal long multiplication 1 (with grid method for LA)
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UKS2 (Year 5 and Year 6) formal long multiplication 1 (with grid method for LA)

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LOs: Starter: To use short multiplication. Main Lesson: To multiply numbers up to 3 digits by a two-digit number using a formal written method (Year 5) To multiply numbers up to 4 and 5 digits by a two-digit number using a formal written method (Year 6) To use multiplication, including formal written methods, applying it to integers and decimals, (KS3) This lesson consists of: A connect starter reviewing prior learning with regard to long multiplication methods An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire, to teach how to lay-out long multiplication and to test the children’s ability to solve long multiplication problems. A 4 way differentiated series of calculations (including a Challenge Activity) where children are expected to solve a series long multiplication problems, and one Word Problem per ability group. (LA can choose between formal long multiplication and the grid method). Answers are supplied to ease marking. An AFL / Next Steps task based on previous SATs questions, which requires children to apply their knowledge of long multiplication to more challenging problems.
UKS2 (Year 5 and Year 6) Multiplication - 5 lessons x 4-way differentiated worksheets with answers
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UKS2 (Year 5 and Year 6) Multiplication - 5 lessons x 4-way differentiated worksheets with answers

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A collection of 5 lessons' worksheets for Year 5 and Year 6, differentiated for 4 different ability groups. 3 sets of worksheets include a Word Problem, while the other 2 sets are Word problems relating to short multiplication and long multiplication. LO's covered include: To use short or long multiplication. To solve Word problems requiring short or long multiplication (Year 5 and Year 6) To develop their mathematical knowledge, in part through solving problems and evaluating the outcomes, including multi-step problems (KS3)
Year 1 Term 1 Week 6 Day 2 identifying 2d shapes.
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Year 1 Term 1 Week 6 Day 2 identifying 2d shapes.

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A differentiated starter, introduction for both ActivInspire and Smartboard, and 3 way differentiated activity and AFL / Next Steps plenary class activity. Also included is a youtube video and resources for distance learning. Learning Objectives:: To identify 2d shapes This lesson consists of: A starter revising 2d shapes taught in Reception using the Singing Walrus 2d Shape song An Interactive Whiteboard introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire flipchart (including an outdoor learning shape safari) teaching how to recognise different 2d shapes including rectangles, oblongs, squares, ovals, circles. A youtube video link for distance learning introducing the starter, main part of the lesson and the AFL / Next Steps plenary. A 3-way differentiated set of independent tasks where the chidlren have to recognise different 2d shapes including rectangles, oblongs, squares, ovals, circles. A Next steps / AFL Challenge plenary where children identify common 2d shapes based on a description of their properties.
Year 1 Term 1 Week 6 Day 3 identifying 2d shapes.
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Year 1 Term 1 Week 6 Day 3 identifying 2d shapes.

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A differentiated starter, introduction for both ActivInspire and Smartboard, and 3 way differentiated activity and AFL / Next Steps plenary class activity. Also included is a youtube video and resources for distance learning. Learning Objectives:: To identify 2d shapes This lesson consists of: A starter revising 2d shapes taught in Reception using the Singing Walrus 2d Shape song An Interactive Whiteboard introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire flipchart (including an outdoor learning shape safari) teaching how to recognise different 2d shapes and sorting them by their properties i.e number of sides, straight or curved sides. A youtube video link for distance learning introducing the starter, main part of the lesson and the AFL / Next Steps plenary. A 3-way differentiated set of independent tasks where the children identify different 2d shapes and sorting them by their properties i.e number of sides, straight or curved sides A Next steps / AFL Challenge plenary where children identify common 2d shapes based on a description of their properties.