‘Big Maths, Beat That!’ is an assessment tool that allows teachers to see exactly what their children know and what they don’t know. It provides children with a fun and motivational way to track their own progress and set their own targets for maths.

Calculation lessons completed once a week. There are five PowerPoints: Week 1- Number line addition Week 2- Number line subtraction Week 3- Place value Week 4- Addition strategies Week 5- Subtraction strategies

PowerPoint and Friday’s recorded questions included which have been differentiated in three ways.

PowerPoint and Friday’s recorded questions included which has been differentiated in three ways.

PowerPoint and Friday’s recorded questions which have been differentiated in three different ways.

Planning, PowerPoint and Friday’s recorded questions are included

PowerPoint and three differentiated questions

PowerPoint, planning and Friday’s recorded questions

You will find PowerPoints for each lesson, resources and the lesson plans. The lessons entail: Children will be looking at different tones and will complete a tonal ladder. Drawing lines of different sizes and thickness. Using a view finder to draw in detail in one part of an image. Some to be drawn using sketching pencils and some with colouring pencils. Children to remember to show tone, line and texture in their drawings. Observational drawing involving fruit and vegetables. Using different brushes and experimenting with these. What effect does this give? Children will also be looking at the colour wheel, primary and secondary colours. Look at the work of Kandinsky and create artwork inspired by him. Add white to colours to make tints and black to colours to make tones. Create their own painting which demonstrates the skills previously learnt.

PowerPoint and challenge sheet

Three differentiated challenges

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Edit in each child’s name, print and then fold. Child can then decorate their name card and place this on their desk. This is great to use at the start of the year when learning children’s names.

Children can walk around and find out what they have in common with their class mates.

This is fab to use during transition week or at the start of the year.

Edit in child’s face and name and this can be used as a finger spacer to help them space out their words. Children have really enjoyed using these as it is personal to them.

Fill in book recommendation and this can be displayed or used during reading/English lessons.

Postcard template to use in lessons such as English and geography.

Great to use to check children’s letter formation!

Meerkmat Mail PowerPoint and questions for the reading domains of prediction and sequencing