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Numeracy across the Primary Curriculum
PE
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RE
CubitApproximately equal to the length of a person's forearm, i.e. the part of the arm from the elbow to the fingers.
Accuracy
1 cubit = 45.72 centimeters
The Romans used a cubit equal to 17.4 modern inches; the Egyptians used one of 20.64 inches.
Although the precise length of the Biblical cubit is unknown today, it's estimated to have been approximately 17½ to 20½ inches, with Scriptural references to both a "common" cubit and a "long" cubit.
Goliath
“And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.” 1 Samuel 17:3-5 (King James Version)
Noah’s Ark
“The length of the ark [shall be] three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.” Genesis 6:15 (King James Version)
Science
Maths in Nature
http://www.abc.net.au/science/photos/mathsinnature/photo2.htm
Achillea PtarmicaSuppose that when a plant puts out a new shoot, that shoot has to grow two months before it is strong enough to support branching. If it branches every month after that at the growing point, we get the picture shown here.
http://www.mcs.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/R.Knott/Fibonacci/fibnat.html#spiral
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/podsmission/solidsandliquids/annie02.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/podsmission/bones/pod.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/9_10/keeping_healthy.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/8_9/keeping_warm.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/10_11/forces_action.shtml
Out & About
Treasure Hunt
Five items, together weighing exactly a kilogram
A perfectly symmetric leaf
An item with rotational symmetry
Two congruent shapes
Two similar shapes
An example of a spiralA twig exactly 12 inches
long
A regular solid
http://www.counton.org/pi/
http://www.zompist.com/numbers.shtml Numbers in 5000 languages
Less than, more than, same as …
Ourselves
What can your pupils do for exactly one minute?
•Balance on one leg?
•Stare without blinking?
•Count the seconds in their head?
•What else can they do in one minute?
One-minute challenge
Issues?
45 ÷ 6 : Easy!
45 sweets are to be shared between 6 pupils. How many sweets will each pupil receive & how many will be left over?
7 sweets each with 3 left over
How many games of rounders, each lasting 6 minutes, can be played during a 45 minute P.E. lesson? 7
45 ÷ 6 : Still Easy
A relay team do a sponsored run of 45 miles. There are 6 athletes in the team. How far must each of them run?
71/2 miles
45 ÷ 6 : Still Easy!
£45 is to be shared between 6 pupils. How much will each pupil receive?
£7.50
A piece of string 45cm long is to be cut into 6 equal pieces. What will be the length of each piece?
7.5 cm
45 ÷ 6 : Still Easy?
45 pupils are going on a school trip. Each minibus can carry 6 pupils. How many minibuses are needed?
8 minibuses
Proportional change
x 95 miles 8km
Convert 45 miles into km
x 945 miles
72 km
“What else do I know?”
5miles
=
8km
10miles
=
16km
50miles
=
80km
15miles
=
24km
25miles
=
40km
75miles
=
120km
150miles
=
240km
100% = 80 50% = 40
25% = 20 10% = 8
5% = 4
75% = 60
1% = 0.8 40% = 32
2% = 1.6 20% = 16
“What else do I know?”
Whole-school practice?• Agreed approaches to calculation
• School policy on calculator use
• Agreed mathematical vocabulary and notation
• Lists of units used for measurement
• Agreed methods for drawing and labelling graphs, charts and diagrams
• Links with using and applying mathematics – reasoning, communicating, investigating and problem solving