Fractions


ENGLAND Recognise, find and name a half as one of two equal parts of an object. Recognise, find and name a quarter as one of four equal parts of an object.


SCOTLAND Students can share out a group of items by making smaller groups and can split a whole object into smaller parts.


WALES Use fractions to estimate, describe and compare proportions of a whole.


NORTHERN IRELAND Recognise and use simple everyday fractions.


• Again, depending on resources available to you, you may wish to cut up fruit with the children to talk about halves and quarters in context.


• Alternatively, set up group work with modelling dough and play knives so children can create the fruit. Talk about how, if we are sharing the fruit between two, we need to cut it up so that the two parts are the same. Get children to cut the ‘fruit’ and then put one piece on top of the other to check that they are the same size. Tell the children that we have made two halves. Repeat for quarters if children have understood halves.


• Use the downloadable template for follow-up work and further practice in making halves and quarters as well as cutting skills.


Measure


ENGLAND Recognise and know the value of different denominations of coins. Compare, describe and solve practical problems for mass or weight.


SCOTLAND Develop an awareness of how money is used and can recognise and use a range of coins. Estimate how long or heavy an object is, or what amount it holds, using everyday things as a guide, then measure or weigh it using appropriate instruments and units.


WALES Recognise, sort and use coins; find totals, and give change. Compare and order two or more objects in terms of mass.


NORTHERN IRELAND Recognise coins and use them in simple contexts. Understand and use the language associated with length, ‘weight’ and capacity.


If you have set up a role-play area with a fruit stall as suggested above, use this with the children to explore money: • If you have plastic (or real) money, revisit these to ensure that they can identify coins up to £1. • Display the fruits (they may be real, models or pictures). • Talk about how you will price the fruit. Bananas – 10p each, two apples for 15p etc. • Make signs for the prices. • Ensure you allow time for the children to enjoy playing in the area and practise using the money vocabulary.


Compare fruits by holding one in each hand and asking which one feels the heavier. • Ask children whether the larger fruit is always the heaviest.


• Talk about how it is sometimes difficult to be sure which fruit is heavier, and ask the children what equipment they could use to find out. [e.g. balancing scales].


• Together or in groups ask the children to order a few fruits, from the lightest to the heaviest.


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