Year 5 - Place Value - Unit 2

These dynamic outdoor Y5 maths lessons get children moving while mastering powers of 10, negative numbers, and Roman numerals. Through active games, challenges, and discussions, pupils build fluency, confidence, and a love of maths beyond the classroom walls.

Lesson Plans

Counting in powers of 10

Combine movement and maths to engage your class in counting in powers of 10. This outdoor lesson provides opportunity for children to develop their fluency in counting forwards and backwards in powers of 10.

Learning objective:

To count forwards and backwards in powers of 10

Interpreting negative numbers

Take negative numbers outdoors and make them large-scale to add movement, more opportunities for discussion and increase engagement.

Learning objective:

To understand order and interpret negative numbers

Reading and writing with Roman numerals

This outdoor maths lesson brings an element of competition to engage children and build their fluency in reading and writing Roman numerals.

Learning objective:

To read and write with Roman numerals.

Calculating with Roman numerals

Have your children challenge themselves to solve Roman numeral problems in this outdoor maths lesson, begin the lesson with a target practise game to warm them up for the challenges ahead.

Learning objective:

To read, write and calculate with Roman numerals

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