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Brand New!  Resources for years 3-6 have now been reorganised into a developmental sequence.  Click here to go to the lessons bank and check them out!

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Getting Started Help

Problem of the week – Easter Maths:

Here are a few simple ideas for Easter maths:

Mini-Investigation:

Compare the value-for-money of a range of Easter eggs vs bars of chocolate.  You will need to decide what parameters to consider (weight of chocolate, quality of chocolate, actual weight of cocoa and cocoa butter in the amount that you get to eat…).  All you will need to do is take in a catalogue and possibly a couple of chocolate products.  The group that works out the most complete solution / explains it the best gets first pick at a chocolate product to share.

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