Year 1 - Place value to 50

Bring Year 1 place value to life with exciting outdoor maths lessons up to 50. Through active games, chalk challenges, and hands-on use of natural materials, children will master number recognition, tens and ones, one more and one less, and comparing numbers with confidence.

Lesson Plans

Reading numerals and counting objects

Help your Year 1 class master place value to 50 with this exciting outdoor maths lesson, where pupils actively read numerals and count objects in engaging games. Children will confidently develop their number recognition and counting skills through a dynamic activities and a hands-on plenary counting natural loose parts.

Learning objective:

To read numerals and count objects to 50.

Representing tens and ones

Guide your Year 1 class on an exciting outdoor maths adventure as they actively represent numbers to 50 using tens and ones. Through hands-on stick bundling and creative chalk work, students will solidify their understanding of place value and number partitioning.

Learning objective:

To represent tens and ones.

Representing numbers to 50

Actively represent numbers to 50 using a variety of hands-on methods. Through creating number representation mind maps with chalk and natural loose parts, pupils will solidify their understanding of place value and number partitioning.

Learning objective:

To represent numbers to 50.

Finding one more and one less up to 50

Engage your Year 1 class in an exciting outdoor maths adventure as they actively explore one more and one less than numbers up to 50. Through dynamic counting games and a fun sponge-throwing activity, pupils will solidify their understanding of number relationships and place value.

Learning objective:

To find one more and one less numbers to 50.

Comparing numbers to 50

Challenge your Year 1 class with this engaging outdoor maths lesson, empowering them to actively compare numbers up to 50 using vital place value skills. Through a dynamic number hunt and hands-on chalk comparisons, students will confidently master the use of <, >, and = symbols.

Learning objective:

To compare numbers to 50.

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