Christmas Activities for KS2 Maths contains fun festive mathematical activities, designed harness children's enthusiasm at this exciting time of the year and keep them on task. The activities are linked to the National Numeracy Strategy targets, so integrating them into your planning is easy.

Blackline masters for use in the run-up to Christmas include helping to reinforce children's knowledge of number bonds, increasing their understanding of fractions and percentages, and giving them practise calculating the areas of 2-D shapes. Now you can exploit the children's natural enthusiasm for the season and inspire them to create especially good work with this bank of fun, stimulating ideas and activities – so you can all enjoy the run-up to Christmas!

Children are always excited about Christmas and sometimes find it difficult to focus their attention on schoolwork. Christmas Activities for KS1 Maths makes it easy with photocopiable activities and tasks linked to the Term 1 National Numeracy Strategy requirements for reception, Year 1 and Year 2. Use the book to plan your numeracy work-then enjoy the run-up to Christmas as your pupils' minds are stretched with these innovative and fun photocopiable activities.

Christmas Activities for KS1 Maths contains fun festive mathematical activities, designed harness children's enthusiasm at this exciting time of the year and keep them on task. The activitiesare linked to the National Numeracy Strategy targets, so integrating them into your planning is easy.

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Children are always excited about Christmas and sometimes find it difficult to focus their attention on schoolwork. Christmas Activities for KS2 Language and Literacy makes it easy with photocopiable activities and tasks linked to the Term 1 National Literacy Strategy requirements for Years 3-6. The activities address word, sentence and text level objectives. Use the book to plan your literacy work-then enjoy the run-up to Christmas as your pupils' minds are stretched with these innovative and fun photocopiable activities.

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On Christmas Eve, Mila and Lumi find something special sparkling in the snow. “Mila popped the collar around Lumi’s neck to keep it safe until they could find the owner.” But is there more to the Christmas collar than meets the eye? Will Lumi find the real owner on her magical Christmas adventure? Download the full eBook and explore supporting teaching materials at www.twinkl.com/originals Join Twinkl Book Club to receive printed story books every half-term at www.twinkl.co.uk/book-club (UK only).

Children are always excited about Christmas and sometimes find it difficult to focus their attention on schoolwork. Christmas Activities for KS1 Language and Literacy makes it easy with photocopiable activities and tasks linked to the Term 1 National Literacy Strategy requirements for reception, Year 1 and Year 2. The activities address word, sentence and text level objectives. Use the book to plan your literacy work-then enjoy the run-up to Christmas as your pupils' minds are stretched with these innovative and fun photocopiable activities.

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