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Acknowledgements
Special thanks to the pupils and teachers of Eagleswell Primary School, Llanfair Primary School, Barry Island Primary School and Jenner Park Primary School for their support and ideas.
Which of these balls have odd numbers on
them? Which have even numbers?
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Paper Plate Clown
What you need: • Paper plates• Lollipop sticks• Crepe paper• Pompoms• Crayons• Glue sticks• Ruler• Sticky tape
Can you make a clown mask using 12 different pieces?
Why did you choose these pieces?
If you could add 2 more pieces, what would you add? Why?
What shapes can you see in your clown face?
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Judy the Juggler
Here is Judy the Juggler. Some of her juggling balls are in the circle below. • Can you count how many there
are in Welsh?• Can say their colours in Welsh? • Find out what the word ‘juggler’
is in Welsh. Find out what the word ‘circus’ is in Welsh.You could use: bbc.co.uk/learnwelsh to help you.
• Write a sentence in the bubble in Welsh about what Delyth thinks about the circus.
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Have a Picnic!
Think about: • Where will you have your picnic?• When will you have it?• What time will it start?• What will you eat?• What will drink? • What else do you need to bring?• What will you sit on?• What will you eat from?• Will there be a theme for your
picnic? What will it be?• Who will you invite?
Delyth is taking a picnic to eat at the circus. She is going with three of her friends.
• Delyth would like to take some apples. How many apples should Delyth take so that everyone can have one?
• Delyth also brings eight sweets. How many can everyone have so that they all have the same number?
• Why is sharing important?
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Obstacle Course
What you need: • Different shaped equipment,
such as hoops, benches, blocks, footballs, cubes, etc.
• An open space.
Teacher Instructions
• Set up the obstacles so that they are in two lines.
• Ask pupils to count how many different obstacles there are.
• Ask pupils to name the shapes of the obstacles. What other shapes do they know?
• Spilt the class into two teams.• Teams should compete against
each other to complete the obstacle course in the quickest time.
• Ask pupils how to measure the times teams take. What units do we use for time?
• Individual times for pupils completing the course could be recorded. Pupils could put these into a simple chart to review.
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Paper plate clown
Judy the Juggler
Have a picnic!
Obstacle course