Collie Tales

Suggested Participants – Early, First and Second Level

Use our Collie Tales videos to take a look around some different farms and find out more about some of the maths farmers use on a daily basis.

What this pack contains: 

• • All the resources to undertake our ‘Collie Tales’ activity with your class.

• Learning Intentions, Success Criteria and Suggested Experiences & Outcomes.

• Learning for Sustainability links.

• DYW links.

• Lesson plan.

• Suggested additional activities.

Learning outcomes:

• We are learning to estimate answers to calculations or problems.

• We are learning to round whole numbers.

• We are learning to calculate profit and loss.

• We are learning to estimate and measure length correctly.

• We are learning to calculate areas.

• We are learning to name, identify and classify a range of simple 2D shapes and 3D objects.

Success Criteria:

• I can collect and interpret data.

• I can discuss how and why data is collected.

• I can display data in a way others can understand.

• I can discuss what farm businesses can do to become more sustainable.

Experiences and Outcomes:

Estimation and rounding

• MNU 0-01a I am developing a sense of size and amount by observing, exploring, using and communicating with others about things in the world around me.
• MNU 1-01a I can share ideas with others to develop ways of estimating the answer to a calculation or problem, work out the actual answer, then check my solution by comparing it with the estimate.
• MNU 2-01a I can use my knowledge of rounding to routinely estimate the answer to a problem then, after calculating, decide if my answer is reasonable, sharing my solution with others.

Money

• MNU 2-09c I can use the terms profit and loss in buying and selling activities and can make simple calculations for this.

• MNU 2-09a I can manage money, compare costs from different retailers, and determine what I can afford to buy.

Measurement

• MNU 0-11a I have experimented with everyday items as units of measure to investigate and compare sizes and amounts in my environment, sharing my findings with others.

• MNU 1-11a I can estimate how long or heavy an object is, or what amount it holds, using everyday things as a guide, then measure or weigh it using appropriate instruments and units.

• MNU 2-11b I can use the common units of measure, convert between related units of the metric system and carry out calculations when solving problems.

Properties of 2D shapes and 3D objects

• MTH 0-16a I enjoy investigating objects and shapes and can sort, describe and be creative with them.

• MTH 1-16a I have explored simple 3D objects and 2D shapes and can identify, name and describe their features using appropriate vocabulary.

Fractions, decimal fractions and percentages 

• MNU 2-07a I have investigated the everyday contexts in which simple fractions, percentages or decimal fractions are used and can carry out the necessary calculations to solve related problems.

Number and number processes

• MNU 0-02a I have explored numbers, understanding that they represent quantities, and I can use them to count, create sequences and describe order.
• MNU 1-02a I have investigated how whole numbers are constructed, can understand the importance of zero within the system and can use my knowledge to explain the link between a digit, its place and its value.

Data and analysis

• MNU 0-20b I can match objects, and sort using my own and others’ criteria, sharing my ideas with others.
• MNU 1-20b I have used a range of ways to collect information and can sort it in a logical, organised and imaginative way using my own and others’ criteria.

Learning for sustainability:

• Goal 4 Quality education: 4.7 ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development.

Learning for sustainability:

• Entitlement opportunities to engage in profiling that supports learning and the development of skills for work and future career choices.