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Christmas Code Cracker Whole Class Game

PDF|13 pages|Years:2 - 5

A whole class game that consolidates your students’ knowledge with Christmas fun!

It isChristmas夜,圣诞老人正准备他的晚上delivering presents. He goes to open the garage to prepare his sleigh, but alas! He has forgotten the combination to his lock. It has been an entire year since he set the code and he has not opened it since. There are 4 digits in the code, hidden withinpuzzlesthat relate to Christmas. Can you help crack the codes for Santa to get his Christmas mission back into motion? Use the final riddle to figure out which order the numbers go in.

The activities include:

Christmas GiftDominoes
Santa Fact Maze
ChristmasWord Search
Christmas Code Cracker

Thisteaching resourceis a fun and interactive way to finish the year with some Christmas cheer!

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Curriculum

Communication, language and literacy
1. Early Years Foundation Stage
Reading
Children read and understand simple sentences. They use phonic knowledge to decode regular words and read them aloud accurately. They also read some common irregular words. They demonstrate understanding when talking with others about what they...
1. Early Years Foundation Stage
2. Communication, language and literacy
Mathematics
1. Early Years Foundation Stage
Numbers
Children count reliably with numbers from 1 to 20, place them in order and say which number is one more or one less than a given number. Using quantities and objects, they add and subtract two single-digit numbers and count on or back to find t...
1. Early Years Foundation Stage
2. Mathematics
Key Stage 1 (KS1)
Key Stage 1 (KS1) covers students in Year 1 and Year 2.
1. National Curriculum In England
Mathematics
The principal focus of mathematics teaching in key stage 1 is to ensure that pupils develop confidence and mental fluency with whole numbers, counting and place value. This should involve working with numerals, words and the four operations, includin...
1. Key Stage 1 (KS1)
Number
1. Key Stage 1 (KS1)
2. Mathematics
Addition and subtraction
English
English has a pre-eminent place in education and in society. A high-quality education in English will teach pupils to speak and write fluently so that they can communicate their ideas and emotions to others and through their reading and listening, ot...
1. Key Stage 1 (KS1)
Reading
1. Key Stage 1 (KS1)
2. English
Comprehension
Vocabulary, grammar and punctuation
Key Stage 2 (KS2) - Lower
Key Stage 2 (KS2) - Lower covers students in Year 3 and Year 4.
1. National Curriculum In England
English
By the beginning of year 3, pupils should be able to read books written at an age-appropriate interest level. They should be able to read them accurately and at a speed that is sufficient for them to focus on understanding what they read rather than ...
1. Key Stage 2 (KS2) - Lower
Vocabulary, grammar and punctuation
Reading
1. Key Stage 2 (KS2) - Lower
2. English
Mathematics
The principal focus of mathematics teaching in lower key stage 2 is to ensure that pupils become increasingly fluent with whole numbers and the four operations, including number facts and the concept of place value. This should ensure that pupils dev...
1. Key Stage 2 (KS2) - Lower
Number
1. Key Stage 2 (KS2) - Lower
2. Mathematics
Addition and subtraction
Key Stage 2 (KS2) – Upper
Key Stage 2 (KS2) - Upper covers students in Year 5 and Year 6.
1. National Curriculum In England
Mathematics
The principal focus of mathematics teaching in upper key stage 2 is to ensure that pupils extend their understanding of the number system and place value to include larger integers. This should develop the connections that pupils make between multipl...
1. Key Stage 2 (KS2) – Upper
Number
1. Key Stage 2 (KS2) – Upper
2. Mathematics
English
By the beginning of year 5, pupils should be able to read aloud a wider range of poetry and books written at an age-appropriate interest level with accuracy and at a reasonable speaking pace. They should be able to read most words effortlessly and to...
1. Key Stage 2 (KS2) – Upper
Reading
1. Key Stage 2 (KS2) – Upper
2. English
Vocabulary, grammar and punctuation

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