Year 3 Christmas Crack-er the Code

Teacher Specific Information

This Year 3 Christmas Crack-er the Code resource has been designed to provide an opportunity for Year 3 pupils to revise and consolidate objectives covered in the Autumn blocks and some steps covered in Year 2. It can be completed either individually, mixed ability paired work or in small groups.

National Curriculum objectives:

Mathematics
Year 2: (2C7) Calculate mathematical statements for multiplication and division within the multiplication tables and write them using the multiplication (×), division (÷)
and equals (=) signs
Year 2: (2F1a) Recognise,
find, name and write fractions 1/3 , 1/4 , 2/4 and 3/4 of a length, shape, set of objects or quantity
Year 3: (3N2b) Find 10 or 100 more or less than a given number
Year 3: (3N6) Solve number problems and practical problems involving 3N1 – 3N4
Year 3: (3C1) Add and subtract numbers mentally, including three-digit number and ones, three-digit number and tens, three-digit number and hundreds
Year 3: (3C2) Add and subtract numbers with up to three digits, using formal written methods of columnar addition and subtraction
Year 3: (3C6) Recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 3, 4 and 8 multiplication tables
Year 3: (3C7) Write and calculate mathematical statements for multiplication and division using the
multiplication tables that they know, including for two-digit numbers times one-digit numbers, using mental and progressing to formal written methods