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Year 4 or 5 Christmas Maths Problem Solving

Subject: Mathematics

Age range: 7-11

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15 November 2020

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Top 10 Primary Christmas Maths Activities For KS2 Classrooms

Anantha anilkumar.

It’s the time of year for Christmas maths activities! We’ve put our elves to work to find you the 10 best Christmas maths activities suitable for your KS2 pupils. Countdown the days of Christmas with these maths resources.

1. Christmas Maths Challenge Activities And Christmas Maths Worksheets

2. youngminds wellbeing advent calendar, 3. festive maths problems pack, 4. third space learning’s christmas maths activities, 5. christmas maths primary advent calendar, 6. christmas maths colouring activities, 7. every mind matters self-care tool, 8. christmas maths murder mystery, 9. putting on a christmas show, 10. christmaths website of ks2 christmas maths activities.

You won’t be surprised to hear that because this is a Third Space blog, our initial focus is around maths. However, given the importance of wellbeing for children receiving our 1-to-1 maths lessons we’ve also included a couple of brilliant wellbeing activities within this list too, not just for your pupils but for teachers as well!

So, in no particular order, take a look at our favourite key stage 2 Christmas activities and resources, guaranteed to give your children some fun maths lessons in the days before the holidays!

The Mathematics Shed, run by Graham Andre, is a great place to find engaging and effective activities across KS1 and KS2 and the Seasonal Maths Shed has fabulous activities to build numeracy for every holiday.

The activities cover multiple strands of maths and are easy to edit, depending on the needs of your pupils, with addition, subtraction, percentages and mental maths being just a few of the topics covered. Each is festive-themed, featuring Christmas presents, snowmen, and snowflakes.

One of our favourite fun Christmas maths activities from the Seasonal Maths Shed is the Xmas Hits Through the Decades worksheet. It’s always the right time for a bit of Wham right?

Link:  The Mathematics Shed

Twitter: @grahamandre

The lead up to the Christmas holidays can be a very exciting but also exhausting time. It is often easy at this time to get caught up in the busy atmosphere and forget to take care of the children’s and your wellbeing.

YoungMinds have created a wellbeing advent calendar to encourage you and your class to take some time out and enjoy the spirit of the season. With past activities ranging from sharing jokes to taking a moment to focus on breathing, there is inspiration for every class. 

Link: YoungMinds Wellbeing Advent Calendar  

Twitter: @YoungMinds

Key Stage 2 Christmas Maths Quiz

20 Year 5 / Year 6 Maths questions for some festive fun, including answer guide to find out their curriculum topic gaps

Even in the last few weeks of the term, you’ll need to keep your pupils learning. But as Christmas approaches your children’s work ethic might start to flag, and it might be tempting to give into the festive spirit.

Luckily, Third Space’s Festive Maths Pack lets you bring the Christmas spirit into the classroom without compromising on learning. This free printable download contains 21 reasoning and word problem-solving activities with a festive bent for you to use with your class.

The activities cover a wide range of topics, making them perfect for some surreptitious revision and consolidation of learning!

They’re designed for upper KS2 – years 5 and 6 – but some of the Christmas maths activities can be easily adapted for years 3 and 4.

Downloadable free resource: Third Space Festive Maths Pack

And there’s more from Third Space… all available to you for free:

• a free Christmas maths quiz ,
• some Christmas maths lessons suitable for Year 2 to Year 6
• daily maths questions , some with a wintery and Christmas theme on our maths hub.

Try them out and let us know what you think.

Looking for more fun maths activities ? Here are 19 fun end of term maths activities, some great back to school maths activities and our favourite fun maths lessons . If you want to send your pupils home with something to do in the holidays they won’t run out of ideas with these fun maths games for kids to do at home.

You will either be preparing to, or will have already, tucked into your advent calendar by now (and maybe eaten a few days ahead), so why not use a Maths advent calendar with your pupils? Every year, Nrich prepares a primary maths advent calendar linked to 24 engaging activities to use in the run-up to Christmas.

Each Christmas maths activity encourages Mathematical habits of mind: being curious, being thoughtful, being collaborative and being determined. These activities include Christmas co oridinates and colour by numbers.

The countdown until Christmas has become even more exciting with these fab activities from Nrich Maths.

Link:  Nrich Maths

Twitter: @nrichmaths

There are so many KS2 Christmas Maths activities available on Emaths, it was difficult to choose just one! Our favourite has to be the 4 x  Christmas Maths colouring activities  that incorporate addition, subtraction and multiplication. Perfect for struggling lower KS2 pupils, once completed, your pupils end up with a lovely, coloured image that’s perfect to take home to Mum and Dad. Take a look at our Christmas Maths Calculation Colouring Worksheet.

Emaths feature other great activities in Powerpoint, Excel and SmartBoard to use in the lead up to Christmas. If you’re looking for a bunch of KS2 Maths Christmas activities, this is the place to head to.

Link:  Emaths

Twitter: @EmathsUK

Teachers are well renowned for their selfless and caring attitudes but they sometimes forget the importance of their own mental health. We know self-care is always important but as Christmas can be a stressful time for many reasons, now might be a good time to reflect on how you are feeling and what you can do for your own wellbeing.

This tool from Public Health England asks you to complete a short quiz about your wellbeing before suggesting 6 self-care ideas that you could put into action. Make sure to take time for yourself in the lead up to Christmas and during the holidays.

Link: Every Mind Matters self-care tool

Mr Barton Maths is probably already on your must read list, but the Maths Christmas Activities and Resources section is a particular lifesaver during this point in the year. The section includes top Maths Christmas resources from the TES Maths website (secondary as well as primary).

Our top pick from Mr Barton’s selection is the  Christmas Maths murder mystery , guaranteed to be a crowdpleaser. Pupils are given a set of clue cards which define the task – of finding out who killed Santa – and give them all the necessary information to solve the mystery. This is a tricky but entertaining Christmas maths activity to encourage problem solving skills, and it is best suited to upper KS2.

Link:  Mr Barton Maths

Twitter: @mrbartonmaths

We couldn’t resist including this one, even if we’ve used it before…

Whether you’re taking the DfE’s advice to ‘hold a live nativity performance’ or not, you’ll find something to laugh at (and cry at after the year we’ve had!) here.

Mr P understands and his video shares the  struggles we’ve all experienced when putting on a show .

Remember that Christmas carol you loved before you agreed to organise your school’s nativity? Not anymore after rehearsing it for the thousandth time.

What about props falling midway through? You can handle a Christmas tree tumbling down as long as you’re prepared for it and have accepted it.

Be prepared for the technology to go wrong, half of your cast to be off sick and your Christmas play production to be one of your proudest moments this year.

If you like classroom laughs and learning about technology and you don’t already follow ICT with Mr P on Facebook you’re missing a trick.

Link:  Mr P’s ICT Blog

Twitter: @ICT_MrP

Christmaths Competition  website is a great resource to use  with your Year 6 class. We love just how many activities there are to choose from, including A Cartoon Christmaths, The Breindeer Christmaths and our personal favourite, Christmaths Crackers. These activites include fun ways to practice maths skills like sequencing, times tables practice demicals, counting activities, and code breakers.

If you’re on the hunt for exciting Maths tasks, this website is full of them – almost fuller than Santa’s sleigh on Christmas Eve! Thank you to the Twinkl KS2 Teaching Group on Facebook for this winner.

Link: The Christmaths Competiton

Here’s to a very relaxing and merry Christmas for all of you from everyone at Third Space Learning!

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Long-form conversations about teaching and learning with craig barton, maths christmas activities and resources.

With the last week of term finally upon us, I have collected together some of my favourite maths Christmas resources and activities from the TES Maths website. These are all freely available to download by registering on the website.

I hope you enjoy them, and you make it to the end of term in one piece!

1. The  Maths Christmas Activities booklet is crammed full of festive fun

2.  The “Who killed Santa?” mystery is a TES festive classic!

3.   GCSE Maths Christmas puzzles will keep your students thinking

4.  Try a bit of Christmas Countdown to keep the brain ticking over

5.   “Who Kidnapped Santa?” – Can you solve this maths mystery?

6.  There are bundles of quality in these maths Christmas worksheets

7.  Christmas and Tarsia – the perfect combination! 🙂

8. A Maths themed Christmas Quiz lesson

9. I have put together 11 Just for Fun Quiz rounds, including classics such as Xmas Song Lyrics, on my Diagnostic Questions website here

10. The wonderful Colleen Young has her own 2014 Maths Christmas Collection available here

Finally, here is my choice for the TES Maths Christmas Activity of the Year 2014:

You can download this lovely resource here

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Christmas Math Activities

Welcome to the Math Salamanders Christmas Math Activities. Here you will find a wide range of free printable Christmas Math sheets, Christmas Math games and Christmas math challenges.

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Here you will find a range of Christmas Math Activities from 1st grade and upwards.

There sheets are grouped by type and start off easier to harder. The Math skills involved include adding and subtracting.

We have a wide selection of different Christmas math activities, including:

• Christmas Nets
• Block Coordinates
• Line Coordinates
• Addition and Subtraction

Printable Christmas Crafts

We have created a few Christmas nets for craft activities around Christmas time.

It is best if you can print them out on card as they are a bit fiddly to do on paper.

Great for developing cutting and sticking skills and a fun activitiy to do around Christmas time.

• Printable Christmas Crafts (nets)

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Christmas Block Coordinates

Here are some block coordinate sheets with a Christmas theme. The answer sheets are shown as thumbnails.

The sheets use an alphanumerical coordinate grid where the horizontal axis is a letter and the vertical axis a number.

Each coordinate needs to be identified and then shaded the correct color.

• Christmas Block Coordinates Sheet 1
• Sheet 1 Answers
• PDF version
• Christmas Block Coordinates Sheet 2
• Sheet 2 Answers
• Christmas Block Coordinates Sheet 3
• Sheet 3 Answers
• Christmas Block Coordinates Sheet 4
• Sheet 4 Answers
• Christmas Block Coordinates Sheet 5
• Sheet 5 Answers
• Christmas Block Coordinates Sheet 6
• Sheet 6 Answers
• Christmas Block Coordinates Sheet 7

Christmas Line Coordinates

Here are some line coordinate sheets with a Christmas theme. The answer sheets are shown as thumbnails.

The first set of sheets - Find the Coordinates is easier.

The second set of sheets - Joining and Plotting Coordinates is harder.

Find the Christmas Coordinates

These sheets involve writing down the coordinates of different Christmas themed pictures on the grid.

There is also a challenge to find Santa's Secret Grotto using the clues on the sheet provided.

• Find the Christmas Coordinates 1
• Find the Christmas Coordinates 2

Find the Christmas Coordinates Walkthrough Video

This short video walkthrough shows our Find the Christmas Coordinates Sheet 1 being solved and has been produced by the West Explains Best math channel.

If you would like some support in solving the problems on these sheets, please check out the video below!

Christmas Line Coordinate Sheets

These sheets involve plotting and then joining sets of coordinates together.

The shapes must then be shaded in to create a Christmas picture.

These sheets are more challenging than the block coordinate sheets, and also the finding coordinate sheets.

• Christmas Line Coordinates Sheet 1
• Christmas Line Coordinates Sheet 2
• Christmas Line Coordinates Sheet 3
• Christmas Line Coordinates Sheet 4

Christmas Dot to Dot Worksheets

We also have several dot-to-dot worksheets with a Christmas theme.

The sheets can also be used as color-in sheets as well as dot to dot sheets.

The sheets have been put in order from smallest number of dots to the largest.

• Christmas dot-to-dot up to 15
• Dot to Dot Winter 1 (up to 20)
• Christmas Dot to Dot 1 (up to 20)
• Christmas Dot to Dot 2 (up to 22)
• Dot to Dot Winter 2 (up to 31)
• Christmas dot-to-dot up to 34
• Dot to Dot Winter 4 (up to 42)
• Christmas Dot to Dot 3 (up to 46)

Kindergarten Christmas Counting Activity

These kindergarten counting worksheets all have a Christmas theme.

They cover counting up to 12, and also matching and counting the correct objects.

Each sheet is available as a color version or as a coloring sheet in black and white.

• Kindergarten Christmas Counting 1
• b/w version
• Kindergarten Christmas Counting 2
• Kindergarten Christmas Counting 3
• Kindergarten Christmas Counting 4

Christmas Tree Addition and Subtraction

• Addition and Subtraction 1
• Addition and Subtraction 2
• Addition and Subtraction 3
• Addition and Subtraction 4
• Addition and Subtraction 5

Christmas Tree Activities Templates

Here you will find two template sheets for the Christmas math activities featured on this page. You can print these sheets and tailor them to suit your child's needs.

• Christmas Trees Challenge blank
• Christmas Tree Number Challenge blank

Looking for more Christmas themed worksheets

We have a wide selection of Christmas worksheets suitable for kids of all ages.

Christmas Math Worksheets & Challenges

Here is our selection of Christmas Math Challenges from 1st grade and upwards.

There are a range of challenges including code breaking, word problems, and word finding Christmas Math Challenges.

Each challenge is carefully graded and comes complete with answers.

• Christmas Maths Worksheets (Easy)
• Christmas Math Worksheets (Intermediate)
• Christmas Math Challenges (Harder)

Free Christmas Worksheets - Color in

We also have a selection of color-in Christmas worksheets.

There are writing and coloring, color-in and color-by-number sheets for your child to enjoy.

• Free Christmas Worksheets for kids

Penguin Dot to Dot

Check out our dot to dot worksheets with a penguin theme.

We have several sheets up to different totals.

• Penguin dot to dot worksheets

Winter Dot to Dot

Check out our dot to dot worksheets with a winter theme.

• Winter Dot to Dot worksheets

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KS2 Help Santa Save Christmas! Maths

KS2 Help Santa Save Christmas! Maths Activity

This KS2 Help Santa Save Christmas! Maths Activity that covers a broad range of mathematical objectives from across the Autumn blocks in Key Stage 2. For pupils to complete during the festive period.

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• KS2 Help Santa Save Christmas! Maths Activity, teacher information and answers.

National Curriculum Objectives

Mathematics Year 3: (3N2a)  Read and write numbers up to 1000 in numerals and in words

Mathematics Year 3: (3N4)  Identify, represent and estimate numbers using different representations

Mathematics Year 3: (3N2b)  find 10 or 100 more or less than a given number

Mathematics Year 4: (4N1)  Count in multiples of 6, 7, 9, 25 and 1,000

Mathematics Year 4: (4C6a)  Recall multiplication division facts for multiplication tables up to 12 × 12

Mathematics Year 5: (5N3b)  Read Roman numerals to 1,000 (M) and recognise years written in Roman numerals

Mathematics Year 5: (5M7a)  Measure and calculate the perimeter of composite rectilinear shapes in centimetres and metres

Mathematics Year 5: (5N5)  Interpret negative numbers in context, count forwards and backwards with positive and negative whole numbers, including through zero

Mathematics Year 5: (5C5d)  Recognise and use square numbers and cube numbers, and the notation for squared (2) and cubed (3)

Mathematics Year 5: (5C8a)  Solve problems involving multiplication and division including using their knowledge of factors and multiples, squares and cubes

Mathematics Year 6: (6F4)  Add and subtract fractions with different denominators and mixed numbers, using the concept of equivalent fractions

Mathematics Year 6: (6F6)  Associate a fraction with division and calculate decimal fraction equivalents [for example, 0.375] for a simple fraction [for example, 3/8]

Mathematics Year 6: (6C7c)  Divide numbers up to 4 digits by a 2-digit whole number using the formal written method of long division, and interpret remainders as whole number remainders, fractions, or by rounding as appropriate for the context

Mathematics Year 6: (6C8)  Solve problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division

Mathematics Year 6: (6C5)  Identify common factors, common multiples and prime numbers

About this Resource

This festive resource has been designed for pupils in Year 6. It covers a broad range of mathematical objectives from across the Autumn blocks in Key Stage 2 and could be used to consolidate children’s prior learning. Pupils can work independently or in pairs to complete this activity. Multiple-choice answers are provided for each question.

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