The first broadcast provides a focus for addition, subtraction, and multiplication. Calculations also involve the passage of time.
Broadcast date: 19 September 2006
SEELB code: RO0099 - Although this series has finished, programmes are still available to borrow or purchase from the Audio Visual Recording service at SELB. Just quote this SELB number in your correspondence with the unit.
Story outline:
In the first programme, we are introduced to the main characters:- Dylan the Number Cruncher DJ who works at Radio 321; Rhoda the Roving Radio Reporter and Jamie Murray, a pupil at Mount Primary School. The pupils at Mount Primary School are moving to a brand new building which is to be opened by the pop group N17. Some interesting mathematical challenges arise and the listeners are invited to help Jamie and his friends find the answers.
NORTHERN IRELAND CURRICULUM
Key Stage 1: Number, Measures Pupils should have opportunities to:- add mentally up to three single digit numbers; know multiplication tables relating to the 2s, 5s, 10s and other tables as appropriate; use these facts in problem solving situations; begin to read the five minute intervals on the analogue clock
Key Stage 2: Number Pupils should have opportunities to:- explore larger numbers, including counting in different sizes of step.
Learning outcomes:
Pupils will develop skills in mental maths.
Pupils will apply their knowledge of multiplication facts to problem solving situations.
Pupils will develop listening skills.
AFTER THE PROGRAMME
Number Blitz:
Teachers may wish to consolidate the learning outcomes by introducing Number Blitz - a 30 second speed test of mental maths, involving the four operations of number, money and time. There are 10 questions in each Number Blitz test. Pupils may tackle the questions by answering each question in the test and recording their answer, or they may carry the running total in their head and record the final answer only. Marks are awarded out of 10 points. The tests can be written on the blackboard or on overhead transparencies. Number Blitz examples are included in Worksheet 3.
Points for Pupils to Ponder:
I wonder if you could make up your own Number Blitz tests for your classmates to solve. You could be in charge of timing and giving out answers. Is it possible to make up a variety of Number Blitz tests to include money, length, weight and capacity?
I wonder how many chairs are in your school altogether. Don't forget any that are in the dining room. How could you go about getting a rough answer without going into every classroom and counting them? Do you need a calculator to help you? Work with a friend.
