This session worked really well though was not without its challenges. I think the pace and variety of activities was well balanced and all of the activities were quite achievable. I was probably right about two sets of the cards being helpful. In the first place more cards to find and in the second I could split up big groups as there were more than is comfortably good to make one group for a task. Anyway, it went ok except for a complaint of two about wanting a particular colour or not being allowed in. It was a good task as it allowed those with some timestables knowledge to support others and got some conversations going. It also helped to familiarise them with that style of writing numbers which will help when the lattice method is dealt with.
Moving on to the circles investigation - also a good task but this was the point where some lost the desire to keep doing what I had asked and tried to find their own patterns.
I also noticed that some of them who may not have been sure of their tables shied away from doing this or just did one activity.It would have been good if some of them could have investigated the circles further. I should try to think of a question or a challenge such as finding which fives belongs to two different circles. or which circles don't have any 5s ((and why)
I tried to end with the hopscotch game but only one or two were up for it. Developmentally it was a good game but like all things, it requires selling to the explorers.
lets see what we can change for Brixton
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