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Original “The Classroom” concept developed by Schools OUT UK

COLOURS AND COUNTING

Subject: Maths Key Stage 1

Helping you to deliver an LGBT+ INCLUSIVE CURRICULUM

Colours and Counting | Maths | Key Stage 1

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KS1 Maths National Curriculum:

• Given a number, identify one more and one less. • Identify and represent numbers using objects and pictorial representations including

the number line, and use the language of: equal to, more than, less than (fewer), most, least.

• Read and write numbers from 1 to 20 in numerals and words.

Students can:

• Identify how many colours there are in different flags. • Design and create their own flag using their counting skills. • Compare different flags.

Supplied:

• PowerPoint, including worksheets on slides 18 and 23 Needed:

• Colouring pencils or crayons • Optional: Number lines to support counting

1. Read the lesson plan and familiarise yourself with the activities. 2. Print slide 18 (one per student - optional) and slide 23 (one per student). 3. The lesson uses the terms lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans, and explains what these

words mean. Your students may ask you additional questions.

Aims

Resources

Preparation

Learning Intentions

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Time Slide(s) Activity Method

5 mins 4-8

Starter - Flags

All: Where do we see flags? Could be done as a pair/share or bounce the question around the class.

3 mins 9 Learning Intentions

Opportunity to share the learning intentions, date and title.

2 mins 10-11

Big Picture

In reference to the LGBT+ rainbow flag: ‘How is this flag different to other flags?’ (The Big Picture links the lesson content to events outside of school. The lesson will support students in looking at the flag in more detail.)

10 mins 12-16 Pair/Share – LGBT+

All: The Rainbow Flag is a symbol of LGBT+ people. LGBT stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans. Do you know what these words mean? (Opportunity to address misconceptions.)

15 mins 17-22 New Material All: LGBT+ people use lots of different flags. We are going to look at some of them. ASK: Sometimes we call LGBT+ flags “pride” flags, why do you think this is? (You can use slide 18, printed or otherwise, or share with students the bisexual, trans, LGBT+ and progress flags.) For each flag, the students should count the number of different colours and write their answers as a number and as a word.

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15 mins 23 Deepen Your Understanding

Easier: Create a flag with: • 4 stripes • Seven spots • 11 stars • Six different colours

Harder: Look at the LGBT+ Pride Flag. Create a flag with:

• 1 less colour • Two more stripes • Eleven spots • 6 stars

10 mins 24-26 Review and Reflect - The LGBT+ Pride Flag

(Share slide 24 with students or share images of the original, the 6 stripe and the 8 stripe pride flags) Easier: How many colours in:

a) The first? b) The second? c) The third?

Harder: a) How many fewer stripes does the second flag have

than the first? b) How many more stripes does the third flag have than

the second?