What's included in the Count Backwards within 10 Continuous Provision resource and why is it useful?

Year 1 Count Backwards within 10 Continuous Provision resource includes planning for eight provision activities. The planning can be used to set up the activities in one or more provision areas, such as small world, construction or maths area. The activities have been designed for children to access independently as part of the lesson or as a follow-up. Each activity covers counting to 10, forwards and backwards, beginning with 0 or 1, or from any given number.

This pack includes ideas for the following areas:

• Maths area – count backwards using a number track and counters

• Outdoor area – jump backwards on a chalk number track

• Construction area – remove one brick at a time from a tower to count backwards

• Small World – rocket count down to ‘blast off’

• Malleable area – squash dough ‘asteroids’ whilst counting back to zero

• Writing area – write numbers on blank number track by counting back

• Reading area – share countdown stories and rhymes

• Creative area – create a rocket to countdown to ‘blast off’

How do our continuous provision resources work?

Our Continuous Provision resources work best alongside our teaching PowerPoints, which walk you through the whole lesson along with other lesson resources that you can find on our Count Backwards within 10 lesson page. Children can use the activities to flexibly access their learning to improve fluency or to deepen and apply their knowledge as part of their reasoning and problem solving.

The Continuous Provision activities:

• Can be used at different points throughout the lesson.

• Can be used alongside the Varied Fluency and Reasoning and Problem Solving worksheets to provide meaningful opportunities for practice.

• Can be used to revisit the activities to consolidate their understanding, giving them the time and space to really focus and deepen their thinking and reasoning skills, which supports mastery of the concept.

• Support observation and assessment as children apply their learning independently through play.

This resource is designed to align to White Rose Maths version 3. Classroom Secrets Limited is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or in any way connected to White Rose Education Limited. Our products are original to Classroom Secrets Limited and any reference to White Rose Maths is solely for the purpose of indicating compatibility and does not imply any association with White Rose Education.