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Brimscombe CE VA Primary School

Brimscombe CE VA Primary School

& Ladybirds Pre-School

Brimscombe CE VA Primary School

Maths: Design a country garden

We had great fun creating our own country garden using mathematical skills, adding and subtracting money, using timetable knowledge whilst staying within a £500 budget!

I challenged the children to design their own country garden giving them a range of items to add to their creation e.g. a pond, bed of daisies, oak trees benches etc. The items cost a certain amount of money and used up a number of squares. They needed to think carefully about what would attract customers whilst not crossing their £500 budget!

Here was my example:

Here are some children's work:

 

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