Using the Number Fun Portal effectively to engage children in deep learning experiences
This page is designed to help you maximise the impact of using Number Fun in your teaching of primary mathematics. Each of the 300+ Number Fun videos helps children engage with and understand a specific mathematical concept. Number Fun is designed to engage all children in deep learning experiences, whatever scheme of work you are following.
Either scroll down the page to access the short video clips or click any section below to navigate more quickly. We hope the following you find this information helpful and we’d love to hear how you’re getting on!
Foundations
What you need to know to use the Number Fun Portal successfully.
Teaching
Guidance on how to use and maximise the impact of a Number Fun Video presentation.
Planning
Guidance on how to incorporate Number Fun successfully into your ongoing planning
Assessment
Guidance on the use of the Number Fun for formative assessment
Foundations
What you need to know to use the Number Fun Portal successfully.
Understanding the unique nature of the Number Fun resources is crucial in maximising their impact in the classroom. Number Fun has 6 key characteristics:
1: Visualisation
2: Animation
3: Story
4: Vocabulary
5: Song
6: Humour
The majority of the Number Fun videos include a song. Each song might be categorised into one or more of the following types, each with their own unique characteristics:
Type 1: Concept Songs
Type 2: Input/Output Songs
Type 3: Memory Songs
Accompanying each video on the Number Fun Portal each song are the following creative resources:
1: Teacher Ideas Pack
2: Downloadable PowerPoint File
3: Full Track Recording
4: Backing Track Recording
Number Fun naturally blends mathematics and music together. There are additional, powerful links to other currculum subjects that can be exploited:
1: Core Subjects – Literacy
2: Foundation Subjects – Geography, History, Music, PE, Art and Design
3: Modern Foreign Languages
Teaching
Guidance on how to use and maximise the impact of a Number Fun Video presentation
Exactly how you use a Number Fun video in your lesson is important. Choose from these creative options to maximise its power and impact:
Option 1: Play and Engage
Option 2: Play and Mirror
Option 3: Watch, Discuss, Re-watch, Reason
Option 4: Section, Reason, Section, Reason, …
Option 5: Watch, Reason, Retell
Option 6: Play and Remember
Option 7: Screenshot
Once a video has been used as a teaching tool, here are a few ideas for extending it’s use:
1: Screenshot
2: Adaptation
3: Games and Activities
Here are 6 potential ways in which the use of Number Fun might naturally be reflected in your working wall:
1: Number Fun Images
2: Screenshot
3: Reasoning Prompts
4: Vocabulary and Definitions
5: Children’s Work
6: Interactive Elements
Planning
Guidance on how to incorporate Number Fun successfully into your ongoing planning
The following tools are available to help you successfully incorporate the use of Number Fun into your planning and lessons:
1: White Rose Maths Planning – Quick Link Documents
2: Ready to Progress Criteria / DfE & NCETM Non-Statutory Guidance
3: Sense of Number / Number Fun Visual Policies
4: Number Fun Shop
5: Resources Search Tool – The Best Way to Navigate the Portal
6: Navigation Menu System and Search Bar
Assessment
Guidance on how the use of the Number Fun resources can lead to opportunities for formative assessment
Here are six potential ways that engagement with the Number Fun resources can lead opportunities for formative assessment:
1: Reasoning
2: Story
3: Song Words
4: Journalling
5: Games and Activity Sheets
6: Active Engagement with a Video
