Topics: Starter | Mental Methods

• Louise, Brixham
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• The 14 pounds was a great motivator - after the lesson I discovered 14 pounds is a stone hahaha. I shall use this motivation again although obviously it will only work once with each group
  A good starter to get the kids working through all 4 rules of number
• Tony Leach, Rickmansworth
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• Good challenge, and I am looking forward to receiving a heavy parcel soon!
• Tom Lashland, Australia
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• Well, that was a surprise! I was thinking I could get easy cash but...
  I got a stone.
• P McGinn, Kent
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• The "prize" joke at the end did not go down at all well ... for a difficult starter (that can take some time) seeing a joke when promised something else can take the wind out of the sails...
• K. Wyman, Dorcehster Primary
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• The "prize" didn't go down well, especially as some children had worked really hard to solve each question.
• Mr M, London
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• This was a very good starter, my class were very motivated and even calculated how much money they would each get. At the end when the stone came up they felt very disappointed but pleased with what they had achieved as a class.
• Mr P, London
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• The class loved this one. They couldn't contain themselves when they realised they had been fooled!

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