Resources Needed for Abacus Evolve Framework Edition Year 3

Abacus Evolve Framework Edition Year 2

Resources needed for Abacus Evolve Framework Edition Year 2

Number cards - number cards 0–100 - number cards 0–10, each with it’s ‘partner’ to 10 on the back - Doubles cards 5, 10, 15, 20, …, 50 (each number has its double in a different colour on the back) - number cards 1–10, each with their multiple of 5 in a different colour on the back - number cards 1–10, each with their multiple of 2 in a different colour on the back

Other cards - large place-value cards (tens and units) - cards showing clock faces: two each of 1 o’clock, 2 o’clock, … 12 o’clock - 14 day cards: two each of Monday, Tuesday, …Sunday - 12 month cards: January, February, …December - Labels: ‘cube’, ‘cuboid’, ‘pyramid’, ‘cone’, ‘cylinder’, ‘square’, ‘rectangle’, ‘triangle’, ‘pentagon’, ‘hexagon’

Other paper resources - large 100-square - Small 100-squares - Large 101–200 number grid - 100-square with extra column on the left-hand side with multiples of ten - Large 100-square with multiples of 10 marked in blue - 0–100 number line - Large cardboard coins (2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1, £2) - Two intersecting circles (or paper plates) of equal size: make a straight cut to the centre of each circle and slide them together - 20–40 number line - 30–50 number line - Paper circles of the same size

Pictures of characters - Pobble - Bisky Bat - Blue Baboon - Attery Squash - Midgard the wooden/cardboard dragon - Mr Bear - Turkey from The Owl and the Pussy-Cat by Edward Lear - A picture of the London Marathon - Pictures of Egyptian pyramids - A picture of a crowd (between 100 and 500 people)

Stationery - Sticky notes - Scissors - Three 30 cm rulers marked in centimetres - Transparent ruler - Large sheets of paper - Rectangular and square sheets of paper - Blu-Tack - Poster paint - Stickers - Felt-tipped pens

Physical resources - The Owl and the Pussy-Cat by Edward Lear - Teddy bear - Puppet

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- Wooden or cardboard dragon - Pictures or puppets of characters from The Owl and the Pussy-Cat (optional) - About 45 pebbles - About 60 marbles - About 38 linking cubes in various colours, including blue and yellow - 10 cm rods e.g. base-10 rods - Counters - Transparent counters - Jar - A pot - Box or cloth bag - Mug - Plate - Jug - Cup - Beaker - Several transparent containers of differing capacities, including cylindrical containers (to include some with capacities less than a litre) - Litre measure, calibrated in 100 ml - Half-litre measure - Egg-cup - Objects to weigh (some more and some less than 1kg) - Bucket/pan balance - Set of uniform bricks - 1 kg weights - Ten 100g weights - Weighing scales, calibrated in kilograms and 100 grams - Height-measurer e.g. a tape measure attached to the wall - A plastic or card model of a shark - A right-angle tester, for example a corner of a card - a paintbrush less than 30 cm long - a metre stick marked in centimetres - a 5m tape measure - Roughly 8 m of string/rope - Coins: 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1, £2 - Notes: £5, £10 - Opaque purse - Three transparent purses or money bags - Three items with price labels e.g. a pencil case (25p), a pencil (4p) and a pencil sharpener (2p) - Old and battered teddy with a price label of 84p - Packet of cheese or savoury biscuits - Pieces of fruit e.g. an orange, a grapefruit, a banana and grapes - 1–6 dice - Three large dice - Dice numbered 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 - Large dice with 6 and 1 replaced by 10 - 3D shapes: three different versions each of cubes, cuboids, pyramids, prisms, spheres, cylinders, cones, a hemisphere - 2D shapes: squares, rectangles, circles, triangles, pentagons, hexagons, octagons (including irregular polygons) - 0–9 number fans - Drinking straws - large analogue clock face with moveable hands - Digital clock - 1-minute sand timer - Stop-clock with a second hand - hat - Washing line - 40 pegs

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- Coat hanger - Individual whiteboards - Large mirror - Two or more sets of dominoes - Set of large dominoes - Beanbag - A pack of playing cards - 10-point counting stick with mid-point clearly marked - Two counting-sticks, one divided into halves and one divided into quarters, e.g. with insulating tape - Three hats or badges, labelled ‘hundreds’, ‘tens’ and ‘units’ - Pin-board - Rubber bands - Polydron cone made from a semi-circle and a circle - Large coat hanger with 10 hanging stars to slide along it

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