[eal-bilingual] Help wanted with maths activities

I support in a year 3 Numeracy set once a week and, last year, persuaded
the class teacher to trial it as a weekly games session.  We made use of
anything we could find to link in with the objective for the week,
giving the children the chance to apply the concepts they were learning
and focusing as much as possible on vocabulary and speaking and
listening skills.  We made great use of the materials on collaborative
learning (what a fantastic site!) as well as a number of photocopiable
games in new and old purchased resource books and (when I had time) I
made games of my own.  Even so, it was all a bit ad-hoc last year and
sometimes finding relevant games was difficult - we often resorted to
using games that didn't quite fit but which the children enjoyed and
would at least practice the basics such as number bonds etc.  Despite
this mackling approach the sessions were a great success, the children
learned loads (including how to share and take turns) and we've decided
to carry them on for this year's Year 3's.   

So, if anyone has any games they can share with me I would really
appreciate it.  The ideal game is one I can photocopy for use with a
class of 30ish children, with simple instructions they can grasp quickly
and, where possible, can be played with minimal equipment that we'd find
in class (dice, counters, unifix cubes etc) rather than needing lots of
cards photocopying and cutting out (even when we have time to do this,
with so many children playing them at once the sets often get mixed up
and it's a nightmare to sort them out again).  I've recently been sent
some fantastic barrier games by a lady in Ketley which also list the NNS
objectives each game practices and I'm hoping to put this kind of
information on all the games we use, to make our sessions more 'formal'
in the event of us having 'formal' visitors in school.

Cheers in advance!

Alison Mott

Leicestershire EMASS