Lesson video

Hi everyone.

And welcome to the Oak National Academy.

We're going to be trying to help you to learn some maths.

So I'm Mr. Latham.

I'm going to be one of your teachers to help support you.

Okay.

Let's get started with the lesson.

So our first unit that we're going to look at is fractions.

And our first lesson is going to be describing the part-whole relationship.

Now, for every lesson that we have, I'm going to give you some resources that you might need to get, or to make sure that you have, that you can take part in the lesson smoothly.

Now for this lesson, it's nice and simple, you just need a pencil and some paper.

Now, other things that you need to be aware of is this is one big, long video.

As we go through the video, so you can take part and engage with it, I'm going to ask you to pause the video at times, to complete some things and then when you're ready to play the video again.

If you see this button, the pause button that might be telling you that some point on that slide, you're going to have to pause.

I will try and let you know when that will be.

To begin, we're going to go through some of these star words, the key vocabulary that we're going to need in this lesson.

So we're going to do it by saying my turn, your turn.

I'm going to say it, then you say it back.

Part.

Whole.

Part of the whole.

Split.

Divide.

Now, if you're not sure about any of those words, maybe pause the video and you can have a bit of a think about what they all mean.

'Cause we need to make sure that we know what they mean.

If you're not sure, then hopefully by the end of the lesson, you will be able to go back and explain what those words mean.

Okay.

A bit of a warmup here.

I've got some pictures here.

These are pictures taken in London.

Now, I wonder if you can see any maths within these photos.

Any maths at all, it could be shapes.

It could be addition that you could do.

Perhaps you could add up all the boats.

Maybe you could do some subtraction.

Maybe you could do some capacity or multiplication.

Have a bit of a think about what you can do.

May make a list or talk to someone who's next to you about all the different things you can see.

Pause the video now, do that, then when you're ready, play the video again.

Okay.

How did you do? Did you find lots of different maths in there? I can see lots.

We can see, ooh let me look.

I could add up all of these boats that I've got here.

Maybe I can add up all the boats and then subtract the amount of towers that I've got here.

Uh, looking at this one, I can see lots of shapes.

I can see some triangles here, that's to do with maths.

Lots of different maths.

What did you come up with? Okay.

Let's carry on.

Now, we're going to start thinking about parts and wholes.

Now, here's a picture that we saw in our last slide of the London Eye.

Now, this is another picture of one pod in the London Eye.

So if a pod is part of a whole, this pod is part of the whole, what would the whole be? Have a think.

Okay, I can see in the London Eye here, I can see individual pods.

There they are and this is it zoomed in.

So if a pod's part of the whole, the whole would be the London Eye.

Okay? But I could also then start thinking about other examples.

If, the whole London Eye, if the London Eye is a part, then what could the whole be? Could be lots of different things.

Could be London.

Could be England.

Could be the south bank, where this is, the street.

Lots of different options for us there.

Here's another example for you to think about.

If the queue is the whole, then what would a part be? What is a part of that queue? Pause the video now and come up with an answer.

Okay, what did you come up with? Ah, so my answer would be if the queue is the whole, then one of these people in the queue is a part of it.

And actually, well, three of them could also be a part of it.

Anything, which isn't all of them, which is the whole, is a part of that whole.

Okay, so we're seeing some nice practical examples of where we see parts and wholes in the real world.

Now, it's over to you.

This is a task for you to think about and to talk about.

So we've got some different examples of parts and wholes.

For each one, I want you to think about what is the part and which is the whole? And how would you know? Can you try and explain that? So you've got some different examples here.

So the one we just looked at was the London Eye and a pod.

What about Sherwood Forest, where Robin Hood lives, and an oak, an oak tree? Which would be the part? Which would be the whole? What about the world and Great Britain, where we live? Which would be the part? Which would be the whole? And then I've got examples of Great Britain and Cambridge, which is a city.

Which would be the part? Which would be the whole? For each one, have a look at it and try and explain how you know.

How each one is a part, and each is the whole.

You might then want to think about for each whole, are there are any other parts that you could have? For example, the oak tree.

If an acorn is a part, is there anything else that could be a part of an oak tree? Pause the video now.

Have a go at that, and when you've got lots of different answers and you've talked about it, then play the video again.

Okay, hopefully you're back and you've come up with lots of great answers using that really important part-whole language that we've got over here.

Let's move on then.

Thinking a little bit more now.

Here I've got a picture of the whole world.

Now, if the whole world is the whole, what could a part of that whole world be? What could a part be? Now I'm thinking, mm, maybe a part could be a country.

'Cause that will be a part of the world as the whole.

Or perhaps, England, or Australia, all of them are parts.

Some parts are a bit bigger than other parts, but they're all a part of it.

And I can see all this blue here and that makes me think, oh, maybe all of the oceans, the oceans are a part of the whole world.

They're a part of the whole.

So lots of different examples there.

Which examples can you come up with? Now if we zoomed inwards, let's think and now zoom outwards.

Here's a bit of a challenge.

If the world is a part, the world is a part of something, what would the whole be? The world is a part.

What could the whole be? Anyone good at science? Let you think about that.

What examples have you come up with? I thought, if the world is a part, then the universe is the whole.

'Cause the world, the earth is just one small part of the universe.

We are a part.

So that shows again that something like the world or any other thing can be a part of something, but it can also be a whole.

So it could be either.

Right guys, it's over to you now for your main activity.

Now, I've got some images on the right, over here.

What I want you to do is to use the part-whole language that we've talked about and we've used so far in this session and to try and think about what could go in the missing gaps.

So this, 24 hours is a day.

If the day is a whole, what could a part be? So think of possible answers.

You might come up with more than one, if you're super clever.

And if a day is a part, what is the whole? What could the whole be? Likewise, if the house is a whole, what is a part? Could there be a different options? And a house is a part, then what is the whole? So some different things for you there.

Try and fill in and get yourself some options there.

Once you've done that, as a bit of an extra challenge, can you come up with your own part-whole relationships? And can you draw some pictures to show how they are the part or the whole.

Try and explain how you know that one is a part and one is the whole.

Have a go at that now and then pause the video when you're finished, play the video again, and we'll go through some possible answers that you could have.

So pause now.

Okay guys, hopefully you are back and you've got lots of good answers as well as some of your own thoughts and ideas.

Let's have a look at some answers that we could have had then.

So, possible answers.

If the day is the whole, then an hour is a part.

That's one possible answer and you might have got something slightly different.

Then just double check that you're happy that your answer is correct.

If a day is a part, then a year is the whole.

If a year is a whole, then a day is a part of the year.

Happy with that? Great.

If the whole is the part, oh, sorry.

I'll start again.

If the house is the whole, then what is the part? Maybe the door is a part of the house.

And if a house is a part, then the street is the whole.

We can see this whole street here and that one house is just a part of it.

So look around your house.

Maybe you can think of more examples.

Now, the park.

I know we can't really go to the park at the moment, but I've got a picture here anyway.

So if the park is the whole, then maybe the path is a part.

And if the park is just a part, then maybe the town is the whole.

Now, what answers did you come up with? Did you come up with any exciting ones in your challenge? Maybe you can share them with someone else now.

Okay guys.

Thank you very much for participating today and hopefully you've got a much better understanding of a part and a whole.

That's going to be really important as we carry on going through these lessons that we really understand that part and whole.

So make sure that you really feel confident.

Thank you very much for taking part in this lesson.

Before you go, make sure you complete your final quiz, to finish the lesson and I will see you again tomorrow.

Goodbye.