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Do you want to teach the ‘Patterns’ topic to younger children? This is the app to inspire you in the classroom and for pupils and parents at home. This is the app where all content has been made by children for children.

Patterns can be found all around us and especially in nature. The children at Trallwng Infants School have built ‘Pattern Town’ for children to explore in augmented reality on their device. What patterns can they find? Which is the tallest pattern building? Which is the smallest building? Can you copy any of the patterns using blocks? Teach positional language ‘next to’, ‘ in front of’ etc. Children will be inspired to build their own ‘Pattern Town’ either digitally or using real world resources.

Inspire the children in your class or at home to explore animal patterns by looking at examples created by the Trallwng pupils. Can they design their own animal patterns either digitally on their devices or using traditional resources. If you are a teacher or parent share your work with us on Twitter @trallwnginf.

The Y2 pupils have created their own Digital Portrait Gallery to inspire you. The pupils in your class can use the Keynote app to create their digital portraits.

Our children have created Stop Frame animations using leaves as they have explored the patterns in nature. Pupils in your class can watch to find inspiration for their own animations. Can they think of other resources from nature to add to their animations?

Dances are a sequence of patterns that are repeated. The Trallwng pupils have created their own dance pattern routines for you to follow. Can you create dance patterns in your class? Let the children teach their routines to others or record their pattern dances using their devices.

The children have produced all the content for our Teaching and Learning resources which include random generators for coloured shapes, 2D shapes, story scene settings, story characters and money.

Use the ‘Coloured Shapes Random Generator Tool’ in a wide variety of teaching activities, e.g. each coloured symbol relates to a specific task for the children to complete.

The ‘2D shape Tool’ allows the teaching of 2D shapes in a fun engaging way. Can the children name the generated shape, and can they tell you the shape’s properties? How many sides does the shape have?

During story writing the ‘SettingTool’ and ‘ ‘Character Tool’ can be used to inspire and challenge the children. What happens when the Teacher, Dragon and Pirate went to explore the cave?

Use the ‘Money Tool’ to help while teaching money to younger children. How much would it cost to buy a book for 50p and a ruler for £1?

Keep following our Blog and Twitter page, available in the app, to see how we are using the tools in the classroom.