Happy Holidays! 3 Summer Maths Investigations for KS2

The summer holidays are almost upon us so time to bring out our summer holiday maths investigations for KS2. These are tried and tested staples from our series of topical maths resources.

They’re fun maths investigations, they work, and they’re sufficiently open ended activities to use in Year 3, Year 4, Year 5 or Year 6 maths lessons. Or you can give them for homework over the holidays!

As part of our series of topical Maths investigations, turning calendar dates into fun activities for Key Stage 2 around the country, we’ve created some topical activities with a summer twist.

We’re thinking ice cream, theme parks and beaches – with a dash of reasoning & problem solving thrown into the mix. Plus, as an added bonus, there investigations will cut your planning time down to printing and marking.

These activities are all available to print from our Topical Maths Summer 2 Resource Pack  printable, so you can do them in class or pupils can take them home to complete over the holidays.

Summer Holiday Maths Activity 1: Ice Cream

Ice cream is always a popular treat in the holidays. Though we all know they are delicious, who knew they could be used as part of a holiday Maths investigation?

Try this one out with your pupils, or download the free printable worksheet here and give it to them to try over the summer holidays:

Summer Holiday Maths activity 2: Logic Puzzle

Over the summer holidays, the seaside is the place to go! Make sure to take a bucket and spade, and this holiday Maths activity!

You can download this Maths investigation as a printable worksheet to send home with pupils over the holidays. But, as always, it’s also great for completing in the classroom.

Work out the missing total in the logic puzzle below:

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Summer Holiday Maths Activity 3: Theme Park Investigation

Another holiday must, the theme park maths investigation! Raucous, exciting, and sometimes scary – perfect for an exciting holiday Maths activity.

You can send pupils home with a printable version of this problem and some squared paper, or bring a theme park theme into classroom Maths investigations:

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