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Planning and Strategy practice for Reception – Year 6
Reasoning & puzzles · Problem Solving · Early Years (EYFS), Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2. Planning, strategy, word puzzles and algorithms.
What your child will learn
- Choose a sensible, safe way to solve an everyday problem and justify it.
- Solve sharing problems fairly and explain the solution.
- Plan ahead in games and puzzles by thinking about what could happen after each move.
- Compare different strategies for a problem and explain which is most efficient.
Try some free planning and strategy questions
These are real BrightWorld questions. In the app, every question adapts to your child’s level and comes with hints and worked examples.
Question 1. Your favourite book is on a high shelf. What is the best idea?
- Climb the shelves
- Give up forever
- Ask a grown-up to help
Show the answer
Ask a grown-up to help
Question 2. In a game, players take 1, 2 or 3 counters in turn. Whoever takes the LAST counter wins. It is your turn and there are 5 left. How many should you take?
- 2
- 3
- 1
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1
Question 3. You want to find EVERY way to make 10p using 5p, 2p and 1p coins. What is the best approach?
- Pick coins at random until you get bored
- Work systematically, starting with the most 5p coins
- Only use 1p coins
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Work systematically, starting with the most 5p coins
How BrightWorld helps with planning and strategy
Children practise planning and strategy at Easy, Medium or Hard, in mixed quizzes, in the Answer Run game and inside story missions. If they get stuck, they get a hint and a worked example; if they’re flying, the questions get harder. Parents see how they’re doing in the parent area.
Practise planning and strategy in BrightWorld
BrightWorld starts at your child’s level with a quick, fun check, then adapts as they learn. No ads, no strangers, and you see what they’ve learned.
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BrightWorld starts at your child’s level with a quick, fun check, then adapts as they learn. No ads, no strangers, and you see what they’ve learned.
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