NARRATOR:'Ready, steady, Number Squad, Bring on the numbers. Here's Rodd!'
RODD:Goal!
NARRATOR:'Rodd!'
RODD:Oh yeah. Oh yeah.
NARRATOR:'Rodd!'
RODD:It's you! My favourite people. I'm feeling exceptionally number-ish today.
RODD:Thank you, you're too kind.
RODD:You know what, everybody? I've got a problem.
RODD:One of my players is injured.
RODD:I know! And there are no substitutes in table football. But… I am going to handle this problem. I will deal with this set back, because, it gives me the chance to do a sum. Oh yeah.
RODD:Now tell me, on a real football pitch, how many players are there in the team?
RODD:One… Two… Three… Four… Five… Six… Seven… Eight… Nine… Ten… Eleven.
RODD:There are indeed eleven. The question is, if one of those players gets injured, how many players are left?
RODD:We're going to need a little mathematical action, figuring it out, just using… Subtraction!
RODD:What is eleven take away one? Let's figure it out!
RODD:Can you count with me? Great.
RODD:One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six. Seven. Eight. Nine. Ten. Eleven. Full team! But, let's say one gets injured.
RODD:Can you blow this one over? Okay, after three. One, two, three… Blow!
RODD:Brilliant, thank you! You alright, buddy?
RODD:Okay. There are less players. How many are left? Let's count.
RODD:One, two, three… Four, five, six… Seven, eight, nine… Ten left! That's ten players remaining. So, eleven players, take away one, leaves ten players. When you take away, you always get fewer. That's subtraction! You rock!
NARRATOR:'Attention, attention, Number Squad. Find a space and move with Rodd.'
RODD:Okay, new game. Pretend keepie uppie.
RODD:Have you found a space? Great, alright. Do a couple with me.
RODD:Balance. Ready? One, two. Good job! Now, here's the game.
RODD:I'm going to point to a number, and you have to do one less than that. So, say I pointed to… Three. How many keepie uppies would you do?
RODD:There's the three. What's one less than three?
RODD:That's right! We count back one… To two! Two keepie uppies! Great, are you ready? Alright.Here we go. Ready, and… One. Two. Great! Okay. I'm going to point to…
RODD:Let's see, let's see…
RODD:Eleven. What's one less than eleven? Ten! You remembered! Brilliant! Let's do it again, come on. Here we go. Are you ready? Alright.
RODD:One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, and ten! Number Squad, you rock.
RODD:Yes! # If you ever wanna be clever #
Take away, let's do it again
From eleven, take this one
And you know it's got to be ten
If you wanna know what to do
Listen up, I'm telling you
Easy when you're on the track
Feels so good when you're counting back
I feel the numbery
RODD:See you next time! Bye!
Rodd is playing table football when he discovers that one of the players is injured.
Rodd invites the children to help him work out how many players are left on the team, using subtraction.
The children ‘blow down’ one of Rodd’s playpeople footballers, and then join in a ‘keepy-uppy’ game involving a number track.
The children can join in Rodd’s number rap about ‘11 take away 1’.
This is from the series: Counting with Rodd Counting with Rodd 2
Teacher Notes
Students could create a miniature football game using eleven figurines made of cardboard and a rolled up foil football.
Students could roll the football and knock down a player who would become 'injured'.
How many players are left in the team now? This could be repeated and the students could try to knock down more than more player.
How many are left now? Students could also play Rodd's 'keeping up' game in groups.
Curriculum Notes
This clip is relevant for teaching Maths at KS1 in England, Foundation Phase in Wales and Early and 1st Level in Scotland. Also Foundation and KS1 in Northern Ireland.
More from the series: Counting with Rodd Counting with Rodd 2
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Maths KS1: Adding 2 to 2. video
Rod learns about the addition of 2 plus 2 by counting on his special abacus.
Maths KS1: Adding 1 to 3. video
Rodd practises adding one and three together by counting the buttons on his clown coat and juggling with fruit. He asks the children to join in with a clown footsteps game and a number rap.
Maths KS1: Counting down from 10. video
Rodd is about to do a test countdown and asks the children to help him count down from 10, checking to see that as he says each number, each light on his rocket goes out.
Maths KS1: Adding from 1 to 20. video
Rodd has a bad cold and is at home. Bored, he looks out of his window and counts the cars on a bridge. Realising that he needs to count more than 10, he has the idea of making an unusual abacus...
Maths KS1: Adding 1 to 6. video
Rodd practises adding one and six together by using his marble run, a rollercoaster and singing the Six Plus One rap.
Maths KS1: Subtracting 1 from 5. video
Rodd is trying to squeeze 5 jumpers into his camping rucksack. He has to take 1 out, and shows us that we can use subtraction to work out how many jumpers are left inside.
Maths KS1: Subtracting 2 from 4. video
Rodd finds his microphone is faulty. He repairs it by putting in 2 new batteries from a pack of 4. He challenges the children to work out how many batteries are left in the pack.
Maths KS1: Subtracting 2 from 8. video
Rodd the pirate sees an advert for a parrot costing 2 gold pieces. Rodd involves the children in counting the 8 gold pieces in his chest, and has them think about whether he has enough coins.
