Abacus Year 3 Physical resource list
This physical resource list should be used as a guide and should be used alongside the Abacus lesson plans.
Autumn Term
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0–9 dice
1p coins
10p coins
5p coins
100-bead bar or bead string
100-bead bar and cloth
100 ml jug/cylinder
100 square
15 and 30 cm rulers
1 l measuring cylinders
1 l measuring jugs
250 ml containers
250 ml cup (labelled)
3D shapes: cone, cylinder,
cube, cuboid, pyramids (with
different bases), triangular
prism, sphere and
hemisphere
3D shape made from
interlocking geometric
shapes
5 ml measuring spoon
A2 paper made into posters
A3 paper
bag
bead strings
bean bag
biscuits
calculators
card
chalk/low tack tape
clipboards with paper
cloth
coins
counters
counting stick
counting stick marked
in 5s
cubes
cm cubes
dice
egg cup
elastic bands
filled containers
flip chart
geared clocks
interlocking geometric
shapes
items to be measured
large hoops
long paper strips
marker pens
matchsticks (spent or
without tips)
measuring teaspoons
metre rules
pack of four buns
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paint
paper
paper strips and circles
paper strips in different
colours (4 and 5 per pair)
poster paper
rice or sand
ruler
rulers without mm
scissors
scoreboard
selection of measuring
devices
small analogue and digital
clocks
soft ball
soft toy
squared paper
sticky notes
sticky tack
strips of card
tape measure (preferably
DIY tape which has
measurements in cm past
100)
tape measures
tin
toy frog
variety of containers smaller
and larger than 250 ml
variety of containers brought
in by children
water
whiteboards
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Spring Term
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0–9 dice
1–6 dice
10-sided dice (optional)
20-sided dice
8-sided dice
1p, 5p, and 10p coins
£10 note, £5 notes and
coins (£2, £1, 50p, 20p and
10p – at least three of each)
1-minute timer
2-minute timer
2D shapes: irregular
triangle, irregular pentagon,
semi-circle, quadrilateral
3D shapes
balancing scales
Base-10 equipment
bead strings
biscuits
blank card
calculators
class stickers or marbles
cm squared paper
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coloured card
coloured pencils
counters
counting sticks
cubes
Cuisenaire rods
elastic bands
feely bag
flip chart
Fly or counter
geared analogue clocks
glue
hoops
interlocking cubes
large ball
marker pens
metre sticks
paper circles in different
colours
protractor (full circle)
protractors
right-angle testers
rulers
sand-timer
scissors
scrap paper
set-square
sticky notes
stopwatches
strips of card
strips of paper
toy frog
washing line and pegs
whiteboards
Y3 Textbook 2
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1p, 10p 20p and 50p coins
£10 note (real or pretend)
10-sided dice
6-sided dice
1 g, 5 g, 10 g, 20 g, 50 g,
100 g and 1 kg weights
100 g of cotton wool
400 g tin of soup
500 g pack of rice
1 kg bag of rice or sugar
1 l jug
1-minute sand timer
1-minute timer
2-minute timer
250 g tin/packet
2 l measuring jugs
2D shapes
A3 paper
analogue clock
analogue teaching clocks
balance scales
Base-10 equipment
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bathroom scales
bead bar
bead strings
beaded lines
blank cards
calculators
class registers for two
classes
cm squared paper
containers
counters
counting stick
cubes
dice
Escher artwork and other
tessellations
felt-tip pens
flip chart
food colouring
fruits/vegetables weighing
from 100 g to
1 kg
geared analogue clocks
glue
interlocking cubes
interlocking cubes of three
different colours
internet access
kitchen scales
magazines
metre stick
mirrors (class set)
objects weighing between
100 g and 1 kg
pegs
pencils
photos
plastic wallets
potatoes ranging from 50 g
to 500 g
protractor (if possible one
with a moveable arm for
marking off angles)
rulers
scissors
shoe boxes
soft toys ranging between
100 g and 1 kg
spinners or 8-sided dice (1–
9)
sticky notes
tape measures
tins/packets of food
weighing in multiples of 100
g
toy frog
washing line
water
whiteboards
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