Make a dreidel, play the traditional Hanukkah game, then use your results for real statistics work. Pupils build a paper dreidel from the net, keep score, record 40 spins in a tally chart and turn the data into a bar chart and a pictogram. Then they ask: is the dreidel fair?
WHAT’S INCLUDED
- Printable dreidel net with glue tabs
- How to play (Nun, Gimel, Hei, Shin) and a score sheet
- Tally chart for 40 spins
- Draw your own bar chart
- Read and interpret a class bar chart
- Pictogram with a key of 2
- “Is it fair?” reasoning page
- Halving with Hei and 9 word problems
- Follow the game: a step-by-step reasoning puzzle
- Full answers and teacher notes
WHO IT’S FOR
KS2, mainly Years 3 and 4 (tally charts, bar charts, pictograms, halving). A hands-on maths lesson for the run-up to the winter holidays that also links to RE (Judaism). Hanukkah 2026 runs from Friday 4 to Saturday 12 December.
Part of the Hanukkah KS2 Bundle (6 resources).
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