Bring excitement to your Year 5 maths lessons with Operation Wildlife Rescue! This engaging, curriculum-aligned escape room activity immerses students in a mission to save endangered wildlife while mastering decimal place value concepts (AC9M5N01).

Your students will tackle a series of 5 fun challenges, including:

• Comparing and ordering decimals
• Placing decimals on a number line
• Renaming decimals

Each task unlocks a clue, guiding students closer to completing their mission! With teamwork and maths skills, they’ll succeed in their rescue operation.

Perfect to kick off a Year 6 unit, for Year 5 review or as an end-of-unit activity, this resource includes everything you need:

✅ Clear instructions

✅ Print and go - NO PREP needed

✅ Self-checking Google form = NO MARKING! (answer sheets provided if no tech version is preferred)

✅ Fully editable PowerPoint to cater to your classroom needs

Transform learning into an adventure with Operation Wildlife Rescue!

Curriculum aligned

AC9M5N01

interpret, compare and order numbers with more than 2 decimal places, including numbers greater than one, using place value understanding; represent these on a number line