Show the chart and take three hands-up answers, not open call-outs. Steer the talk toward which flavour was chosen most rather than how many — that distinction is the whole lesson.

• First chart — one clear tallest bar. Ask which flavour, not how many. The mode is the flavour.
• Second chart — the tallest bar sits at a small value, but it is still the mode because most chose it. Head off the idea that the mode must be a big number.
• Third chart — two bars tied. Hold out for a pupil to notice there are two modes here.

Talk this one through together — pupils take turns at the board and the class agrees or corrects out loud.

Set the bars from the numbers you call, then always ask the same closing question: so what is the mode? Insist the answer is the category name ("dog"), not the count ("six"). On the tied chart, revoice a strong answer: so this set has two modes.

This is the practice round — pupils take turns at the board, check each answer, and the class confirms before moving on. Keep the board work brisk rather than over-explaining.

Each round: find the tallest bar, name the mode, press Check. Watch for pupils reading the height number instead of naming the category. On the final tied round, the correct answer names both categories — hold out for a pupil to spot the tie before revealing.