Year 2: Comparing Mass

In Year 2 children should re-visit work on comparing mass using balance scales before being introduced to standard units of measurement. Again, balance scales will be used with a variety of 5g/10g/20g masses. It is a good idea to keep to smaller items up to 100g as children generally do...

Year 1: Heavier and Lighter

Children are introduced to mass for the first time in Year 1. At first this will be practical; holding objects to say which is heavier or lighter, before moving on to using balance scales. Measuring mass comes later, using non-standard units such as cubes and balance scales. Our most recent...

Year 4: Hundredths

We have just published two new fraction tutorials as well as a comprehensive new set of resources on understanding hundredths as fractions. The first of the step-by-step tutorials looks at understanding mixed numbers: numbers that have both a whole number and a proper fraction as part of them. The second...

Year 5: Fractions tutorials

Three more step-by-step guides have just been published, covering the following aspects of fraction work in Year 5: Compare fractions with the same denominator Subtracting fractions with different denominators Multiplying fractions by whole numbers Each tutorial has been carefully written to show exactly how to go about these tasks. With...

Year 6: The Mean

In the real world we generally talk about the average of a set of data but in maths the term ‘mean’ is often used. To find the mean of a set of data all the numbers need to be added together. This sum is then divided by the total number...

Reasoning in Year 6

Reasoning skills are all about applying knowledge and understanding to solve new problems. The key feature of work in Year 6 has to be the KS2 Maths SATs which are held in May. There are three written papers. One is a calculation paper, concentrating on mental and written calculations. The...