Year 4: Angle as a measure of turn

The key to understanding angle is to see an angle as a measurement of turn. In Year 4 children will use clock faces and compass points to describe a quarter, half and three-quarter turns, both clockwise and anticlockwise. They will also be shown how these turns can be represented on...

Year 3: Time

Comparing lengths of time to complete activities can be quite tricky. Our latest resources take a look at this, in particular comparing two activities to decide whether they would take a longer or shorter time. Often the answer will depend on the circumstances: for example, finding an activity that takes...

Year 2: Tally charts

We have a superb collection of resources on tally charts and have just added a further 3 sets of fun activities on this topic. Groups of 5 are represented as a gate, making it much easier to count larger totals, although it is important that children are adept at counting...

Year 1: Describe position

There is a good deal of directional language for children to identify and use in Year 1. As well as forwards and backwards and turning they will also be introduced to left and right and above and below. The position of objects can be described using these terms and later...

Reception: Equal groups and sharing

Young children will begin to develop an understanding of sharing and grouping in Reception. There are plenty of physical sharing activities that will give opportunities to see whether sharing is equal or fair. Our latest resources provide more help with both grouping and sharing equally to ensure that children have...

Football World Cup Free Activities

It's World Cup time and we have some great free resources. Many of these deal with large numbers, including millions, e.g. populations of competing countries, and are therefore most suited to older children. The topics are: Populations of World Cup Teams. Placing the teams in each of the twelve groups...