Year 5: Written multiplication

Multiplying a 3-digit number by a 2-digit number is a key target for children in Year 5. It is important that children are confident with the earlier stages of written multiplication, especially the role of the zero in the ones column when multiplying by the tens. We have a great...

Year 4: Measuring using km and m

There’s nothing like a little bit of reasoning and problem solving to show just how well children understand concepts and that’s just what we have published for children in Year 4, looking at the metric system for measuring length. Children should know that there are 1,000 metres in a kilometre...

Year 3: Measuring using mm

In Year 3 children will be introduced to the smallest unit of measurement commonly used – the millimetre. They will be introduced to rulers which have millimetre markings, which is a good way of seeing that there are 10 millimetres in a centimetre. They will also use rulers with centimetre...

Year 2: Money

6 great new sets of pages on choosing coins and notes to make a given amount have just been published. These are an excellent addition to our extensive range of colourful worksheets and games on money. At first children will work with notes or coins, before going on to choosing...

Reception: Introducing zero

Children will already have an understanding of ‘nothing’ or ‘none’ and in Reception they will be shown that the number name for nothing is ‘zero’ and it can also be shown as the numeral ‘0’. There are plenty of counting down to zero songs and other opportunities to use zero...

Year 1: Understanding 20

A huge amount of work is done in Year 1 to help children develop their understanding of 10. A good understanding of 10 will then help with understanding 20. Children will explore different ways of making 20, especially that it can be made up of 20 ones or 2 tens....