Money in Year 1

The National Curriculum Programme of Study for Year 1 has just one target:1M3 recognise and know the value of different denominations of coins and notesOf course, there is much more to this than a single statement would imply and we have a great selection of money worksheets for Year 1...

Lower KS2 Grammar: ‘ic’ suffix

Just published is a new set of pages looking at the suffix, ‘ic’. When you add the suffix, ‘ic’ to a word it usually changes the word from a noun to an adjective. For example: poet – poetic or magnet – magnetic. We have a wide range of worksheets on...

Year 6: Algebra and Function Machines

A really good way to introduce algebra in Year 6 is to use function machines. They provide a visual step-by-step approach, showing a clear linear approach: an input number goes in, a rule is applied and an output comes out. It is not until later that a rule can be...

New Flight comprehensions

January 21st 2026 marks the 50th anniversary since the first commercial supersonic flight in history. This flight was made by a very special passenger airliner called Concorde that could fly at more than twice the speed of sound. Imagine flying so fast that you could reach your destination earlier than...

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...