New Early Reception Resources: Shape

Children will be encouraged to look at squares and rectangles that can be found in the real world. They will also start using terms such as sides and corners to describe the properties of these shapes. There are many practical activities that can be done, including: Use craft sticks to...

Fractions in Year 6

Some of the hardest Year 6 Maths can be found in the Fractions, Decimals and Percentages strand. Fortunately, we have an extensive range of resources to help with this and our sub-headings makes it easy to find exactly what you want. The resources are organised into sub-categories: Understanding and ordering...

Fractions in Year 5

The primary maths programme of study continues to lay great emphasis on teaching fractions; a topic which has always proved tricky in the past. In Year 5 it is expected that children will be taught to: Compare fractions whose denominators are all multiples of the same number Find equivalent fractions...

Fractions in Year 4

In the National Curriculum there is a great emphasis on fractions and our Year 4 category reflects this, with an excellent range of resources. Understanding equivalence is the key; once the idea of equivalent fractions has been understood it becomes possible to compare two fractions to see which is the...

Fractions in Year 3

Practical work is the key to success! Children coming into Year 3 should have a sound understanding of simple fractions, especially halves, quarters and thirds. They should have had plenty of practical experience dividing shapes and sets of objects into quarters and thirds. There are several new concepts on fractions...

Fractions in Year 2

In Year 2 understanding and knowledge of fractions is developed to include recognising one third, two thirds, two quarters and three quarters of shapes, sets of objects, quantities and lengths. Finding fractions of shapes can involve shading in or cutting out certain amounts of a shape e.g. shading two thirds...