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....

Gold, Silver and Bronze Certificates

Now available, colourful award certificates which children will love. A4 or A5 size with a choice of our famous Maths Rats, Tommy Turtle or Brainy Pigs. Because of their design these can be awarded for both achievement and effort. With 24 different certificates in total these are a really handy...

Wet breaks/holiday activities and matchstick puzzles

Wet playtimes, or just a rainy day with nothing to do – why not try one of our activities. Varying from word searches and number searches to Sudoku they all have a mathematics theme. Some are very challenging: get the matchsticks out to solve the puzzles! Wet Break Activities Matchstick...