Year 5 Mental Subtraction

Year 5 Mental SubtractionThere are many ways that children can improve their mental arithmetic skills and in Year 5 one of those ways is to subtract by counting back, especially when it requires crossing a thousands boundary. For example, 4230 take away 400 can be done by counting back 100...

Year 3 Counting

Year 3 CountingIt is in Year 3 that children really begin exploring numbers in the hundreds. It is important that they understand that a hundred is made up of ten tens before moving onto a thousand being made up of ten hundreds and counting in hundreds up to one thousand.Base...

Year 2: Reasoning and Problem Solving

Year 2: Reasoning and Problem SolvingThankfully, we have always considered reasoning to be a key part of the maths curriculum and many of our resources in all categories are designed for this. But there is a category in each year group called, ‘Reasoning and Problem Solving’ where you will find...

Writing numbers in Reception

Writing numbers in ReceptionLarge number cards are extremely valuable in Reception for many activities including for children to hold up to show what number has been said, tracing the correct formation with a finger, counting on and recognising amounts, as well as for display. We have just published a new...

Years 1, 2 and 3 Maths Mastery for Summer Term

Years 1, 2 and 3 Maths Mastery for Summer Term Maths Mastery: Summer TermA reminder that we have a tremendous collection of resources to complete the second half of the summer term for maths mastery in Years 1, 2 and 3. These are support materials taken from our main categories...

Year 4 Maths Mastery for Summer Term

Year 4 Maths Mastery for Summer TermThe support materials for the second half of the summer term for Maths Mastery in Year 4 are now available, completing the year’s work. The topics are:• Geometry: properties of shapesRecognising acute and obtuse angles, comparing the size of angles and classifying 4-sided shapes...