Year 4 Weekly Programme Spring Term

Year 4 Weekly Programme Spring Term We are continuing with our weekly programme for Year 4 with the next half term’s resources having just been published. Six weeks of mixed activities, covering a wide range of maths, although calculating is the main priority. Week 13 looks at counting on and...

New Year 6 SATs Arithmetic Paper

New Year 6 SATs Arithmetic Paper The new national curriculum will be assessed for the first time in May 2016. At the moment the precise format of the questions for the tests is still not known, but what we do know is that there will be a brand new arithmetic...

Year 4 Intelligent practice

Year 4 Intelligent practice Intelligent practice is a feature of mathematics which is growing in popularity. A key aspect of this is to provide activities and questions so that, rather than just reproducing one mechanical process children are encouraged to think about the relationships between numbers. With each of these...

Money and coins in Year 1

Money and coins in Year 1 Working with coins in practical contexts is both an effective way to become confident with money, but also helps with addition and subtraction. One of the best resources in a classroom or at home is a collection of real coins or plastic coins. At...

Year 6 Division activities

Year 6 Division activities If you are looking for material which really consolidates division then our latest published games for year 6 will be just the job. The four games practice activities are: Giving a remainder as a whole number Giving a remainder as a fraction Giving a quotient as...

Estimating addition in Year 4

Estimating addition in Year 4 When carrying out any written calculation it is well worth carrying out a quick mental estimation first and then using this estimation to check that the answer, once worked out, is sensible. It is surprising how often a silly answer goes unchecked because an estimation...