Reception new resources: number bonds to 10

Number bonds is a term which is often used in early years maths. They are two whole numbers that add up to a certain number. If we take the number bonds of 8 we can see that 8 can be made of: 1 and 7 2 and 6 3 and...

Year 1 new resources: doubling

Children will begin to learn about doubling in Year 1. At first they will use real objects to make doubles, leading on to adding two equal quantities together. An important part of this work is that children begin to use the language of doubling; e.g. ‘double 3 is 6’, keeping...

Year 2 new resources: doubling and halving

In Year 1 children see doubling as adding two equal quantities. In Year 2 the connection is made between adding two equal numbers and multiplying by 2, as well as recognising that halving a number is the same as dividing by 2.Once children are confident with doubling and halving small...

Year 3 new resources: calculating perimeters

We have just published another excellent set of pages on calculating the perimeter of shapes. When doing this, different strategies can be used by children, as not all the lengths of sides are given. They also need to make sure that all the sides have been counted and it might...

Year 4 new resources: finding perimeters

The term ‘regular polygon’ is introduced in Year 4 and children will be taught that a regular polygon has all its sides of equal length and all its angles are equal. As far as finding the perimeter of a regular polygon, children only need to know that the sides are...

Year 5 new resources: fractions – find the whole

Our latest resources for Year 5 look at using a fraction of an amount to find the whole amount. We start with using bar models to work out the whole number, which makes it clear that if they know one equal part they can use multiplication to find the whole...