Year 4: The 24-hour Clock

It is in Year 4 that children are usually introduced to the 24-hour clock. They will have already covered a.m. and p.m. in Year 3 and they need to recognise that to convert times from 1 p.m. and 11:59 p.m. they add 12 hours to the time. It is also...

Year 3: Angles

If there is a single thing which will help children understand angle it is that an angle describes an amount of turn. The greater the angle, the greater the amount of turn. The starting point and finishing point of the turn are shown by two straight lines that meet at...

Year 2: Tally Charts

Tally charts are one of the earliest methods of recording data that children will come across. In Year 2 children should be confident with counting in fives and they can use this skill when representing totals with tallies. A tally can be thought of as a ‘gate’ with four vertical...

Year 1: More than or less than

We have a great range of resources to help with understanding the terms, ‘more than’ and ‘less than’ and we have just added new pages on finding one more or one less with larger numbers, within 100. This links in well with children’s skills with counting, which will develop as...

Later Reception: Doubling and Halving

Extension activities: for those children who are ready, we have just published some practical activities on doubling and halving. My favourite is doubling the number of spots on the ladybirds. Dice and playing cards are also excellent resources to help with the introduction of doubling. Download Now

Shape in Year 6

Shape is often one of the last topics schools teach before the SATs, but there is still plenty of work to get through. The Programme of Study states that: Pupils should be taught to: draw 2D shapes using given dimensions and angles recognise, describe and build simple 3D shapes, including...