Year 3 New Resources

Addition, subtraction and money form a major part of the curriculum for most schools in the Spring Term and we have just added four great new sets covering:Adding a multiple of 10 to a 3-digit numberAdding two 3-digit numbersSubtracting a single digit from a 3-digit numberWriting money in poundsAll these...

Year 4 New Resources

By Year 4 mental skills start to become quite challenging and success will depend on previous learning. For example, to succeed with adding or subtracting multiples of 100 children will need to be very confident with earlier learning, including adding single digits and adding multiples of 10.A range of topics...

Year 5 New Resources

In Year 5 children are expected to calculate mentally with increasingly large numbers. Working with large numbers can cause difficulties – we do not use numbers in the tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands anywhere near as often as we use smaller numbers and there is a good deal...

Year 6 New Resources

The work on large numbers continues in Year 6, where children are expected to use millions and even larger numbers. We do hear more about large numbers these days, often related to the government’s costs and debts, but understanding the difference between a million and a billion probably needs to...

Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year is the biggest festival in China and it is celebrated by Chinese communities worldwide. It usually begins sometime between 21st January and 20th February, at the start of the new moon. This year it starts on 22nd January. Imagine the night sky lit with masses of colourful...

Reminder: Weekly Programme

We have just published the weekly programme for all year groups for the first half of the spring term. These resources include both worksheets and on-screen activities.The second half of the Autumn programme is still available. For those who still love the old weekly programme we have republished these at...