Adverbs of place and time

Adverbs of place and time An adverb of place tells us where something is happening. An adverb of place can be one word, such as ‘here’ and ‘outside’ or it can be an adverbial phrase such as, ‘past the shop’. Sometimes adverbial phrases, including adverbs of place can be put...

KS2 SATS Update

KS2 SATS Update The KS2 SATs underwent a major reform a couple of years ago and the papers are significantly different. There are now three separate Maths papers. Paper 1 is an arithmetic paper where children have to answer fixed calculation questions. This is testing their mental maths skills as...

Year 1 Counting

Year 1 Counting One of the big challenges for children in Year 1 is counting in twos, fives and tens. This will need plenty of practice and should only be introduced once they are comfortable with counting on in ones up to 100. We have a wide selection of pages...

Free resources for Valentine’s Day

Free resources for Valentine’s Day Linking maths to seasonal events is often a great idea so why not add a topical twist to your maths lessons by using our Valentine’s Day worksheets? We have a fun selection of maths worksheets, all with a Valentine's Day theme and all absolutely free...

English Grammar: Noun Phrases and Noun Modifiers

English Grammar: Noun Phrases and Noun Modifiers The teaching of grammar has made huge strides forward over the past few years with primary children becoming familiar with a range of terms including verbs, adverbs, conjunctions etc. Two terms which children may not have met before are ‘noun phrase’ and ‘noun...

Year 1 Time

Year 1 Time When we think of teaching time the first thing to come to mind is telling the time on a clock face, at first to the hour and half hour. However, in Year 1 there is a good deal more to consider, as is shown in the Measurement...