Fronted Adverbials

English : Fronted Adverbials Another tricky name for a simple idea. A fronted adverbial is an adverb or adverbial phrase that has been moved to the start of the sentence. Usually the adverb goes next to the verb but fronted adverbials can be used to create a more interesting sentence,...

Year 6 SATs Fractions

Year 6 SATs Fractions Our SAT Practice Booster resources are among the very best to be found anywhere. We have studied the types of question that have come up over the past four years and there are certain questions which recur again and again. To help children become confident and...

Year 4 Multiplication

Year 4 Multiplication An interesting Year 4 set of worksheets on multiplication has just been published. Numbers on digit cards are shown and children are asked to find all the possible combinations of 2-digit numbers multiplied by 1-digit. Once this has been completed there are further questions such as finding...

Year 1 doubling small numbers

Year 1 doubling small numbers Children who are good at maths have memorised a lot of facts. There are two ways of doing this, by understanding or by rote learning. It is important in Year 1 that children begin to know the doubles of small numbers. Committing doubling facts to...

Year 2 Measurement

Year 2 Measurement In Year 2 children will measure using centimetres but they will also begin to measure larger objects using metres, perhaps with a metre stick. When measuring it is important to use the most suitable unit; for example, when it would be sensible to measure in metres rather...

Maths mastery: exciting new resources

Maths mastery: exciting new resources Fantastic news for all those using a maths mastery approach: new resources for the first half of the spring term are now available for Years 1, 2 and 3. In Year 1 we progress on to adding and subtracting up to 20 followed by number...