KS2 Maths SATs Arithmetic Paper 2018

KS2 Maths SATs Arithmetic Paper  2018 The 2018 KS 2 Maths Arithmetic Paper is now available on the site: free of charge and does not count as a print credit for those on a trial. Many have said that this is the toughest Arithmetic Paper so far and it is...

Maths Mastery Support Materials

Maths Mastery Support Materials Exciting news if you are a teacher looking for material to support the maths mastery programme in your school. Great news for parents with children being taught using the maths mastery programme and are not sure how best to help. Beginning with the Autumn Term for...

Year 4 reasoning about rounding

Year 4 reasoning about rounding We have a great many reasoning maths worksheets in Year 4 and have just published a further set on rounding. Rather than just asking for a particular number to round, the questions give rise to several possible answers. For example: I have two different numbers....

Using calculators

Using calculators The calculator is a powerful tool and has an important part to play in school maths, even though it is frowned upon by the current curriculum writers. In the primary years the purpose of a calculator is not as a tool for getting a quick answer, as children...

Year 3 Bar Modelling: Adding

Year 3 Bar Modelling: Adding Bar modelling is becoming increasingly popular in schools as a way to represent an abstract calculation. In these pages the bar model approach can be used to help find the third number to make a total of 100. There are various ways children might approach...

Year 2 Measurement of Length

Year 2 Measurement of Length Comparing lengths is the topic for this week’s new Year 2 Measurement worksheets. A combination of using rulers on the page, comparing lengths using longest/shortest and understanding the more than/less than signs combine to make interesting and lively pages. This is a great collection of...