New this week

New this week: Year 1 Multiplication, Year 2 Time, Year 4 Decimals, Year 5 Subtraction.   New for Year 1: more colourful pages to help with adding equal groups as an introduction to multiplication. Year 1: Multiply Year 2: fabulous new worksheets for telling the time to the half hour, quarter...

Conjunctions worksheets

Conjunctions worksheets The new primary curriculum includes the understanding and use of conjunctions across several years. In Year 1 children will be expected to use and to join clauses. In Year 2 co-ordinating conjunctions such as or and but are introduced, as well as subordinate conjunctions, including when, if, that...

Free multiplication tables check

Great news: you now have access to a free multiplication tables check (MTC). Does your child have a brilliant knowledge of times tables? The Government wants to know. The MTC (Multiplication Tables Check) has been created for the Government to find out the answer to the above question. Every June...

Year 1 Time

Year 1 Time Time is a crucial part of work in Year 1 and should not just be restricted to reading clock faces. Being able to sequence events is important, including using language such as before and after, next, today, yesterday and tomorrow. Children are expected to recognise and use...

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...