Statistics in KS2 SATs

Statistics in KS2 SATs In the KS2 SATs some of the statistics (data handling) questions are easy, but some are very hard! We have just published 3 sets of practice pages based on the statistics questions that have cropped up over the last couple of years. Accessing information from tables...

Rounding large numbers

Rounding large numbers We have just added three more sets of worksheets on rounding large numbers, suitable for Year 5. The first two look at rounding numbers with 5 digits (including decimals) to the nearest 10 and 100. The third set looks at rounding the same 6-digit number to the...

Year 1 Reasoning

Year 1 Reasoning One of my favourite types of activity: using a selection of number cards to answer ‘How many ways can you make ….. ?’ style questions. An important part of this is for children to describe in their own words what they are doing, how they can be...

Shape and Measures in Reception

Shape and Measures in Reception We have just added a great selection of bright and colourful worksheets on Shape and Measures for Later Reception. These include matching 3-D shapes, bigger/biggest, longer/shorter and empty/full. Of course, the best way for children to understand these concepts is through practical activities and we...

Written methods of calculating in Year 3

Written methods of calculating in Year 3 As we like to concentrate on just one aspect of maths for each set of worksheets most of our calculation pages are found in the separate categories of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. However, it is important that children can switch quickly from...

Travelling by train to a holiday

Travelling by train to a holiday Earlier this year I was sitting in one of my favourite spots, watching the trains move to and from St Ives, across the magnificent Cornish beaches, when it occurred to me that this was an excellent starting point for some writing. So here it...