Updated urbrainy site

Updated urbrainy site Have you visited the urbrainy site recently? If not then you are in for a treat! This week we have launched a brand new urbrainy site with many major improvements. To mention just a couple: Downloads. Teachers have been requesting the facility to save pages onto pen...

Reasoning in Year 3: Money Problems

Reasoning in Year 3: Money Problems Our latest sets of worksheets for Year 3 on money problem solving are now available. The pages are really bright and colourful but the maths is tricky. For most of the questions two separate calculations need to be carried out to reach the answer....

Verbs in KS1 and KS2

Verbs in KS1 and KS2 It is some time since we have talked about verbs, but with the new test papers in place we now know that verbs crop up in both the KS1 and KS2 papers. This makes it very important that children understand and use them correctly. At...

KS2 Arithmetic Paper practice

KS2 Arithmetic Paper: multiplying and dividing fractions We are not far away from having sets of worksheets covering every question from the new KS2 Arithmetic Paper! Today we have published four more sets of pages on: Multiplying proper fractions by whole numbers Multiplying 2-digit numbers by mixed numbers Multiplying simple...

Reasoning in Year 1

Reasoning in Year 1: shopping and money Some of my favourite worksheets of recent times have just been published for Year 1. They provide rich problem solving activities for those who have mastered the basic addition and subtraction skills. The shopping and money worksheets are bright and colourful as well...

Year 5 Weekly Programme

Year 5 Weekly Programme We are continuing with our weekly programme for Year 5 with the next half term’s resources having just been published. Six weeks of mixed activities, covering a wide range of maths, although calculating is the main priority. Week 13 starts by looking at really large numbers...