Christmas resources

Christmas free resources Wow! It really doesn’t seem that a whole year has passed since we last wrote about Christmas worksheets, but we have achieved a great deal over the last year and there is much more on its way. We have published a large number of worksheets for the...

Year 4 Reasoning and Problem Solving

Year 4 Reasoning and Problem Solving One of the key issues in primary maths at the moment is how to develop children’s reasoning and problem solving skills. In the classroom children are being asked more and more to solve mathematical problems and to explain the reasoning behind their choice of...

English vocabulary: cloze procedures

English vocabulary: cloze procedures Cloze procedures are great for developing vocabulary. A cloze procedure, or exercise, is a piece of writing where children have to fill in the missing words so that the sentences make sense. Sometimes there is a collection of words that can be used to fill the...

Year 3 learning times table resources

Year 3 learning times table resources Learning times tables can be a struggle for many children but others get to grips with them really quickly.  We can help with both those who find learning tables tricky and those who master them quickly by providing lots of fun materials and we...

English writing: newspaper reports

English writing: newspaper reports Writing newspaper reports can be a fun way to write creatively for an audience. There are several points to bear in mind when writing a newspaper report: a. have a really attention grabbing headline b. keep the opening short but informative so that the reader can...

Reasoning about place value in Year 3

Reasoning about place value in Year 3 Place value is one of the fundamental concepts of the primary maths curriculum. Place value is all about the value of a number, depending on the position or place it is in. For example the value of 3 in 234 is different from...