New: present continuous verbs

Present continuous verbs. The present continuous is used with normal verbs to show that something is happening now, at this very moment. Equally it can be used to show that something is not happening now. This form of the verb is made up of two parts; the present tense of...

Year 6 checking answers games

Year 6 checking answers games. In my long teaching career if there is one thing which I have found children are reluctant to do it is checking answers. Whether it is answering long multiplication, measuring lines or plotting points on a co-ordinate grid, the tendency is to answer and move...

Coin matching and coin fans

Coin matching and coin fans. Number lines and number tracks are an essential part of modern maths teaching, and we have a good selection of these on the site, under the Further Resources category. Not only this but we also have number cards and number fans. Our most recent additions...

Years 1 and 2 composition: sentence writing

Years 1 and 2 composition: sentence writing. We have just published a lovely set of pages to help children with writing sentences. Each set has pages at 3 levels: •    completing sentences with words shown, using pictures as clues.; fun illustrations using dogs and cats are there to help. •    ...

Year 1 subtraction – intelligent practice

Year 1 subtraction – intelligent practice. Our recent ‘Addition – intelligent practice’ sets of worksheets have proved to be very popular and so we have moved forward the publication of a similar set of pages on subtraction. These are sets of four quick-fire mental questions which encourage children to think...

Year 4 Geometry

Year 4 Geometry. The new geometry curriculum will certainly challenge children in Year 4. An important part of this is classifying 2-D and 3-D shapes and children will need to be aware that groups of shapes are often subsets of other shapes. For example, squares are part of the group...