Estimating addition in Year 4

Estimating addition in Year 4 When carrying out any written calculation it is well worth carrying out a quick mental estimation first and then using this estimation to check that the answer, once worked out, is sensible. It is surprising how often a silly answer goes unchecked because an estimation...

Free Christmas worksheets

Free Christmas worksheets After all these tricky fractions and decimal pages why not take a more relaxed look at our free Christmas worksheets? There are plenty of them and are ideal for fitting around time spent rehearsing Christmas carols, nativity plays etc. Our English resources include two crosswords, one with...

Compound words

In the English language words, especially adjectives and nouns, are frequently put together to form new words. Often this begins by using a hyphen between the two words but over a period of time the hyphen tends to be dropped and the two words are joined to make one new...

Rounding decimals and money in year 6

Rounding decimals and money in year 6 Our very latest sets of worksheets are for Year 6 and are all about rounding decimals and amounts of money. The first two sets look at rounding money to the nearest £10 and £1. e.g. round £574.56 to the nearest £10. These are...

Improper fractions and mixed numbers

Improper fractions and mixed numbers Fractions – everyone’s favourite maths topic! In real life some children find anything to do with fractions challenging if not incomprehensible. However, all is not lost if they are shown what fractions mean and how they relate to other numbers. In year 5 children will...

Money worksheets in Year 3

Money worksheets in Year 3: combinations of coins One of the key areas for children in Year 3 is to become fluent in recognising the value of coins, adding and subtracting amounts and giving change. Using money confidently is one of the key life skills all children should have. We...