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...

Direct and indirect speech worksheets

Direct and indirect speech worksheets There are two different ways of writing what someone has said, known as direct and indirect speech. These can cause confusion for children especially when converting speech from direct to indirect and vice versa. Direct speech uses the exact words spoken, which are placed inside...

Intelligent practice: addition in Year 2

Intelligent practice: addition in Year 2 The main idea behind these pages is to provide activities that lead children down a path where they can think about the patterns and structure of mathematics: we like to call it brainy practice. For example: 13 +  6 = 19      23 + 6...

Year 6 ratio

Year 6 ratio Ratio is now a category all of its own in Year 6 but it is important to approach this topic with care as explanations need to be clear. Children should be familiar with the following vocabulary: In every,  for every. Children should be able to handle problems...

Mini-beasts comprehensions and factual writing

Mini-beasts Our fabulous comprehension worksheets on British wildlife and pets are some of our most popular worksheets, and we are pleased to say that we have just added another great set of pages; this time on mini-beasts. We have comprehensions with colourful illustrations for ants, ladybirds and snails, three of...

Year 4 weekly programme - autumn 2

Year 4 weekly programme - autumn 2 We are pleased to announce that the next 6 sets of worksheets for our Year 4 Weekly Programme have just been published. Ideal for those of you with little time to spare, they provide a good selection of worksheets following the National Curriculum...