Arrays in Year 1

Arrays in Year 1 The new primary maths curriculum does not have a great deal to say about multiplication in Year 1, apart from that pupils should understand multiplication by grouping small quantities, and calculating using arrays with the support of the teacher. This used to be part of the...

Connectives and conjunctions

Connectives and conjunctions The new curriculum emphasises the need to teach children how to improve their writing by using connectives to link sentences. For example:  Put all the rice in a pan. Then add 250 ml of boiling water to the pan. The word ‘Then’ helps connect the two sentences....

Money worksheets: change from notes

Money worksheets: change from notes (years 2, 3 and 4) This week we have been concentrating on writing more worksheets on money; always a popular subject! The first set is for Year 2 and look at finding change from a £10 note, a £20 note and a £50 note. Probably...

Algebra in Year 6

Algebra in Year 6 Children in Year 6 (10 -11 years old) are now expected to be able to use symbols and letters to represent variables; in other words they are introduced to algebra. We have just published two more sets of worksheets which are an excellent introduction to algebra....

Two syllable double consonants

Two syllable double consonants Spelling in the upper primary age group has taken on greater importance in the new primary curriculum and we have an excellent collection of resources for this, including sets on vowels, consonants, silent letters and word endings; over 300 resources in total. We have also just...

Year 2 weekly programme updated

Year 2 weekly programme updated Our weekly programmes have proved to be very popular and we are pleased to announce that we have just updated the Year 2 Programme, including extra pages to meet the requirements of the new 2014/15 curriculum. The weekly programme makes selecting the maths for the...