Fire of London anniversary comprehensions

The Fire of London anniversary comprehensions Friday 2nd September 2016 marks the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London. After the Great Plague of 1665, which was spread by fleas and had killed a sixth of the people living in London, the Great Fire of London flared up and...

New worksheets for Year 1

New worksheets for Year 1 We are constantly looking to improve our selection of worksheets in year 1, even though we already have over 2000 pages. This week we have added three more terrific sets of pages on counting and reading and writing numbers. Our completing number grids are very...

Calculator activities

Calculator activities Since the first hand held calculators were introduced in the 1970s there has been a debate about them being used in primary schools. The old KS2 Maths SAT Papers had a calculator paper so it would seem to make sense to teach how to use them effectively, if...

Year 5 fractions updates

Year 5 fractions updates The new primary maths programme of study really lays emphasis on teaching fractions; a topic which has always proved tricky in the past. In year 5 it is expected that children will be taught to: •    Compare fractions whose denominators are all multiples of the same...

Year 1 addition

With over 170 pages of questions and answers our Year 1 Addition category is a really superb resource. It covers the Programme of Study as stated below: Pupils should be taught to: •    read, write and interpret mathematical statements involving addition (+), subtraction (-) and equals (=) signs •    represent...

World War One heroes

World War One heroes One hundred years ago we were in the middle of probably the worst war ever known to mankind and we continue to remember this time with a series of comprehensions looking at three heroes of the war: The Red Baron, Edith Cavell and Lawrence of Arabia....