Intelligent practice year 1

[caption id="attachment_8953" align="alignleft" width="150"] Intelligent practice year 1[/caption] Intelligent practice year 1 The new mathematics curriculum reflects the content of high achieving south-east Asian countries such as Singapore, Japan and South Korea. Part of this approach is what has become known as ‘intelligent practice’. This involves providing activities and practice...

Year 3-4 dictations for statutory word list

Year 3-4 dictations for statutory word list We have had several requests for more on the year 3/4 word-lists. Teaching the word-lists for years 3 and 4 is a statutory requirement. The words are a mixture of words pupils frequently use in their writing and those which they often misspell....

KS2 Arithmetic paper

KS2 Arithmetic paper: new this year The new national curriculum will be assessed for the first time in May 2016 and there is a whole new paper – the Arithmetic Paper! Paper 1 will be an arithmetic paper where the questions will be context free; in other words no word...

Mystery thriller story starter ideas

Mystery thriller story starter ideas Writing a good short story is far harder than it might sound and children need plenty of good ideas to get them started, as well as time to plan out the story. We have just published a great set of 6 mystery/thriller story planning sheets...

Year 2 money and coins

Year 2 money and coins If there is one area of maths that children really do need to be proficient in to cope in the world around them, then it is money. In Year 2 children should be familiar with all the coins we use: 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p,...

Year 4 fractions and decimals

Year 4 fractions and decimals updated Year 4 is where the link between fractions and decimals is really developed and it is very important that children understand this link. We have just updated our fraction worksheets with different fonts and layout, to make them clearer for children to use, as...