Postcard writing

Postcard writing The summer holiday is coming to an end, but what better way to say what you did than by writing a postcard? In times gone by most people on holiday would send postcards to their friends, briefly telling them about the holiday. They would show professional photos of...

Year 6 maths games with a calculator

Year 6 maths games with a calculator Getting children to use a calculator efficiently and accurately has been more or less dismissed by the latest curriculum, but we believe that it is vitally important that children know how and when to use a calculator rather than mental or written methods....

Short division

Year 5 and 6 short division Children in Year 5 will now be taught to divide 4-digit numbers by a single digit, using the formal written method of short division. We have just added a new set of worksheets on this topic where the questions are laid out in a...

Year 5 formal written multiplication

Year 5 formal written multiplication The Year 5 Programme of Study states that pupils should be taught to multiply numbers up to 4 digits by a one- or two-digit number using a formal written method, including long multiplication for two-digit numbers. We have just published two new sets of worksheets...

More idioms: food and colours

More idioms: food and colours Food provides a rich source of idioms, or sayings, although the meanings may not have anything at all to do with food!  ‘Pie in the sky’ and ‘Had your chips’ are just two such sayings. We have taken a closer look at some of these...

Year 1: more than and less than

Year 1 updated: More than and less than As well as producing new material we are also constantly looking to improve and update our resources and we have just made some great improvements to our Year 1 worksheets on More Than or Less Than. With better fonts and clearer images...