More Year 3-4 word lists

More Year 3-4 word lists We have just published the next series in our Year 3-4 word lists. As from September children in Years 3 and 4 are expected to know how to spell and use in their written work a set of 100 words. Using exclusively  these 100 words...

Factors and prime numbers

Year 6 factors and prime number games Many children in Year 6 will still be uncertain about factors and prime numbers. One way of thinking of factors is to say that a factor is a whole number which divides exactly into another whole number, leaving no remainder. So 3 is...

Year 1 Partitioning

Year 1 Partitioning Partitioning numbers is a term used to describe the splitting up of numbers into parts so as to make them easier to work with. One of the main parts of this is to recognise 2-digit numbers as being made up of tens and units. For example 47...

Semicolons, colons and brackets

Semicolons, colons and brackets The semicolon has probably generated more debate than any other punctuation mark; indeed, some writers go out of their way to avoid using them. However, it is a clever little punctuation mark, with a number of uses. The main function is to create a pause in...

Time in Year 1

Time in Year 1 Children begin to understand and use the vocabulary related to time from an early age. In Reception they will be introduced to the names of days of the week and other terms such as today, yesterday and tomorrow. This will be continued in Year 1, with...

More year 3/4 spelling patterns

More year 3/4 spelling patterns The new statutory requirements are quite specific about the spelling rules to be taught in each year group. One particular pattern for Years 3 and 4 is using ‘ch’ for the ‘k’ sound. There are quite a number of words that follow this pattern, from...