Year 1 Finding halves

Year 1 Finding halves It is important to get off to a good start with fractions as many children find them very difficult to calculate with later on. There are two ways to think of fractions. One way is to see a fraction as a part of one whole one....

Formal written method of multiplication in year 4

Formal written method of multiplication in year 4 Children in year 4 are now expected to be confident in the formal written method of multiplication, when multiplying by a single digit. We usually set out the calculations when using formal written methods but our most recent two sets rely on...

Year 2 maths: missing operations

Year 2 maths: missing operations We recently published a new Year 2 category called ‘Four Rules’ where we provided questions involving all four of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. We have just added two further sets of worksheets on missing signs. All the numbers are provided and it is just...

Word lists for the programme of study, years 5-6

Word lists for the programme of study, years 5-6 We are pleased to announce that we have just completed the final two sets of activities for the year 5 to 6 words which are a statutory part of the English programme of study. There are some quite tricky words in...

Formal written addition and subtraction in Year 3

Formal written addition and subtraction in Year 3 By the end of Year 3 children are now expected to, ‘add and subtract numbers with up to three digits using formal written methods of columnar addition and subtraction’. Put simply, this means adding and subtracting in columns, very much as we...

Fractions games for year 6

Fractions games for year 6 There is considerably more emphasis on fractions in the new primary curriculum and many children will have reached year 6 still unsure of how they work. These children will need plenty of practice to be confident with fractions and what better way to get this...