Year 4 addition

Year 4 addition updates Whilst the new statutory requirements for Year 4 concentrate on developing written methods of addition there are still many important mental skills to develop and re-inforce. These include quick mental addition of three small numbers and the addition of two 2-digit numbers mentally. A technique which...

Counting and recognising numbers in Reception

Counting and recognising numbers in Reception Children arrive at school for the first time with a very mixed range of experiences, but by the end of their first year they should all be able to count to 10 and beyond and use the number names in familiar contexts. Number rhymes,...

Teaching about money in year 1

Teaching about money in year 1 We have a great selection of money worksheets for Year 1 children, but have just added four more sets. Traditionally children have been introduced to coins first and the class shop usually had items costing pence rather than pounds. However, with children now expected...

Word list for years 3 and 4

Word list for years 3 and 4 In the new English Programme of Study there are two word lists, one for years 3 and 4 and one for years 5 and 6. The lists are a combination of words children frequently use in their writing and words which they often...

Division tables

Division tables Multiplication tables have been with us for many years, but more recently it has been suggested that children should also be aware of division tables and even learn them ‘off by heart’. We have just published four sets of worksheets looking at division tables for 7, 9, 11...

Comparative and superlative adjectives

Comparative and superlative adjectives Our latest publication includes an excellent set of worksheets on comparative and superlative adjectives. Comparative adjectives compare two things whilst superlative adjectives compare more than two things. Usually this is just a matter of putting ‘er’ or ‘est’ at the end of the adjective e.g. strong,...