Fun: easy Sudoku puzzles

Fun: easy Sudoku puzzles The modern version of Sudoku was invented in 1979 by Howard Garns in USA (where it was called `Number Place').  It became really popular in Japan in the 1980s and in the UK since late 2004. It is now quickly spreading worldwide.  The word Sudoku is...

Fun: football anagrams

Fun: football anagrams The summer holidays are here - time to relax and enjoy the long summer days! But it is also a good idea to keep the brains working with a little gentle mental exercise that doesn’t seem too much like hard work. This is where our English and...

Year 2 counting in threes and fives

Year 2 counting in threes and fives Learning to count in different sized steps is still really important in Year 2. Our latest counting worksheets for are both quite tricky and should only be given when children are very confident and accurate with counting up to 100 in steps of...

Putting sentences in order

Putting sentences in order For young children an important part of developing comprehension and writing skills is to be able to put events in the correct sequence. To help with this we have just published four sets of worksheets which look at ordering sentences. In each case there are four...

Finding percentages: maths games

Finding percentages: maths games Finding percentages of amounts is one of the harder aspects of the maths curriculum, and indeed many adults find it difficult to work out any but the easiest percentages. The good news is that we have just published 3 mental maths games so that children can...

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....