Mystery thriller story starter ideas

Mystery thriller story starter ideas Writing a good short story is far harder than it might sound and children need plenty of good ideas to get them started, as well as time to plan out the story. We have just published a great set of 6 mystery/thriller story planning sheets...

Year 2 money and coins

Year 2 money and coins If there is one area of maths that children really do need to be proficient in to cope in the world around them, then it is money. In Year 2 children should be familiar with all the coins we use: 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p,...

Year 4 fractions and decimals

Year 4 fractions and decimals updated Year 4 is where the link between fractions and decimals is really developed and it is very important that children understand this link. We have just updated our fraction worksheets with different fonts and layout, to make them clearer for children to use, as...

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...