Converting nouns and adjectives to verbs

Converting nouns and adjectives to verbs The new primary curriculum lays great emphasis on grammar and children will now learn to recognise nouns, verbs, adjectives etc. as a matter of course. An important part of this is to recognise that some nouns and adjectives can be converted into verbs and...

St. Valentine’s Day Worksheets

St. Valentine’s Day Worksheets Leading up to the 14th February is one of the busiest periods for card shops, with millions of cards exchanged in the UK, costing over £40 million! Next Saturday is February 14th   and we have a fun selection of maths worksheets, all with a Valentine's Day...

Addition in Year 2

Speedy addition in Year 2 Year 2 is an incredibly important year for children to get to grips with mental addition. If good progress is not made then children could well find themselves struggling with maths throughout school. The emphasis is firmly on mental arithmetic as children learn basic facts...

Arrays in Year 1

Arrays in Year 1 The new primary maths curriculum does not have a great deal to say about multiplication in Year 1, apart from that pupils should understand multiplication by grouping small quantities, and calculating using arrays with the support of the teacher. This used to be part of the...

Connectives and conjunctions

Connectives and conjunctions The new curriculum emphasises the need to teach children how to improve their writing by using connectives to link sentences. For example:  Put all the rice in a pan. Then add 250 ml of boiling water to the pan. The word ‘Then’ helps connect the two sentences....

Money worksheets: change from notes

Money worksheets: change from notes (years 2, 3 and 4) This week we have been concentrating on writing more worksheets on money; always a popular subject! The first set is for Year 2 and look at finding change from a £10 note, a £20 note and a £50 note. Probably...