Year 5 addition using squared paper

Year 5 addition using squared paper Our Year 5 Addition worksheets have just been enhanced by the inclusion of 3 new sets for written addition using squared paper. The questions are all set out in word form or horizontally, which means that they need to be set out correctly, in...

Year 5/6 word list activities

Year 5/6 word list activities We have just published our first sets of worksheets on the new Year 5 and 6 word lists. This list is a statutory part of the new curriculum: children have to be taught these spellings and their meanings and will no doubt be tested on...

Free New Year worksheets

Free New Year worksheets Only a couple of days until New Year’s Eve and the next week is a great time to reflect on the past and look forward to the new. Our fantastic New Year worksheets, including New Year’s Resolutions, are now all available for the next week absolutely...

New urbrainy ipad games

New urbrainy ipad games Number Y1 Maths App Don’t forget we have just launched an iPad app full of fun activities on Number for Year 1. The app allows our iPad fans to play these games without the need of an internet connection or even a subscription to URBrainy.com. The...

Year 5 mental subtraction

[caption id="attachment_8622" align="alignleft" width="150"] subtract mentally large numbers[/caption] Year 5 mental subtraction A key aspect of subtraction in year 5 is to, ‘subtract numbers mentally with increasingly large numbers’. Of course, there comes a point where it is much more sensible to use written methods of subtraction, but it is...

Christmas Maths worksheets

[caption id="attachment_4973" align="alignleft" width="212"] christmas maths worksheets[/caption] An early Christmas present: free Christmas Maths worksheets Less than two weeks to go to Christmas and there doesn’t seem to be much time left to do anything! To help during this busy period, as well as adding to the fun, we are...