Fun maths

Fun maths SAT tests for both Year 2 and Year 6 are now over for another year and the summer is just about here. Now is a time when it can be difficult to motivate children who have finished their tests and are looking forward to the next year so...

Comprehensions on pets

Comprehensions on pets and writing up notes As a nation we are great pet lovers and as many children are given pets at quite an early age it is a subject which interests them. Hamsters, gerbils, guinea pigs and rabbits form the subjects for our most recent sets of comprehension...

Year 3 Mental Division

Year 3 mental division using 3, 4 and 8 tables We have just published two more sets of worksheets for Year 3 division. Children in Year 3 are expected to know the 3x, 4x and 8x tables and one of the main uses for this knowledge is to work out...

Year 6 formal written methods of multiplication

Year 6 formal written methods of multiplication It is very easy to assume that children in year 6 (aged 10/11) will be proficient with long multiplication. However, many children in Year 6 will still be unsure of the formal written method of multiplication and will need a great deal of...

Year 5-6 word list

Year 5-6 word list One of the more controversial parts of the new primary curriculum is the list of 100 words children are expected to learn in years 5 and 6. Discussions could go on for ever as to the validity of this list, but we have to ignore this...

Year 2: four rules practice

New for Year 2: four rules practice Most of our Year 2 resources so far have been designed to provide practice on one specific topic, but life tends to be far more mixed up than this, so we have just published a new category of mixed questions, covering all of...