Compound words

In the English language words, especially adjectives and nouns, are frequently put together to form new words. Often this begins by using a hyphen between the two words but over a period of time the hyphen tends to be dropped and the two words are joined to make one new...

Rounding decimals and money in year 6

Rounding decimals and money in year 6 Our very latest sets of worksheets are for Year 6 and are all about rounding decimals and amounts of money. The first two sets look at rounding money to the nearest £10 and £1. e.g. round £574.56 to the nearest £10. These are...

Improper fractions and mixed numbers

Improper fractions and mixed numbers Fractions – everyone’s favourite maths topic! In real life some children find anything to do with fractions challenging if not incomprehensible. However, all is not lost if they are shown what fractions mean and how they relate to other numbers. In year 5 children will...

Money worksheets in Year 3

Money worksheets in Year 3: combinations of coins One of the key areas for children in Year 3 is to become fluent in recognising the value of coins, adding and subtracting amounts and giving change. Using money confidently is one of the key life skills all children should have. We...

Direct and indirect speech worksheets

Direct and indirect speech worksheets There are two different ways of writing what someone has said, known as direct and indirect speech. These can cause confusion for children especially when converting speech from direct to indirect and vice versa. Direct speech uses the exact words spoken, which are placed inside...

Intelligent practice: addition in Year 2

Intelligent practice: addition in Year 2 The main idea behind these pages is to provide activities that lead children down a path where they can think about the patterns and structure of mathematics: we like to call it brainy practice. For example: 13 +  6 = 19      23 + 6...