Year 3 weekly maths programme: week 9

We are getting well into our weekly programme for Year 3 with this latest set of pages. This week we are aiming to: 1. make addition and subtraction number stories 2. improve speed practice with addition and subtraction 3. solve problems involving measurement 4. read scales and the time to...

New spelling worksheets

Our collection of spelling worksheets is really turning into an incredible resource which many teachers and parents are using on a weekly basis. Our latest set of published pages takes the total to over 70 sets in total! This week we have concentrated on word endings, including ‘ary’  and ‘al’...

SAT Paper A 2011 question on coordinates

23a 13 for the x coordinate               Award one mark 23b. 15 for the y coordinate                  Award one mark If the answer is written as (15,13) award one mark. Accept unambiguous answers written on the diagram rather than in the answer box. Suggested Method: A coordinates grid without the axes labelled...

Year 3 weekly maths programme: week 8

Our next set of pages contains plenty of great maths to get stuck into this week as we aim to: 1. work with money in pence and pounds 2. add three single digit numbers mentally 3. add whole tens 4. find halves and quarters 5. interpret bar charts 6. recognise...

Times tables up to 12.

The Government recently issued latest draft proposals on the Maths Programme of Study, the final version of which will come into play in September 2013. In this they suggest that tables should be learned up to 12, rather than the usual 10. We are not quite sure of the valid...

SAT Paper A 2011 question 22 and answer

Having a good mathematical knowledge is not necessarily going to help with this question and many children and adults will find it difficult whilst some will find it very easy. Probably the best approach is to treat the question as two parts, firstly visualise turning the cube a quarter turn...