Reception: Directional Language

Children will have heard the terms, ‘left’ and ‘right’ from an early age but they often confuse the two terms and will need plenty of activities to help remember which is which. We have just published two new sets of pages on understanding left and right, as well as one...

Year 1 Tutorials: Number

Three great new tutorials are now available for Year 1, covering aspects of number.The first looks at comparing numbers to see which are the biggest and smallest. Objects can be seen on the screen so that children can count the groups and compare the numbers.The second tutorial looks at ordering...

Year 3: Measure Mass

Children continue to use scales in Year 3, including using kilograms. A mix of kilograms and grams will be used but the measurements should be read as ….kg and …. g. building on their understanding that there are 1,000 g in 1 kg. The scales they use will be more...

Year 2: Comparing Mass

In Year 2 children should re-visit work on comparing mass using balance scales before being introduced to standard units of measurement. Again, balance scales will be used with a variety of 5g/10g/20g masses. It is a good idea to keep to smaller items up to 100g as children generally do...

Year 1: Heavier and Lighter

Children are introduced to mass for the first time in Year 1. At first this will be practical; holding objects to say which is heavier or lighter, before moving on to using balance scales. Measuring mass comes later, using non-standard units such as cubes and balance scales. Our most recent...

Year 4: Hundredths

We have just published two new fraction tutorials as well as a comprehensive new set of resources on understanding hundredths as fractions. The first of the step-by-step tutorials looks at understanding mixed numbers: numbers that have both a whole number and a proper fraction as part of them. The second...