Year 5 addition and subtraction concepts

Less emphasis is placed on addition and subtraction in Year 5 as children have grasped the main concepts, but previous work is still developed, and they need to understand that: 716 +  524 is the same as 524 + 716 (this is called the commutative law, but children do not...

2011 Maths SAT Paper A question 14

Question 14 is typical of the type of question the SAT writers like: a question on reading scales where the divisions are only partly labelled. The answer to question 14:   The arrow drawn to 640 as shown below: 1 mark awarded for a correct answer. Slight variation is acceptable as...

New comprehension worksheets on The Second World War

Comprehension worksheets on World War II Our resident historian, Jo, has been working hard to develop our range of comprehension pages and we are delighted to announce the arrival of our first ten resources all on the theme of World War II. From evacuees and the Blitz to Dunkirk and...

New year 3 weekly maths programme

After many requests we are pleased to announce the start of our Year 3 weekly programme. During the course of each of the next three terms we will be publishing 12 weeks of selected worksheets covering the full range of the maths curriculum. These have proved to be tremendously popular...

Year 4: Using and Applying Maths

Here we have a quick look at Using and Applying Maths in year 4. This involves children using the maths they know to solve problems and, in turn, learn more about maths itself. 1. Choose appropriate methods This section is concerned with getting children to make decisions about: Which operation...

Ordinal Numbers: Year 1 Word Search

Here is another page to add to our wet break/holiday activities section. It is a word search which looks at the ordinal numbers from first to tenth and is probably best suited to Years 1/2. It can also be used as an activity sheet to help with spellings. Once children...