Persuasive Writing

Persuasive writing As children progress through primary school they are expected to be able to write in different styles, one of which is known as persuasive writing. Persuasive writing is all around us; T.V. advertising, newspapers, magazines, the internet and social media are full of examples of persuasive writing. The...

Roman numerals and time

Roman Numerals and time One of the new targets for maths in year 3 will be to, ‘tell and write the time from an analogue clock, including using Roman numerals from I to XII’. As we haven’t published any time sheets using Roman numerals we thought that now was the...

Maths board games

Mathematical Board Games To help pass those wet showers between the sunshine we have just published four more board games which involve a combination of mathematical knowledge and logical thinking. My favourite is ‘Diving Board’ which can be played by two or three players. Taking it in turns, the idea...

Written multiplication in year 3

Written multiplication Written multiplication is one of the harder topics for children to learn in primary school. It has long been thought that children need to understand what is happening when they use the standard written method of multiplication rather than just learn a method by rote without having a...

Matchstick puzzles

Matchstick puzzles Are you ready to challenge your logical thinking by moving the matchsticks to solve the puzzles?  Logic may get you to the answers, but sometimes that will not be enough and a little bit of lateral thinking will also be needed. (Make sure you do not use live...

Year 3 Maths Programme: Week 36

The final week of our Year 3 Maths Programme! This week we start by checking some of the skills that children should have acquired during this year. They include: Rounding to the nearest hundred; remembering that if the number ends in 50 to round up to the next whole hundered....