Fascinating dates: 12.12.12

It may have come to your attention that 12th December this year will have the date: 12.12.12: the kind of date many people find fascinating and one which draws the usual 'end of the world' claims. In fact, at the 12th second of the 12th minute of the 12th hour...

Year 3 weekly programme: week 12

With Christmas activities rapidly approaching for most schools this week we have published the last in our series of weekly plans for Year 3. This week we are aiming to: 1. practise adding two teen numbers 2. subtract from a teen number 3. practise times tables and mental division 4....

Maths worksheets for wet breaks: Year 1

With winter now upon us and playtimes and breaks often disrupted by rain it's always useful to have some educational fun resources to pass away the time. This week we have published three more wordsearches for year 1, all of which have a mathematical slant. They include writing numbers to...

Board Game: Deadly Red

Board games are a great way to improve logical thinking and maths concepts. This is a favourite of mine, which I call Deadly Red as the person who takes the red counter at the end loses! Not a lot of equipment is needed, just: 12 coloured counters, one red counter...

Year 3 weekly programme: week 11

Here is the latest of our new sets of worksheets for year 3 to make it easier to provide a range of maths each week during term time. Altogether there will be 36 weeks, so we are approaching the end of the autumn term with this set, with just one...

Checking answers in Year 3: addition and subtraction

As children get older the numbers they work with get larger and by year 3 onwards they start using written methods to work out answers. Later they also use calculators and it is worth remembering that one of the two SAT Papers in Year 6 is a calculator paper. With...