Year 1 New Resources: Counting in the Teens

An important stage in children’s progress with number is when they progress from counting up to ten to counting in the teens and beyond. Plenty of practice counting verbally up to 20 is needed as the numbers do not repeat the pattern of counting up to ten. In particular, children...

Year 2 New Resources: Multiplication

Before children can make progress with multiplication they need to understand and recognise equal groups. An important part of this is to identify when groups are not equal and to explain why. We have just published 4 new sets of worksheets on recognising equal groups, providing plenty of practice; a...

Year 3 New Resources: Measurement

In Year 3 children use their knowledge that there are 10 millimetres in a centimetre and 100 centimetres in a metre to convert measurements between millimetres and centimetres and between centimetres and metres. Part-whole models and bar models are really good ways to illustrate these conversions. We have just added...

Year 4 New Resources: Measurement

In Year 4 converting measurements is extended to metres and kilometres. The ability to multiply and divide by 1,000 is a great help with this, although many children will find this tricky. Bar models and part-whole models are, again, a great help in representing the connections between the two units....

Year 5 New Resources: Division Word Problems

The formal method of short division will be used extensively by children during Year 5. The process is complex, requiring several steps to complete one calculation. Once the method has been learnt children also need plenty of practice to ensure that they can use short division confidently and accurately.Our latest...

Year 6 New Resources: Long Division Practice

As with short division, the long division method is complex, requiring several steps to complete an answer, as well as a good knowledge of multiplication and subtraction. Many children will need support in setting out long divisions and our latest set of pages sets the questions out on squared grids...