English spelling resources: CVC bingo

We are building up our Early Years English resources and the most recent addition has been a set of simple bingo cards aimed at helping with recognition of CVC words. This game can be played by up to 6 children at a time, but there is no reason why the...

Long multiplication: 2-digits by 2-digits

Here are a set of practice pages for multiplying two, 2-digit numbers, using the standard, or efficient method. There are several different methods that children could use, but it is important that they get used to one way that they always use and become confident with it. A good knowledge...

Completing multiplication number sentences

This set of maths worksheets is suitable for Year 5 children who have a good knowledge of the times tables and can manipulate numbers 'in their heads'. It is worth pointing out that  It is surprising the number of different strategies we use to calculate mentally. The same type of...

Three times table

One of the hardest things for children to achieve in year 3 is to learn the 3 times table off by heart. In year 2 they are expected to get to grips with the 2x, 5x and 10x tables, each of which has a pattern that is easily seen. The...

Tricky word activities

There is some evidence from psychology studies that we use the shapes of words to recognise them. The shape of a word is made up of the ascending (tall letters), descending (letters that go under the line) and neutral (short) letters. This could be one of the reasons we find...

Year 5: Written subtraction with zeros.

A particular type of subtraction question seems to cause more problems than almost any other kind, and that is where a ten needs to be 'borrowed' from the tens column but there is a zero in the tens. In this case the adjustment needs to be done from the hundreds...