Two coin challenge

Our Challenges are proving to be a great success as they allow children to explore mathematical concepts and extend their thinking. Here is a great little investigation for young children, which helps with counting and logical thinking. Using just the 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p and 20p coins what different totals...

Year 2: Handling data

We have had several requests recently for more in the way of Data Handling for Year 2 and we are now beginning to build up our resources in this area. The aim of this set of pagers is to give opportunities to interpret data on a simple block diagram and...

URBrainy Site Changes

We have some exciting changes coming very soon to the URBrainy site. We have been working hard to make the site even easier to use and more useful. New users to the site will be able to get a free trial with a number or print credits allowing them to...

Measurement: Which units to use?

In year 2 children are introduced to most of the common metric units, including: centimetres metres kilometres grams kilograms litres. In the real world they will still hear other units being used (those old inches, feet, pounds etc) but it is vital that they gain a secure knowledge of the...

Sorting dominoes challenge

Dominoes are a great resource for children and here is just one set of ideas as to how they can be used. Take a pile of dominoes (it does not have to be the whole set) and sort them into two groups: those with a one spot and those that...

Maths worksheet: Dice sorting challenge

This is quite a task for Year 2 children. Two dice are needed and the printed sheet to record results. The task is to roll the two dice, add them together and record the total in the box. Repeat this 14 times. The real task them comes in trying to...