Year 1 Fractions

Fortunately, the targets for children to achieve in Year 1 are sensible:recognise, find and name a half as one of two equal parts of an object, shape or quantity.recognise, find and name a quarter as one of four equal parts of an object, shape or quantity.It is important to get...

One minute timed challenges for Year 2

Looking for a challenge? Why not try our one minute on-screen activities for number, where children have just one minute to answer as many questions as possible.Trying to read number lines up to 100 is a real challenge and don’t expect high scores as it takes some time to read...

Year 3 and 4 Time

Real progress is made with telling the time in Years 3 and 4. By the end of Year 3 children will be expected to know that there are 365 days in a year, 52 weeks and 12 months in a year, 7 days in a week and that a day...

Year 5: Angle

Two aspects of angle are important in Year 5. One is being able to measure angles using a protractor. Before children begin to measure angles using a protractor it is very important that they are able to recognise types of angles, especially less than 90 degrees, more than 90 degrees...

Algebra in Year 6

Whilst algebra has traditionally been part of the secondary school curriculum it now has a place in the Year 6 Programme of Study. The National Curriculum states that:Pupils should be taught to:use simple formulaegenerate and describe linear number sequencesexpress missing number problems algebraicallyfind pairs of numbers that satisfy an equation...

Vocabulary: Sayings Using Colours

As we look forward to a warm and sunny summer term we would like to highlight a great set of worksheets on common sayings which use colour. Our language contains a surprising number of these and children do need to understand their often quirky meanings. Examples of using the colour...