Measurement in Year 1

Plenty of new work to cover in Year 1 as measurement also includes time and money. As we have separate categories for each of these we will not include them here, concentrating on length, weight/mass and capacity. The National Curriculum Programme of Study states that: Pupils should be taught to:...

Year 6: Adding fractions with different denominators

When working on adding fractions in Year 6 it may well be necessary to revise adding fractions with the same denominator before moving on to adding fractions with different denominators. The method for adding fractions requires several steps and a good deal of knowledge. A key to this is to...

Year 5: Negative Numbers

Whilst children will be introduced to negative numbers in Year 4, it is in Year 5 that most of the work on this topic is done. It is recommended that using real-life situations to explore negative numbers is the best approach and thermometers are certainly one of the best resources....

Year 4: Shape – comparing angles

A crucial part of Year 4 shape work is to recognise that an angle is a measurement of turn and using this to compare and order angles. Children should already recognise and know the terms acute, right angle and obtuse angle. They also need to be able to explain that...

Year 3: Shape – drawing polygons using dotted paper

Geoboards and elastic bands are great resources for helping children understand 2D shapes, but if you haven’t got easy access to a geoboard then dotted paper is the next best thing. You will find all sorts of graph, isometric and dotted paper in our free resources at: https://urbrainy.com/maths/resources/graph-paper The geoboard...

Year 1: Unitising

How can you quickly work out the number of eggs contained in a stack of egg boxes, or how could you work out the value of a pile of 20p coins?One way to do it is to count the boxes, or the coins and then do a multiplication.The mathematical term...