Year 3 new resources: calculating perimeters

We have just published another excellent set of pages on calculating the perimeter of shapes. When doing this, different strategies can be used by children, as not all the lengths of sides are given. They also need to make sure that all the sides have been counted and it might...

Year 4 new resources: finding perimeters

The term ‘regular polygon’ is introduced in Year 4 and children will be taught that a regular polygon has all its sides of equal length and all its angles are equal. As far as finding the perimeter of a regular polygon, children only need to know that the sides are...

Year 5 new resources: fractions – find the whole

Our latest resources for Year 5 look at using a fraction of an amount to find the whole amount. We start with using bar models to work out the whole number, which makes it clear that if they know one equal part they can use multiplication to find the whole...

Year 6 New Resources: Order of Operations

It’s coming up to that time when revising for SATs begin. The Year 6 SAT papers frequently have questions involving the order of operations. Last year’s Arithmetic Paper included the question:30 − 56 ÷ 8 =Children need to be aware that they have to carry out the division part:56 ÷...

Multiplication in Year 6

Whilst it is hoped that children in Year 5 have mastered the formal method of long multiplication, they will still need plenty of practice if they are going to remember the process in Year 6 and for SATs. This practice will often take the form of multiplying numbers with up...

Multiplication in Year 5

Less familiar multiplication targets in Year 5The National Curriculum targets for multiplication in Year 5 are lengthy and challenging.Obviously, there are targets on mental and written multiplication, such as multiplying numbers up to 4-digits by a 2-digit number, but there are also some less familiar targets which I would like...