Place Value in Year 3

The key target in Year 3 is for children to recognise the place value of each digit in **3-digit numbers**. They should know that 10 tens are equivalent to 1 hundred and that 100 is ten times the size of 10 and be able to work out how many 10s...

Place Value in Year 4

Progress in Year 4 is as expected, working with 4-digit numbers rather than just 3-digit numbers. Children should recognise the place value of each digit in 4-digit numbers and partition 4-digit numbers in various ways. They should know that 10 hundreds are equivalent to 1 thousand and that 1,000 is...

Place Value in Year 5

Place Value: tenths and hundredthsTeaching understanding of place value is still important in Year 5, looking at very large numbers and very small numbers. Children will be expected to understand one tenth and one hundredth and how both 10 tenths and 100 hundredths can be regrouped into 1 one. This...

Place Value in Year 6

By Year 6 the targets are challenging with children needing to be able to read and write numbers from 1 hundredth to 10 million in both words and digits. That’s 0.01 to 10,000,000. Thousandths may also be introduced (0.001).They should be able to recognise the value of digits within numbers...

Times Tables Certificates

Times Tables Certificates Learning multiplication tables, or times tables, is a real challenge for many children and making that effort deserves a reward. Of course, the main reward is that it makes many other calculations so much easier, but it is also good to have a certificate to show the...

Word Classes in Upper KS2

Word Classes in Upper KS2Whilst much of the work on pronouns will have been covered in earlier years it is well worth going over the types of pronoun again in Years 5 or 6. They often come up in the KS2 SATs and it is very easy to forget just...