Fractions in Year 3

Practical work is the key to success! Children coming into Year 3 should have a sound understanding of simple fractions, especially halves, quarters and thirds. They should have had plenty of practical experience dividing shapes and sets of objects into quarters and thirds.There are several new concepts on fractions to...

Fractions in Year 1

Fortunately, the targets for children to achieve in Year 1 are simple and sensible:1F1a recognise, find and name a half as one of two equal parts of an object, shape or quantity.1F1b recognise, find and name a quarter as one of four equal parts of an object, shape or quantity.It...

Fractions in Year 2

In Year 2 understanding and knowledge of fractions is developed to include recognising one third, two thirds, two quarters and three quarters of shapes, sets of objects, quantities and lengths.Finding fractions of shapes can involve shading in or cutting out certain amounts of a shape e.g. shading two thirds of...

Year 6 New Resources

Comparing the perimeters of different shapes is the main theme of our new Year 6 resources, alongside some rather tricky pages on finding the area of composite shapes made up of rectangles and triangles. These are typical of the kinds of question found on SAT papers. Download Now

New: Apostrophes

Some people care passionately about the correct use of apostrophes; other people couldn’t care less, to the extent that some companies have removed the apostrophe altogether from their names, such as Waterstones, Currys and Harrods. Other businesses seem to put them everywhere. Market stall holders in particular love to use...

New: A Parenthesis

A parenthesis is a word or phrase inserted as an explanation or afterthought into a passage which is grammatically complete without it. Usually it is marked with dashes, commas or brackets (also known as parentheses). Our latest worksheets take a look at this in more detail.Download Now