New: Year 1 Reasoning/Problem Solving

This is one of our favourite categories as it contains loads of ideas to challenge children's mathematical thinking and encourage them to work in a logical and methodical way. We would highly recommend looking at these resources and with over 50 sets to choose from, there is plenty of choice....

New: Patron Saints

Every nation of the UK has its own patron saint. St Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland and St Andrew’s Day is celebrated on 30th November each year. He is also the patron saint of other countries including Greece, Romania and Ukraine. St Andrew wasn’t Scottish, he came from...

Place Value in Years 1 and 2

Understanding place value is crucial for children to make progress from Year 1 onwards. When we talk of place value we mean the value of each digit in a number. For example, the 4 in 64 has a value of 4 but the 4 in 46 has a value of...

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...