Year 4 Mental Multiplication

Whilst learning multiplication tables is a key part of work in Year 4 there is much more to do to reach all the National Curriculum targets, one of which is:to use place value, known and derived facts to multiply and divide mentally.This simply means children should use their skills and...

Year 3 Money

Solving problems written in words is an important part of maths and one that we are often asked about. We have a wide selection across all year groups and this week we have published two new sets on money word problems, involving addition and subtraction, suitable for Year 3.A typical...

Year 2 Time

Learning about time is crucial in Year 2 (age 6-7) and we have a separate category devoted to it. Children should enter the year familiar with an analogue clock face and being able to read the time using a clock face to the hour and to the half hour. They...

Adjectives

We have an excellent selection of worksheets on adjectives ranging from recognising adjectives as describing words in Year 2 to using comparative and superlative adjectives and adjectival clauses for older year groups. Our latest set looks at using the suffix LESS to change nouns into adjectives. For example, the noun...

Algebra in Year 6

Children will probably come across algebra and formulae for the first time in Year 6. The National Curriculum states that:Pupils should be taught to:• use simple formulae• generate and describe linear number sequences• express missing number problems algebraically• find pairs of numbers that satisfy an equation with 2 unknowns• enumerate...

Year 5 Fractions

Year 5 FractionsSix great new sets of fraction worksheets for Year 5 have been published this week. The first looks at making fractions by dividing, showing this visually using bars of chocolate and toffee bars, before going on to write divisions as fractions in their simplest form. Relating fractions to...