Rounding Games for Year 4

Rounding Games for Year 4 There are some topics which are ideal for on-screen activities, where children enter their answers on the keyboard rather than using pen and paper. Rounding numbers is one such topic. Six new on-screen activities have been published this week: • Rounding a 3-digit number to...

Fairy Tale Comprehensions: Hansel and Gretel

Fairy Tale Comprehensions: Hansel and Gretel The story of Hansel and Gretel is believed to have originated in the Baltic states as long ago as the 14th century. This was a time when there were great famines and desperate deeds were carried out, including abandoning children (often in woods) to...

Place Value Grids in Year 6

Place Value Grids in Year 6 Place value grids are proving to be extremely popular in primary schools, not least in Year 6 to help understand very large numbers. Our latest pages use these grids to help add 100,000, 10,000 and 1,000 to numbers in the millions as well as...

Year 5 Decimals

Year 5 Decimals We have just extended our Year 5 resources on decimals up to 2 decimal places. Place value grids are a good way to show tenths and hundredths and this can also be done practically using number discs and a larger grid to display decimals. We have also...

Subtraction in Year 4

Subtraction in Year 4 Our latest pages on subtraction are designed to help children use their knowledge to subtract two 4-digit numbers. Using place value grids, there are no exchanges to be made when doing this; the key idea is to concentrate on the correct place value for each digit....

Year 2 Length

Year 2 Length A key objective in the Year 2 Measurement programme of study is to: ‘Compare and order lengths.’ Children should be able to order more than two lengths, from shortest to longest, at first using only the same unit of measurement. This will also help with ordering numbers...