Reading scales is something which we tend to take for granted, but they can be much trickier than they first appear. To begin with children will come across scales where every division is labelled, but most scales in real life do not do this. Litre jugs, minutes on a clock, rulers etc often have divisions [...]

Working out the difference between clockwise and anticlockwise can be very tricky for young children -  they have enough problems working out left and right! Nevertheless these terms are introduced in Year 2. Probably the best way to approach this is to show the movement with the hands of a clock and then to practice [...]

The lovely long summer holiday is quickly drawing to a close and teachers are beginning to plan for next term. Whether you are a teacher or a parent why not download the first week of our brand new set of resources for Year 2? Each week we will publish a set of printable pages to [...]