It’s often a good idea to try and link the work done in maths to other areas of the curriculum, and, indeed to events in the calendar. This week we have produced four sets of maths worksheets, all with the theme of Valentine’s Day; so there are plenty of hearts fluttering! The first set looks [...]

One of the things that some children find very difficult is to successfully use the standard written method of subtraction. This set of worksheets takes a different slant on the subject. The subtraction is set out in the standard way and the answer is given. All that is missing are two of the digits. To [...]

We have just published our most recent set of mental arithmetic pages for children in Years 4, 5 and 6. The Year 4 questions cover a wide variety of topics, including quotients, doubling and money. The term quotient is one that is not heard very often, but it is part of the expected vocabulary for [...]

The name Modern pentathlon comes from the Greek ‘penta’ which means 5. (Hence a pentagon has 5 sides). The original Greek pentathlon consisted on a race, wrestling, long jump, javelin and discuss, but Baron Pierre de Coubertin created a new set of events to reflect the soldiers duties in the 19th century. He stated that [...]

Here is a set of pages which at first glance may appear very easy, but in fact can be quite tricky. A 3-digit addition sum has been set out using the standard written method and the answer is also given. But, there are two digits missing and the task is to find the missing digits. [...]

We are well into the year now and mental arithmetic skills should be improving rapidly. For year 4 we have another set of addition and subtraction questions, but they are quite tough. The first two questions involve adding up four single digit numbers. If only hearing the numbers out loud it is probably best to [...]

There will be ten Gold medals to compete for at the London Olympics Track Cycling, 5 for men and 5 for women. The track events will take place at the brand new Velodrome, built especially for the Olympics and should prove to be an exciting few days. The maths worksheet looks at the results from [...]

Here we have the second set of pages about making number stories, this time linked to subtraction. It is a good idea to read the subtraction number sentence out loud and discuss what kind of story could be written. Say out loud one or two before writing down a sentence. Whilst they should be kept [...]

This week’s mental arithmetic questions for years 4, 5 and 6 are now up and running! These pages can be used in lots of different ways, both with individual children or whole classes. If only reading the questions out make sure that they are repeated at least twice. The numbers could be written on a [...]

The Finn was designed in 1949 for the 1952 Olympics and has been used ever since. It is the most physically demanding of all the dinghy classes. In the Olympics usually each sailor races ten times, but this can depend on weather conditions: no wind, no sailing! Points are given based on finishing position in [...]