The final piece in the jigsaw of Year 2 resources to meet the needs of the Primary Framework for Mathematics. This set is for Block E, Unit 3, Week 3. Whilst we have some of the standard worksheets which lok at completing addition and subtraction sentences and dividing by 3 with remainders, most of this [...]

Magic Squares have a long and fascinating tradition in maths so it is nice to be able to present a very simple magic square for young children to investigate. The first task is to give them the numbers 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3 and ask them to fit the numbers into [...]

We are now on our penultimate set of resources for the Year 2 Primary Framework Planning, which covers Block E, Unit 3, Week 2. As usual we have our 40 mental arithmetic questions, this week concentrating on addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. The 10p challenge is a good mini investigation and it would be helpful [...]

Georgie Gorilla has just received his brand new car, but it hasn’t got a number plate yet. Gorilla number plates are easier to read than human ones as they only have the digits 1, 2 or 3 on them and there is only room for three numbers on the number plate. What possibilities are there? [...]

We are getting towards the end of the year 2 programme of maths resources which match the Primary Framework for Maths Planning. This week we are looking at Block E, Unit 3. The focuses of learning for this block include: 1. Subtracting 19 mentally by subtracting 20 and then adding one on to the answer. [...]

One of the favourite questions that maths teachers like to ask is, ‘How many ways can…?’ This maths challenge is one of the best examples of this type of investigation. There are three boxes and 20 buttons. How many ways can the buttons be put in the boxes so that there is an even number [...]

We are moving towards the end of the school weekly planning as we publish Week 33, which is the last for the Primary Framework planning for Block D, Unit 3. As always we have 40 mental arithmetic questions and it cannot be repeated often enough that if children are to acquire fast mental arithmetic skills [...]

This investigation  is a development of the caterpillar investigation. The shortest and longest routes can be found, but children also need to be confident enough to add several single digit numbers together, making it suitable for around the end of Year 2 and Year 3. The initial task of finding a route through which is [...]

It’s time for some real consolidation of the work covered so far in Year 2 as we publish our latest set of resources for the Primary Framework weekly planning. Our mental arithmetic pages cover addition, subtraction, time, money and number patterns. We also have another set of addition number grids, which are excellent practise at [...]

As always there is a great collection of mental arithmetic pages, this week we have activities on addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. There’s also plenty of Handling Data in our most recent resources covering the planning for Year 2, Block C, Unit 3. The first set of pages looks at pictograms, where one image of [...]