Arithmetic Master is a game I use with Year 6 in the last few weeks before the SATs. You know how it feels - when you’ve done past paper after past paper and you still need to work on retrieval but you need some ENERGY! This is a quiz which involves partner work, peer support, team names and unlimited points and my children LOVE it. Covering all of the Arithmetic question areas from Paper 1 in a quiz format. • Children work in pairs for this quiz. • For each section (PPT slide) each child will be given 2 to 3 minutes (your discretion) to answer the questions independently on their own piece of paper. • The next 2 minutes will be sharing and discussing answers with their partner. • Before sharing, they will need to decide upon a final answer as a team. • This is great for peer work, talking through HOW they came to their answer. • Points are decided by the teacher: correct answers; superb explanations; good behaviour; staying focused. • I also deduct points to maintain behaviour management: shouting out, arguing etc. I find that the children learn very quickly that it’s all a bit of fun in the midst of all their revision and behave well beyond the first couple of deductions! • Having ultimate power over the points also ensures that you can award points to children with low self esteem who need the boost. There are over 20 colourful question slides, each containing at least 6 Arithmetic questions. This quiz can easily be broken down into sections, over several sessions . I show this as a PPT presentation and everyone looks at the main smartboard but I have also included a PDF in case you need to print out or Air Drop questions. Another PPT and PDF contains the answers which I use as a class so I can see what everyone is getting out of it, what my areas of need are, giving out points and also to keep up the energy. However, this could also be used for self marking. I really hope you and your class enjoy this resource as much as we do!

Introducing Reasoning Master: The FUN SATs Preparation Tool! Reasoning Master is the perfect game for** Year 6 students gearing up for their SATs, designed to energise and motivate** while answering multiplication and division reasoning calculation questions. Are you ready to inject some excitement into your SATs preparation? Say goodbye to endless past papers and photocopiers and hello to a dynamic, engaging way to master reasoning skills! This is a quiz which involves partner work, peer support, team names and unlimited points and my children LOVE it. Inspired by past papers, Reasoning Master focuses on multiplication and division reasoning question types from Papers 2 and 3, presented in an interactive quiz format. Here’s what makes it a must-have resource for your classroom: Engaging Partner Work: Children team up for independent and collaborative learning. After independent answering time, children come together to discuss their solutions with their partner and decide on a final answer as a team. This is great for peer work and talking through HOW they came to their answer. Point-Based Motivation: Who doesn’t love a little friendly competition? Points are awarded for correct answers, stellar explanations, and exemplary behaviour, . Teachers have the flexibility to customise point allocation, ensuring a fair and motivating experience for all. I find that the children learn very quickly that it’s all a bit of fun in the midst of all their revision and behave well beyond the first couple of ‘shouting out’ deductions! Comprehensive Question Coverage: With 11 colorful question slides comprising over 50 reasoning questions, Reasoning Master covers a wide range of question types. The quiz can be easily segmented into sections, making it adaptable to various classroom schedules. Flexible Presentation Formats: Whether displayed as a PowerPoint presentation on the smartboard for the whole class or distributed as a PDF for individual use, Reasoning Master accommodates diverse teaching styles and technological preferences. Answer Provided : A separate PowerPoint and PDF containing answers means easy monitoring of progress, identification of areas for improvement, and efficient point allocation. Make learning fun, collaborative, and effective, all while empowering your class to excel.

Introducing Reasoning Master: The FUN SATs Preparation Tool! Reasoning Master is the perfect game for** Year 6 students gearing up for their SATs, designed to energise and motivate** while answering addition and subtraction reasoning questions. Are you ready to inject some excitement into your SATs preparation? Say goodbye to endless past papers and photocopiers and hello to a dynamic, engaging way to master reasoning skills! This is a quiz which involves partner work, peer support, team names and unlimited points and my children LOVE it. Inspired by past papers, Reasoning Master focuses on addition and subtraction reasoning question types from Papers 2 and 3, presented in an interactive quiz format. Here’s what makes it a must-have resource for your classroom: Engaging Partner Work: Children team up for independent and collaborative learning. After independent answering time, children come together to discuss their solutions with their partner and decide on a final answer as a team. This is great for peer work and talking through HOW they came to their answer. Point-Based Motivation: Who doesn’t love a little friendly competition? Points are awarded for correct answers, stellar explanations, and exemplary behaviour, . Teachers have the flexibility to customise point allocation, ensuring a fair and motivating experience for all. I find that the children learn very quickly that it’s all a bit of fun in the midst of all their revision and behave well beyond the first couple of ‘shouting out’ deductions! Comprehensive Question Coverage: With 11 colorful question slides comprising over 50 reasoning questions, Reasoning Master covers a wide range of question types. The quiz can be easily segmented into sections, making it adaptable to various classroom schedules. Flexible Presentation Formats: Whether displayed as a PowerPoint presentation on the smartboard for the whole class or distributed as a PDF for individual use, Reasoning Master accommodates diverse teaching styles and technological preferences. Answer Provided : A separate PowerPoint and PDF containing answers means easy monitoring of progress, identification of areas for improvement, and efficient point allocation. The documents are password protected to prevent any changes being made and to protect my work. You can bypass this by clicking READ ONLY. Coming Soon: Stay tuned for additional resources covering multiplication, division, and other areas of maths in reasoning format. Make learning fun, collaborative, and effective, all while empowering your class to excel.

Miss, can we play Goosey, Goosey Gander again? This is the Converting Fractions and Percentages edition and involves questions that require children to mentally convert between and compare percentage and fraction equivalents of  1/5 , 2/5 , 3/5 4/5 and those fractions with a denominator of a multiple of 10 or 25 This game will capitivate your students’ attention. They will LOVE applying mentally converting between fractions and percentages. Perfect for independent group work so that you get time to work with smaller groups in your class Perfect for basic skills work Perfect for morning work Perfect for early finishers Answers provided so that children can be completely independent in this fun activity. There are 3 different types of question included in this pack - ideal for supporting you every step of the way.   1. Converting fractions to percentages (covering 1/5, 1/10, 1/20, 1/25, 1/50 and 1/100) 2. Converting percentages to fractions 3. Comparing Fractions and Percentages You can play with just the cards you need from each section or play with all of the cards to ensure retention of the topic. Goosey, Goosey Gander is a maths game with a twist. Everyone who has ever tried to pass a goose knows exactly how cantankerous they can be! And this card game encapsulates that evil energy! Children compete to pick cards and answer maths questions correctly. If correct, they get to keep the card. The aim is to keep hold of the most cards when the timer ends. But there are also sabotage cards in the deck! One of them being the ‘Goose With The Evil Laugh!’ When the goose is selected, you must put all your cards back! Your children may get another go, they may have to return one card or get a friend to return a card - this game is part skill and part luck! Either way, they will be hooked! Need to differentiate? Make it easier - remove questions that your group is not ready for. - allow children to work in pairs. Make it harder - request that children give the simplest form of the fraction. Included: Child friendly instructions Playing cards with 3 question types Sabotage cards Answer pages for children to self mark Backing for the reverse of the cards if you choose to laminate. 138 questions!

Miss, can we play Goosey, Goosey Gander again? This is the Factors edition and involves questions that require children to list factors of numbers to 100. This game will capitivate your students’ attention. They will LOVE using their times table and divisibility knowledge to find all the factors! Perfect for independent group work so that you get time to work with smaller groups in your class Perfect for basic skills work Perfect for morning work Perfect for early finishers Answers provided so that children can be completely independent in this fun activity. Goosey, Goosey Gander is a maths game with a twist. Everyone who has ever tried to pass a goose knows exactly how cantankerous they can be! And this card game encapsulates that evil energy! Children compete to pick cards and answer maths questions correctly. If correct, they get to keep the card. The aim is to keep hold of the most cards when the timer ends. But there are also sabotage cards in the deck! One of them being the ‘Goose With The Evil Laugh!’ When the goose is selected, you must put all your cards back! Your children may get another go, they may have to return one card or get a friend to return a card - this game is part skill and part luck! Either way, they will be hooked! Need to differentiate? Make it easier: Remove questions that your group is not ready for. Perhaps you print more of the factors up to 20 or 40 or 60. Perhaps some children only need to give a pair of factors rather than list them all. Allow children to work in pairs. Make it harder - use all cards to 100 Make it harder - announce when a number is prime. Included: Child friendly directions 100 Playing cards Sabotage cards Answer pages for children to self mark Backing for the reverse of the cards if you choose to laminate.

Tired of finding ways to practise times tables retention? Does the onus need to be put back on the children to practise instead of you doing all the work? This timestables game up to 12 x12 will capitivate your students’ attention. They will LOVE practising! Goosey, Goosey Gander is a times tables game with a twist. Everyone who has ever tried to pass a goose knows exactly how cantankerous they can be! And this card game encapsulates that evil energy! Children compete to pick cards and answer times tables questions correctly. If correct, they get to keep the card. The aim is to keep hold of the most cards when the timer ends. But there are sabotage cards in the deck! One of them being the ‘Goose With The Evil Laugh!’ When the goose is selected, you must put all your cards back! Your children may get another go, they may have to return one card or get a friend to return a card - this game is part skill and part luck! Either way, they will be hooked! Need to differentiate? Make it easier - remove times tables that your group is not ready for, remove the cards requesting the question when they are given the answer. Make it harder - request that children give all the factors for the solution cards rather than just giving one times tables fact. Eg. 24. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24 Included: Child friendly instructions Playing cards with times tables up to 12 x 12 Playing cards with a solution, requesting the times tables question Sabotage cards Answer pages for children to self mark Backing for the reverse of the cards if you choose to laminate.

*Miss/Sir I’ve finished…Now what? * I put together this sheet after I found I was constantly over planning for maths lessons for the children who were finishing the work with 5 or so minutes to go while I was still helping others. It was causing a lot of extra planning and paperwork and we all know how precious every minute is as a teacher! This way, I know the depth of their understanding of the lesson objective and it has proven a real time saver. I hope you find this resource useful. If you do, please could you leave a review? Feel free to make requests for future resources.