this powerpoint presentation is designed to stretch the more able whist being accessible for all abilities in KS2. there are numerous questions, extensions, tasks and questions to engage children.

10 literacy based 'think outside of the box' challenges. Encourage your children to think creatively and apply their literacy skills to the challenge! Please take a look at the other resources in my shop.

Suitable for starters, plenaries, homework challenges, extension tasks, investigations, assessments… ALL ANSWERS ARE ON THE FOLLOWING SLIDE. please see my other resources in my shop

this resource contains 180 challenges that can be used as starters, plenaries, fillers, morning work, treasure hunts, displays, working walls and for homework challenges. there is enough challenges for a different one each morning throughout the school year.

this resource has a KS2 spag focus. Balderdash sounds like a completely made-up word but it is in fact a real word. It’s a noun which means ‘absolute nonsense.’ Let’s play the game Balderdash… I will give you a real word – one which you’ve probably never heard before. I will then give you 4 definitions for the word but only one of them is correct, the other 3 will be balderdash! You must decide which one is correct…

My class loved this! a powerpoint containing 9 maths magic tricks. The children will be amazed! these can be used as wow starts to a lesson, plenaries and even whole lessons as this can lead into further investigation of how these tricks work.

set of 27 year 6 original SATS style test broken down into each objective help you children master the new curriculum. ALL ANSWERS PROVIDED these tests are in the style of the 2016 maths tests - all questions have a score value and an area to work out the calculation. These tests are great to assess progress within a topic, for use as cold and hot tasks, end of unit tests, boosters, extensions, interventions, SATS practice and more... these are based on the new curriculum and offer students a chance to practice the objective in a variety of ways - mastery style! the tests are broken into the following themes: add and subtract fractions addition and subtraction word problems algebra, measures, geometry and data angles in polygons circle vocab common factors comparing fractions order fractions converting units of measure coordinates data handling decimal equivalent fractions decimals multiply by whole numbers divide by 10/100/1000 drawing 2d shapes estimating long division long multiplication mean missing number problems proper fractions - multiplying mental arithmetic negative numbers in context number sequences number order of operations percentages perimeter and area place value ratio rounding rounding whole numbers shape ratio short division simplify fractions number problems translation please visit my store for other items.

29x year 2 SATS style tests based on every objective of the curriculum help you children master the new curriculum. these tests are in the style of the 2016 maths tests - all questions have a score value and an area to work out the calculation. These tests are great to assess progress within a topic, for use as cold and hot tasks, end of unit tests, boosters, extensions, interventions, SATS practice and more... these are based on the new curriculum and offer students a chance to practice the objective in a variety of ways - mastery style! objectives include: add (commutative) and subtract addition and subtraction facts adding and subtracting money combinations of coins compare and order numbers to 100 sequences of time counting in 2-5-10 data handling halves, thirds and quarters estimating numbers inverse operation measures, geometry and data measuring multiplication (commutative) and division multiplication and division problems multiplication and division facts 2-5-10 number patterns and sequences place value and number facts place value to two digits position pounds and pence properties of 2d shape properties of 3d shape read and write numbers to 100 simple fractions sorting data telling the time visit my store for other year groups and mastery resources

Great for use as a ‘Big write’ prompt, P4C, talk partner work, speaking and listening tasks, story starters, newspaper reports, visual reading and comprehension, writing starters, homework challenges and more!

ALL QUESTIONS ARE LINKED TO THE NEW NATIONAL CURRICULUM YEAR 6 OBJECTIVES. ALL YEAR 6 NATIONAL CURRICULUM OBJECTIVES ARE COVERED IN THIS SET OF QUESTIONS. This resource contains OVER 100 challenges linked to the new year 6 maths curriculum. Each challenge is designed to challenge, assess and stretch the learning of the key objectives. At the top of each slide is the direct objective that the challenge matches to. MASTER THE NEW MATHS CURRICULUM! This is an ideal assessment piece as it will test if they really understand and can apply the new national curriculum. PLEASE SEE MY OTHER RESOURCES IN MY SHOP.

This reasoning paper is in the style of the reasoning paper 2 - 2016 SATs papers. Each question is based on the same objective from the 2016 tests but are adapted with different numbers/shapes/scales etc. These test will help you gage whether or not your year 6 pupils are on track to meet the standards for the end of year 6. ALL ANSWERS PROVIDED to enable self marking these questions include: putting numbers in a carroll diagram missing number questions place value bar graph interpretation mass converting units ordering numbers writing numbers into words translating shapes scales magic square more than / less than statements fractions properties of shape percentages perimeter and area of irregular shapes coordinates find other papers here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/5-reasoning-ks2-sats-papers-year-6-11431580

this resource contains 16 challenges linked to the new year 5 maths curriculum. Each challenge is designed to challenge, assess and stretch the learning of the key objectives. At the top of each slide is the direct objective that the challenge matches to. This is an ideal assessment piece as it will test if they really understand and can apply the new national curriculum. other year groups/focus pieces are available in my shop. Objectives convert between different units of metric measure (for example, kilometre and metre; centimetre and metre; centimetre and millimetre; gram and kilogram; litre and millilitre)measure and calculate the perimeter of composite rectilinear shapes in centimetres and metrescalculate and compare the area of rectangles (including squares), and including using standard units, square centimetres (cm2) and square metres (m2) and estimate the areaidentify 3-D shapes, including cubes and other cuboids, from 2-D representationsknow angles are measured in degrees: estimate and compare acute, obtuse and reflex anglesdraw given angles, and measure them in degrees (o)identify:angles at a point and one whole turn (total 360 o)angles at a point on a straight line and 1 2 a turn (total 180 o)other multiples of 90 ouse the properties of rectangles to deduce related facts and find missing lengths and anglesdistinguish between regular and irregular polygons based on reasoning about equal sides and angles of irregular shapes solve comparison, sum and difference problems using information presented in a line graphcomplete, read and interpret information in tables, including timetables

these cards are based on counting forward and backwards In time. They use both digital and analogue time. Based on the new national curriculum, use as starters, main lessons, plenaries, extension tasks, homework challenges and more.... spelling issue now addressed!

these can be used as posters within the classroom, staffroom or around the school. unique designs not found anywhere else on the web.

riddles, challenges and what am I? questions to encourage children *or staff!* to think outside of the box. all questions are followed by a slide showing and explaining the answers. use as starters, plenaries, morning challenges, displays, extra homework, g and t challenges, lesson extensions, staff meeting challenges!, fillers and brain gym.

Based on the new standards of the national curriculum. Ways to use and apply knowledge to master the curriculum. 14 investigations.

Suitable for morning work, homework, starters, plenaries and whole lessons. all answers are on the following page. please look in my shop for other resources. Thank you!

Use as independent activity cards, extensions, homework challenges, big write, assessment writing evidence, guided writes, SPAG lesson responses, talk for writing and more! use one a day as a starter! please visit my shop to see my other resources! https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/erylands

My class loved this! a powerpoint containing 2 maths magic tricks. The children will be amazed! these can be used as wow starts to a lesson, plenaries and even whole lessons as this can lead into further investigation of how these tricks work. this is a free sample of my maths magic resource in my shop. take a look!

thought provoking questions of the week. These questions can be used as starters, morning work, research questions or homework. THIS IS A SAMPLE OF MY PAID RESOURCE WHICH CAN BE FOUND HERE: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/40-x-questions-of-the-week-11118419