I am an ex-primary head teacher and English, Maths and History specialist. I've mostly worked in KS2, often in Year 6. Although for the last two years, I've been working in Year 1, which has been delightful!
All the resources have been used successfully with children in a range of schools all over the country.
I am constantly reviewing and updating my resources. Please follow me to ensure that you have the most up to date versions of the resources you buy.
I am an ex-primary head teacher and English, Maths and History specialist. I've mostly worked in KS2, often in Year 6. Although for the last two years, I've been working in Year 1, which has been delightful!
All the resources have been used successfully with children in a range of schools all over the country.
I am constantly reviewing and updating my resources. Please follow me to ensure that you have the most up to date versions of the resources you buy.
LOs:
to solve number and practical problems that involve reading, writing, ordering and comparing numbers up to 1,000,000 and determining the value of each digit (Year 5)
to solve number and practical problems that involve reading, writing, ordering and comparing numbers up to 10,000,000 and determining the value of each digit (Year 6)
to develop mathematical knowledge solving problems and evaluating the outcomes, including multi-step problems (KS3)
This lesson consists of:
An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire to allow you to share the learning objectives and go through the best way to complete this group / paired investigation. (differentiated 3 ways for ability)
4 differentiated sets of problem solving cards where children work collaboratively to apply their Place Value knowledge to find a set of either six or seven numbers.
An AFL / Next Steps reflection to encourage children to identify what went well and what strategies they would attempt improve in subsequent investigations.
LOs:
Starter:
To order and compare numbers up to 1,000,000 (Year 5)
To order and compare numbers up to 10,000,000 (Year 6)
To order and compare any numbers (KS3)
Main Lesson:
to compare and order numbers up to 1,000,000 (Year 5)
to compare and order numbers up 10,000,000 (Year 6)
to compare and order numbers with up to 3 decimal places. (KS3)
This lesson consists of:
A starter / connect PowerPoint where children revise value of specific digits up to 10,000,00 and to 3dps and tests their understanding of how to find largest and smallest numbers.,
An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire teaching the conventions using the significance of digits to compare and order numbers up to 10,000,000 (differentiated 3 ways for ability)
A 4 way differentiated series of independent tasks where children sequence and compare numbers up to 10,000,000 and to 3dps.
An AFL / Next Steps task where children check their understanding of the greater than (>) and less than (
NB Updated 27/7/17
Upper Key Stage 2 Week 1 Day 4 - Compare and order numbers - independent task –answer sheet - Developing i, Secure i, Challenge i
A plan, set of teaching resources, Interactive Whiteboard presentations for both Promethean and Smartboards.
This resource uses the questions on 2016 Key Stage 2 SATs papers 1, 2 and 3 to revise your class' understanding of quick arithmetic methods and revise a specific aspect of the reasoning papers finishing with an AfL style plenary using exemplar questions from the 2016 SATs paper..
This is the third lesson in a revision programme designed to prepare Year 6 children for the Maths SATs papers 1, 2 and 3.
Learning Objectives covered:
To subtract whole numbers, decimals or fractions quickly (arithmetic starter)
To add and subtract whole numbers with more than 4 digits using columnar addition and subtraction (All)
To solve addition and subtraction multi-step problems including money, deciding which operations and methods to use. (Most)
To apply addition and subtraction strategies to multi-step problems including negative numbers and decimals. (Some)
5 sets of worksheets (differentiated for 4 ability groups) covering all aspects of Place Value to allow you to meet expectations of current (2014 onwards) National Curriculum for Mathematics.
The worksheets cover the following learning objectives:
Year 5
- read, write, order and compare numbers to at least 1,000,000 and determine the value of each digit
- round any number up to 1,000,000 to the nearest 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000 and 100,000
- solve number problems and practical problems that involve all of the above
Year 6
- read, write, order and compare numbers up to 10,000,000 and determine the value of each digit
- round any whole number to a required degree of accuracy
- solve number and practical problems that involve all of the above
KS3
- understand and use place value for decimals, measures and integers of any size
- round numbers and measures to an appropriate degree of accuracy [for example, to a number of decimal places or significant figures]
- develop their mathematical knowledge, in part through solving problems and evaluating the outcomes, including multi-step problems
A set of 5 lessons covering all aspects of Place Value to allow you to meet expectations of current (2014 onwards) National Curriculum for Mathematics.
The lessons meet the following learning objectives:
Year 5
- read, write, order and compare numbers to at least 1,000,000 and determine the value of each digit
- round any number up to 1,000,000 to the nearest 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000 and 100,000
- solve number problems and practical problems that involve all of the above
Year 6
- read, write, order and compare numbers up to 10,000,000 and determine the value of each digit
- round any whole number to a required degree of accuracy
- solve number and practical problems that involve all of the above
KS3
- understand and use place value for decimals, measures and integers of any size
- round numbers and measures to an appropriate degree of accuracy [for example, to a number of decimal places or significant figures]
- develop their mathematical knowledge, in part through solving problems and evaluating the outcomes, including multi-step problems
NB Updated for final proofing - 27/6/17 1pm
A set of Promethean ActivInspire Flipcharts and Smartboard Notebook files to allow you to:
revise prior knowledge of grid and partitioning multiplication methods.
teach formal short and long multiplication.
decode Word problems effectively
layout work neatly in exercise books
solve Word problems relating to short and long multi-digit multiplication.
LOs include:
To use short or long multiplication.
To solve Word problems requiring short or long multiplication (Year 5 and Year 6)
To develop their mathematical knowledge, in part through solving problems and evaluating the outcomes, including multi-step problems (KS3)
set of 5 days' lessons revising informal multiplication methods and teaching formal short and long multiplication methods, with opportunities to apply these strategies to a series of differentiated Word Problems.
All Worksheets are differentiated 4 ways for ability and include answers to ease marking.
A set of 5 days' lessons revising informal multiplication methods and teaching formal short and long multiplication methods, with opportunities to apply these strategies to a series of differentiated Word Problems.
All Worksheets are differentiated 4 ways for ability and include answers to ease marking.
Learning Objectives:
Starter:
- To use short division.
- To identify different long division methods.
Main Lesson:
- To divide numbers up to 4 digits by a two-digit whole number using the formal written method of long division (Year 6)
-To use division including formal written methods, applying it to integers and decimals, (KS3)
This lesson consists of:
A starter focusing on using applying long division and a connect starter reviewing prior learning with regard to long division methods
An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire, to teach three different long division methods and to assess the children’s ability to solve long division problems when applied to decimal numbers.
A 4 way differentiated series of calculations where children are expected to solve a series long division of decimal numbers (including a Challenge Activity where children divided by decimal numbers), and two Word Problem per ability group. Answers are supplied to ease marking.
An AFL / Next Steps task based on a previous SATs question, which requires children to decode a long division word problem using mastery techniques.
Learning Objectives:
Starter:
- To use short division.
- To identify different long division methods.
Main Lesson:
- To divide numbers up to 4 digits by a two-digit whole number using the formal written method of long division (Year 6)
- To use division including formal written methods, applying it to integers and decimals, (KS3)
This lesson consists of:
A starter focusing on using applying short division to decimals and a connect starter reviewing prior learning with regard to long division methods
An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire, to teach three different long division methods and to assess the children’s ability to solve long division problems.
A 4 way differentiated series of calculations (including a Challenge Activity) where children are expected to solve a series long division problems, and two Word Problem per ability group. Answers are supplied to ease marking.
An AFL / Next Steps task based on previous SATs questions, which requires children to apply their knowledge of long division.
A collection of 5 lessons' worksheets for Year 5 and Year 6, differentiated for 4 different ability groups. 4 sets of worksheets include a Word Problem, while the other 1 sets are Word problems relating to formal written division.
LO's covered include:
To use short or long division
To solve Word problems requiring formal written division (Year 5 and Year 6)
To develop their mathematical knowledge, in part through solving problems and evaluating the outcomes, including multi-step problems (KS3)
LOs:
Starter:
To read and write numbers up to 1,000,000 (Y5)
To read and write numbers up to 10,000,000 (Y6)
Main Lesson:
round any number up to 1,000,000 to the nearest 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000 and 100,000 (Year 5)
round any whole number to a required degree of accuracy (Year 6)
understand and use place value for decimals (KS3)
This lesson consists of:
- A connect / starter PowerPoint where children write numbers up to 1,000,000 / 10,000,000 as digits in words.
- An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire teaching the conventions of rounding up to 10,000 (differentiated 3 ways for ability
- A 4 way differentiated series of independent tasks where children round numbers up to 100,000 to the nearest 10, 100, 100, 1000, 10000 and decimals to nearest 1, 0.1, 0.01
- An AFL / Next Steps task where children apply their knowledge to real life population problems.
NB Updated 27/6/17
- UKS2 Term 1 - Week 1 -Day 2 Starter - 3 pasting errors on answer page,
- Upper Key Stage 2 Week 1 Day 2 - Rounding whole numbers accurately - independent task – 1 rounding error – Developing c1
A collection of 5 lessons' worksheets for Year 5 and Year 6, differentiated for 4 different ability groups. 4 sets of worksheets include a Word Problem and one set are Word problems relating to formal written methods of short and long division .
LO's covered include:
To use short or long division.
To solve Word problems requiring formal written division methods(Year 5 and Year 6)
To develop their mathematical knowledge, in part through solving problems and evaluating the outcomes, including multi-step problems (KS3)
Learning Objectives:
Starter:
- To use short division
Main Lesson:
-To apply short division to decimals (Year 5 & Year 6)
-To use division including formal written methods, applying it to integers and decimals, (KS3)
This lesson consists of:
A starter focusing on revising short multiplication to solve division problems and a connect starter linking place value to division of decimals.
An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire, to teach how to lay-out short division of decimals and to assess the children’s ability to solve short division problems involving decimals..
A 4 way differentiated series of calculations (including a Challenge Activity) where children are expected to solve a series short division problems which give decimals as answers, and one Word Problem per ability group. Answers are supplied to ease marking.
An AFL / Next Steps task based on previous SATs questions, which requires children to solve a series of multistep problems requiring division as well as at least one other operation.
Division, multiplication, chunking, Short division, Short division, Short division, decimals, decimals, decimals, 4-digit, 5-digit, 1dp, 2dp, Word Problem, AfL
Learning Objectives:
Starter:
- To recognise when a division sum leaves a remainder.
Main Lesson:
- To use formal short division and interpret remainders appropriately for the context (Year 5)
- To interpret remainders as fractions (Year 6)
- To use division including formal written methods, applying it to integers and fractions(KS3)
This lesson consists of:
A starter focusing on revising when calculations give remainders using the context of Word Problems. A connect to get the children to start thinking about the link between fractions and decimals (which will be built upon in the AfL / next steps section of the lesson..
An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire, to teach how to convert remainders into fractions .
A 4 way differentiated series of calculations (including a Challenge Activity) where children are expected to solve a series short and long division problems which give remainders and convert these remainders into fractions, and one Word Problem per ability group. Answers are supplied to ease marking.
An AFL / Next Steps task to challenge children to consider how they can use their knowledge of fractions and decimals to convert a division sum which results in a simple fraction to an answer with a decimal.
A set of 5 day's lessons covering:
- short and long division
- finding fractions from remainders
- rounding up or down after division in Word problems depending on context.
- the use of estimation / rounding, inverse operations / informal methods to check answers.
Revision of:
-Metric conversions
-Rounding to nearest 1, 10, 100, 1000, 1000
-Quick mental arithmetic using all four operations.
Learning Objectives:
Starter:
- To use long division with decimals.
Main Lesson:
- To solve Word problems requiring formal written division methods (Year 5 and Year 6)
- To develop their mathematical knowledge, in part through solving problems and evaluating the outcomes, including multi-step problems (KS3)
This lesson consists of:
A Starter series of short of progressively harder division problems and their answers. A connect activity getting children to identify as many different words that can used for division.
An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire, to teach how to lay-out short and long division when answering word problems and to test the children’s ability to solve short and long division Word problems.
A 4 way differentiated series of calculations (including a Challenge Activity) where children are expected to solve a series of short and long division Word problems. More Able children will have to complete multistep problems. Answers are supplied to ease marking.
An AFL / Next Steps task based on previous a SATs question, to allow to assess children’s learning with regard to long division methods.
Learning Objectives
Starter:
- To perform (mental) calculations, including with mixed operations and large numbers.
Main Lesson:
- To solve problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division (Year 5)
- To use their knowledge of the order of operations to carry out calculations involving the 4 operations (Year 6)
- To use the 4 operations, including formal written methods, applied to integers and decimals, (KS3)
This lesson consists of:
A Starter consisting of a series of progressively harder addition, subtraction, multiplication and division calculations. A connect activity getting children to consider how they might check answers using informal methods and inverse operations.
An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire, to teach when to use inverse operations and when to use informal methods in order to check calculations. .
A 4 way differentiated series of calculation checks where the children take on the role of a teacher, marking a series of sums, and showing the inverse operations / informal methods that they have used to check the answers. Answers are supplied to ease marking.
An AFL / Next Steps task introducing the idea of using estimation to check problems where miscalculations are linked to Place Value.
Learning Objectives
Starter:
- To perform (mental) calculations.
- To recognise prime numbers
Main Lesson:
To know and use the vocabulary of prime numbers, prime factors and composite (non-prime) numbers (Year 5)
To identify prime numbers and (prime) factors (Year 6)
To use the concepts and vocabulary of factors, prime numbers and prime factorisation (KS3)
This lesson consists of:
A Starter consisting of a series of progressively harder addition, subtraction, multiplication and division calculations and revision of highest common factors. A connect activity getting children to identify the correct and incorrect definitions of prime numbers and a second Connect to get children explain why a specific number is prime or not. .
An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire, to teach how to recognise prime numbers, composite numbers and prime factors and how to use factor trees to identify the latter..
A 4-way differentiated series of tasks requiring children to identify prime numbers, composite numbers and prime factors. Answer sheet provided to support marking.
Two AFL / Next Steps tasks, introducing multistep calculations based around prime numbers and a second revising the definitions from start of lesson.
A set of 5 days’ lessons covering:
- multiples, common multiples and lowest common multiples.
- factors, common factors, highest common factor.
- prime numbers and prime factors
- solving multi-step calculations involving brackets and orders / powers.
- solving multi-step calculations including all four operations, brackets and orders / powers.
Revision of:
Squared and Cubed Numbers
Additional PowerPoint Presentations showing:
- how to find prime factors using factor trees
- how to use BODMAS when solving multistep calculation problems.