An excellent way to speed up basic addition and subtraction! Instructions to practice addition and subtraction to 10: Copy and laminate the number cards. Only use cards 1 to 10. Cut them out to create ‘packs’ of number cards. Each pack must contain 2 of each number (so make sure there are 20 cards in each pack). Children must work in pairs: Give each ‘pair’ a shuffled pack of number cards and 2 answer sheets (called ‘add numbers to 10’ and ‘subtract numbers to 10’). One child must be the ‘questioner’ (they hold the answer sheets and number cards); the other child is the ‘answerer’… they answer the questions (they don’t hold anything). The ‘questioner’ takes 2 cards from the top of the pile and says ‘ADD’ or ‘DIFFERENCE’. If the ‘questioner’ says ‘ADD’, the answerer must add the numbers. If the questioner says ‘DIFFERENCE’, the answerer must take the smaller number away from the larger number. The questioner must always check the answer using the answer sheets in front of them. This continues until the teacher says ‘CHANGE PLACES’. At this point, the children change roles (the answerer becomes the questioner and vice versa). Instructions to add and subtract to 20: SAME AS ABOVE EXCEPT … Copy and laminate the number cards (cards 1 to 20). Cut them out to create packs of number cards. Each pack must contain 2 of each number (so make sure there are 40 cards in each pack). Children must work in pairs: Give each ‘pair’ a shuffled pack of number cards and 2 answer sheets ( ‘add numbers to 20’ and ‘subtract numbers to 20’). *I have used this method for 10 years and the results have been excellent. There is no marking involved and the children really enjoy being IN CHARGE of their own learning.

A complete set of number cards to 20. 1 set of black and white cards. 1 set of colour cards. Great for mental addition/subtraction games, snap, number bonds and other games.

Introducing Probability - PowerPoint and 2 Investigations. . PowerPoint (12 slides): Slide 3: Chance / Probability Line Slides 4 to 6: Dice Questions Slides 7 to 9: Spinner Questions Slides 10 to 12: ‘Out of the Bag’ Questions . Probability Investigations: Coin Investigation Dice Investigation . Ideal for beginners!

12 different varieties of paper including: 9-dot paper Squared paper Grid paper (1 quadrant & 4 quadrants) Squares table Tridots More dotty paper (small, medium and large) Triangular paper Editable squared paper

Year 3 Maths Warm Up: MATCHING STATEMENTS 5 maths warm up questions. Example:Give 2 examples to match this statement: The order in which you add two numbers does not change the answer. 6 slides. Fully editable.

Small dotty paper. Medium dotty paper. Large dotty paper.

4 Operations Booklet. 4 Pages (stages 1 to 4). Answer sheet provided. Fully editable.

Preparation: . Probably one of the most difficult PRACTICAL lessons to plan and execute, BUT it is doable! My suggestion: Choose a sunny day (as you will need to do this lesson on the playground). Bring in a variety of small/medium-sized plastic containers from home (about 10) and label them (1 - 10). Bring in lots of large buckets too … if you have a class of 30, you will need 8 buckets. You could ask the children to bring in some from home too! Arrange the small/medium-sized containers in a large hoop on the playground. Give each group of 4 children a bucket of water … YES, a bucket!! Don’t panic! Give each group a small and large measuring cylinder and a small and large measuring jug. . **Activity: ** . Using the equipment provided, each group must choose a plastic container (from the hoop) to estimate then measure (using their equipment). Record estimates and actual measurements on the sheet provided. . Extension Activities: . Calculate the DIFFERENCE between the estimate and actual measurement for each container. FUN FUN FUN: You could always have a water fight at the end! Fully editable!

A palindrome is a word, phrase, verse, number or sentence that reads the same forward or backward. This 20-slide presentation covers the following content: Introduction to Palindromes Palindromic Sentences Palindromic Numbers Palindromic Dates Palindromic Times Palindromic Times and Dates A Palindrome Investigation

2 differentiated worksheets (with answers) PLUS a great ‘Factors’ PowerPoint presentation! Ideal for 7 - 11 years (depending on ability).

Objective: To divide whole numbers by 2, 3, 4, and 5 using ‘chunking’. 16 questions. Answer sheet provided. 7 - 11 years. PDF and Word formats attached so fully editable.

2 Quick Fire Maths Tests for Year 3 students. 20 questions in total. 28 slides. Response sheet and answer sheet provided for each test. Fully editable.

TELLING THE TIME TEST . A good test to use if you want to find out IF your student’s can read and write: O’clock times Half past times Quarter past times Quarter to times Minutes PAST the hour Minutes TO the hour . 18 questions in total (set out over 2-pages). I’ve also attached an assessment rubric to record the results of the test and to set targets for each student.

A very useful Maths calculations policy to use. Age range 4 - 11 years. Fully editable.

1 Worksheet - Minutes TO the Hour. Activity: Write each time on the digital clock and in words.

Minutes past the hour worksheet. Students have to write each time on the digital clock and in words.

A versatile clock sheet …this can be used with any age group! Activites: Draw the clock hands, write each time on the digital clock and write each time in words.

36 questions (with answers). Activity: Work out the calculations … if you can’t, try going backwards using the INVERSE operation. I did this as a CORE activity with my Year 2 class.