This is a 15-page Smart Notebook to introduce your Year 6 pupils to BODMAS. It takes them step by step through calculations using BODMAS, going from simple to more complicated calculations. It moves on in very small steps giving plenty of opportunity for repetition and consolidation. We did this as a whole class using white boards so I could gauge understanding before they did work in their books.

This was an outstanding lesson I taught to my Year 6 class and was themed to fit with our WW1 topic but could be used as a one-off lesson. This comprehensive, colourful lesson pack consists of: a 27 -page Smart Notebook which explains this concept in small steps Four differentiated-activities (differentiated four ways) which I stapled into a booklet for each pupil. Starter and plenary activities Posters to pin on the wall Extension activity This lesson included a pre-learning task so that I could show progress which it did. It reminds children what fractions are and explains what percentages are. It is a very visual and colourful lesson as you will see from the video of the Smart Notebook. The lesson gives examples to work through as a whole class before the children do their independent activities. There are also some word problems and plenary quiz to check the learning. There are more than enough resources here for an hour’s lesson moving at a good pace. To be honest you might have to pick and choose what you can fit into one hour and there will probably be some left over for a second session.

I created for a Spring 1 maths lesson with Year 6 but it could be used for more able children in Year 5 or with less able children in Year 7. It consists of 21 slides on a Smart Notebook with one word problem on each slide and space for the teacher to show workings. We did this a whole class revision and consolidation session but it could be used as an input. It is divided into four lessons - two addition and subtraction and two multiplication and division.