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.
Learning Objectives
Starter:
To use the 4 operations with proper and improper fractions
Main Lesson:
To solve problems involving division and division, including scaling by simple fractions (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 with proper and improper fractions, and mixed numbers(KS3)
This lesson consists of:
A Starter consisting of a series of progressively harder problems where the children perform an addition, subtraction, multiplication (x2) and division calculation involving fractions. A connect activity focussing on the ordering of calculations using BODMAS – enabling you to assess prior learning.
An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire flipchart, to revise the BODMAS method of ordering calculations applying whole numbers and extended to include fractions. A knowledge check to allow you to group children according to their ability for the independent tasks. (links provided on planning to other BODMAS lessons, if children have not learned about BODMAS already).
A 4-way differentiated series of tasks requiring children to apply BODMAS to fractions, mixed numbers and improper fractions. Answers included to ease marking.
A final AFL / Next Steps task, providing a multistep Mastery style Word problem involving fractions where children must progressively work through a series of calculations to solve all three parts of the question.
Learning Objectives
Starter:
- To order multistep calculations.
- To identify four operations.
Main Lesson:
- To solve problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division and a combination of these (Year 5)
- To solve problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division (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, multi-step calculations and revision of properties of numbers. A connect activity challenging children to identify which range of operations they require to solve a differentiated Word problem.
An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire flipchart, to teach children how to lay out multi operation Word problems and how to allowing you to group children according to ability.
A 4-way differentiated series of tasks requiring children to solve multi-step word problems relating to measures, time and multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000. A challenge activity where children have to apply this knowledge and draw conclusion in order to answer two Mastery style questions. Answer sheet provided to support marking.
A final AFL / Next Steps task, asking children to apply their knowledge to a multistep SATs question, requiring the use of brackets to organise their calculation.
This lesson consists of:
A starter / connect PowerPoint where children sequence and order negative and positive numbers.
An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire, showing how empty number lines to find the difference between negative and positive numbers when applied to temperature. (differentiated 3 ways for ability).
A 4 way differentiated series of independent tasks (including a Mastery Level Challenge Activity) where children to interpret a range of charts, bar and line graphs showing positive and negative temperatures.
An AFL / Next Steps task taken from 2017 Maths SATs paper.
LOs:
Starter:
- to count forwards and backwards with positive and negative whole numbers (Year 5)
- to use negative numbers, and calculate intervals across 0 (Year 6)
- to order positive and negative integers (KS3)
Main Lesson:
- to interpret negative numbers in context, count forwards and backwards with positive and negative whole numbers, including through 0 (Year 5)
- use negative numbers in context, and calculate intervals across 0 (Year 6)
- apply this knowledge to bar and line graphs. (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 sequencing and ordering numbers.
An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire, teaching the conventions using empty number lines to show how to work with negative numbers, find the differences between negative and positive numbers and order positive and negative numbers. (differentiated 3 ways for ability).
A 4 way differentiated series of independent tasks (including a Mastery Level Challenge Activity) where children to compare and order negative and positive numbers and find the differences between negative and positive numbers.
An AFL / Next Steps task where children check their understanding of the greater than (>) and less than (
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 count forwards and backwards with positive and negative whole numbers (Year 5)
to use negative numbers, and calculate intervals across 0 (Year 6)
to order positive and negative integers (KS3)
35 sets of complete lessons (7 x 5 days) covering current National Curriculum expectations for teaching Place Value, Addition and Subtraction, formal short and long multiplication and formal short and long division, division leaving remainders and fractions, multiples, common multiples, prime factors, common prime factors, BODMAS, multiplication and division by powers of 10, metric measures, conversions between metric and imperial measures, and multi-step Word Problems.
Each week ends with either an investigation of Word Problems linked to the topic studied.
Every lesson includes:
- a Starter based on Arithmetic and / or previous learning and a Connect Activity designed to activate the children's interest in the topic being covered that day.
- two interactive teaching presentations designed to run on either Smartboard's Interactive Whiteboard or Promethean ActivInspire software.
- a detailed 4 way differentiated lesson plan including all relevant learning objectives and AfL / next step opportunities.
- a 4 way differentiated worksheet designed to cater for the learning of virtually all children in Year 5 or Year 6 regardless of ability (and MA / LA Y7 - Y9)
Learning Objectives
Starter:
To use the 4 operations with proper and improper fractions
Main Lesson:
To add and subtract fractions with the same denominator, and denominators that are multiples of the same number (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 with proper and improper fractions, and mixed numbers(KS3)
This lesson consists of:
A Starter consisting of a series of progressively harder problems where the children perform an addition, subtraction, multiplication (x2) and division calculation involving fractions. A connect activity focussing on the ordering of calculations using BODMAS – enabling you to assess prior learning.
An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire flipchart, to teach children how to lay out multi operation Word problems involving fractions and how to allowing you to group children according to ability.
A 4-way differentiated series of tasks requiring children to solve multi-step word problems relating to fractions of quantities and fractions of fractions. Answer sheet provided to support marking.
A final AFL / Next Steps task, introducing the children to the relationship between decimals, fractions and percentages.
Learning Objectives
Starter:
- To interpret remainders as fractions
- To revise common metric conversions
Main Lesson:
- To use formal short division and interpret remainders appropriately for the context (Year 5)
- To use formal long division and interpret remainders appropriately for the context (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 consisting of a series of progressively harder division problems giving remainders to convert to fractions and their answers. A connect activity getting children to revise the metric conversions they will need in the independent task.
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 understand how context determine whether to round an answer up or down.
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 and round the answer according to context. 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 introduce the fact that most problems aren’t simply one operation but usually are a combination of different operations.
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 ninth lesson in a revision programme designed to prepare Year 6 children for the Maths SATs papers 1, 2 and 3.
Learning Objectives covered:
To solve arithmetic problems using all four operations with fractions.
To make use of BODMAS to solve multistep arithmetic problems
To solve problems involving metric measures, to convert between metric measures and between imperial and metric measures.
To use inverse operations
This lesson consists of:
A connect / starter reviewing prior learning with regard to long multiplication
An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire, to teach how to lay-out long multiplication and to test the children’s ability to solve long multiplication problems focussing on 4 and 5 digit x 2 digit and 3 digit x 3 digit
A 4 way differentiated series of calculations (including a Challenge Activity) where children are expected to solve a series long multiplication problems, and one Word Problem per ability group.
An AFL / Next Steps task based on a previous multi-step KS3 SATs question, which requires children apply master strategies to use their knowledge of long multiplication and inverse operations to find the solution.
LOs:
Starter:
To use long multiplication.
Main Lesson:
- To multiply numbers up to 4 digits by a two-digits numbers (Year 5)
- To multiply multi-digit numbers up to 5 digits by a 2-digit whole numbers and 3 digit by 3 digit whole numbers. using the formal written method of long multiplication (Year 6)
- To use multiplication, including formal written methods, applying it to integers and decimals, (KS3)
Learning Objectives
Starter:
- To perform (mental) calculations, including with mixed operations and large numbers.
Main Lesson:
- To use rounding to check answers to calculations (Year 5 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 estimation.
An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire, to teach how to use estimation in order to check calculations. It also includes a Knowledge check to ensure that your class are familiar with rounding.
A 4 way differentiated series of calculations where children first estimate, and then solve addition, subtraction, multiplication and division problems including decimals (for MA and HA).
An AFL / Next Steps task reviewing when to use estimation and when to use inverse operations to accurately check calculations.
A plan, set of teaching resources, Interactive Whiteboard presentations for both Promethean and Smartboards. (***New for 2018 – PowerPoint Presentations, and Word AFL / next steps question for printin***g)
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 fourteenth lesson in a revision programme designed to prepare Year 6 children for the Maths SATs papers 1, 2 and 3.
**Learning Objectives covered: **
To add whole numbers, decimals or fractions quickly (Arithmetic Starter)
To solve problems involving all 4 operations.
**Learning Outcomes:
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All use their knowledge of the order of operations to carry out calculations involving the 4 operations with ThHTU by U
Most use their knowledge of the order of operations to carry out calculations involving the 4 operations with ThHTU by TU
Some will use their knowledge of the order of operations to carry out calculations involving the 4 operations with ThHTU by TU including decimals and negative numbers.
Learning Objectives
Starter:
- To perform (mental) calculations.
- To recognise factors
Main Lesson:
- To identify common factors (Year 5 and Year 6)
- To use the concepts and vocabulary of factors, and common factors (KS3)
This lesson consists of:
A Starter consisting of a series of progressively harder addition, subtraction, multiplication and division calculations and revision of multiples. A connect activity getting children to identify the correct and incorrect definitions of multiples and a second Connect to get children identify the first 3 multiples of common times tables.
An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire, to teach how to find factors, common factors and highest common factors, and how these can be identified from lists and using Venn Diagrams.
A 4-way differentiated series of tasks requiring children to identify factors (LA) common factors of 2 (LA) and 3 digit numbers (MA, HA) and highest common factors of 3 and 4 different numbers (HA). Answer sheet provided to support marking.
Two AFL / Next Steps tasks, the first introducing the concept of prime numbers in terms of factors and the second reviewing the definitions of common factors, and highest common factors and challenging most able to define prime factors
A differentiated starter, introduction for both ActivInspire and Smartboard and an activity where children can apply their new knowledge and AFL / Next Steps plenary class activity. Also included is a youtube video and resources for distance learning.
Learning Objectives:: To recognise value of Tens and ones (starter), LO: To recognise the value of each coin.(main)
This lesson consists of:
A starter revising the value of various ten bars and one cubes as numbers, followed by an introduction to using lines and dots to draw numbers represented by ten bars and one cubes. An activity where children draw lines and dots to match ten bars and one cubes and identify the value.
An Interactive Whiteboard introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire flipchart revising the value of each individual coin using partially covered coins which can be slowly uncovered. An introduction to how match the correct number of 1p coins to two or more different coins.
A youtube video link for distance learning introducing the starter, main part of the lesson and the AFL / Next Steps plenary.
An independent task where children match the correct number of 1p coins to two or more different coins.
A Next steps / AFL Challenge plenary where children consider why Britain has a range of different coins, rather than just 1p coins.
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
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
To order and compare numbers up to 1,000,000.
To count forwards and backwards with positive and negative whole numbers.
To interpret negative numbers in context, count forwards and backwards with positive and negative whole numbers, including through 0.
To solve problems involving negative numbers.
To add and subtract whole numbers with more than 4 digits.
To solve addition and subtraction multi-step problems in contexts.
Year 6
To order and compare numbers up to 10,000,000.
to use negative numbers, and calculate intervals across 0.
To solve problems involving negative numbers.
To solve problems involving addition and subtraction.
To solve addition and subtraction multi-step problems in contexts.
KS3
To order and compare any numbers.
To order positive and negative integers.
To use negative numbers in context, and calculate intervals across 0 and apply this knowledge to bar and line graphs.
To select appropriate concepts, methods and techniques to apply to unfamiliar and non-routine problems.
To develop their mathematical knowledge, in part through solving problems and evaluating the outcomes, including multi-step problems.
LOs:
Starter:
To add and subtract numbers
Main Lesson:
to add and subtract whole numbers with more than 4 digits (Year 5)
to solve problems involving addition and subtraction (Year 6)
This lesson consists of:
A connect PowerPoint to establish children’s understanding of addition and subtraction methods.
An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire, to model various methods that can be used to solve addition and subtraction and demonstrating why, for larger numbers, formal methods are best.
A 4 way differentiated series of independent tasks (including a Challenge Activity) where children are expected to solve a series of addition and subtraction problems including one Word Problem for each ability group. .
An AFL / Next Steps task challenging children to identify common calculation errors that are often made with addition and subtraction.
LOs:
Starter:
To use short multiplication.
Main Lesson:
To multiply numbers up to 3 digits by a two-digit number using a formal written method (Year 5)
To multiply numbers up to 4 and 5 digits by a two-digit number using a formal written method (Year 6)
To use multiplication, including formal written methods, applying it to integers and decimals, (KS3)
This lesson consists of:
A connect starter reviewing prior learning with regard to long multiplication methods
An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire, to teach how to lay-out long multiplication and to test the children’s ability to solve long multiplication problems.
A 4 way differentiated series of calculations (including a Challenge Activity) where children are expected to solve a series long multiplication problems, and one Word Problem per ability group. (LA can choose between formal long multiplication and the grid method). 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 multiplication to more challenging problems.
A differentiated starter, introduction for both ActivInspire and Smartboard, and 3 way differentiated activity and AFL / Next Steps plenary class activity. Also included is a youtube video and resources for distance learning.
Learning Objectives: : To use Part, Part Whole to add numbers. (starter), To solve simple one-step problems that involve addition and subtraction, using concrete objects and pictorial representations, and missing number problems, such as 7 = □ – 9 (main lesson).
This lesson consists of:
A starter revising the use of Part / Part / Whole diagrams.
An Interactive Whiteboard teaching introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire flipchart teaching how to use crossing off objects in order to solve visual subtraction problems.
A youtube video link for distance learning introducing the starter, main part of the lesson and the AFL / Next Steps plenary.
A 3-way differentiated set of independent tasks where children use crossing off objects in order to solve visual subtraction problems.
A Next steps / AFL Challenge plenary to allow you to assess learning through the lesson by challenging children to create a subtraction calculation and visual representation based on a word problem.
A differentiated starter, introduction for both ActivInspire and Smartboard, and 3 way differentiated activity and AFL / Next Steps plenary class activity. Also included is a youtube video and resources for distance learning.
Learning Objectives:: To identify 2d shapes
This lesson consists of:
A starter revising 2d shapes taught in Reception using the Singing Walrus 2d Shape song
An Interactive Whiteboard introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire flipchart (including an outdoor learning shape safari) teaching how to recognise different 2d shapes including rectangles, oblongs, squares, ovals, circles.
A youtube video link for distance learning introducing the starter, main part of the lesson and the AFL / Next Steps plenary.
A 3-way differentiated set of independent tasks where the chidlren have to recognise different 2d shapes including rectangles, oblongs, squares, ovals, circles.
A Next steps / AFL Challenge plenary where children identify common 2d shapes based on a description of their properties.
A differentiated starter, introduction for both ActivInspire and Smartboard, and an activity where children can apply their new knowledge and AFL / Next Steps plenary class activity. Also included is a youtube video and resources for distance learning.
Learning Objectives:: To recognise one more or one less of an object. (starter), LO: To recognise, find and name a half as one of two equal parts of an object, /shape (main)
This lesson consists of:
A starter revising how to identify one less or more of a set of objects.
An Interactive Whiteboard introduction for both Notebook and ActivInspire flipchart teaching how to recognise shapes with equal halves and how to shade half of a range of common shapes.
A youtube video link for distance learning introducing the starter, main part of the lesson and the AFL / Next Steps plenary.
A set of independent tasks where children identify shapes with equal halves and use shading to show half of a range of common shapes.
A Next steps / AFL Challenge plenary to allow you to assess the children’s understanding and correct misconceptions.