*** Why not start the day or end the day with some Maths challenges?** Attached are 15 sets of Year 5 and Year 6 Maths Word Problems. 16 slides in total. Ideal for 9 - 12 years. Answers not provided.

Counting Objects & Sounds 2 worksheets: Worksheet 1: Students must count the objects in front of them and record the number in the table provided. Worksheet 2: Students must listen to the sounds they hear and record the number in the table provided. Fully editable.

Students have to make each number using their counting cubes. Ideal for beginners / KS1. Fully editable. 2-page booklet.

Partition each number using the table provided then complete the sum. Example shown. Fully editable.

A great activity to kick start the year. Just buy a load of brown paper bags and stick the attached poster on the side. Fully editable and a nice icebreaker!

A lunchtime supervisor decides to rearrange the tables in your school canteen. Investigate how many children can fit around the tables. 5 pages. Fully differentiated. Investigation 1A: Lower Ability (working below) Investigation 1B: Middle Ability (working at) Investigation 2: Higher Ability (working above) All answers provided Fully editable

Focus: Emotions! Together, look through the slide show and discuss the emotions. 21 slides in total. Possible writing task: Focus on 1 of the emotions and write about a situation YOU have been in where you have experienced that emotion.

Can your student’s select the correct ‘B’ word from the list provided? If they choose correctly, the slide show moves on. If they choose incorrectly, the slide show allows them to have another go until they get it right. 19 slides Fully editable Please don’t worry if the preview images are squashed. Once downloaded they are 100% okay.

A great PowerPoint to use when teaching and using function machines. 16 slides, fully editable and integrated animations. Contents: 1-Step Function Machines 2-Step Function Machines Make your own 1-Step Function Machine Make your own 2-Step Function Machine Please note: The preview images appear squashed and distorted but once purchased, the images are 100%.

A brilliant PowerPoint to use when introducing and teaching estimation. Ideal for 5 to 9 years. 14 slides. Please note: The preview images may appear squashed but once purchased, the images will be 100%. 2 worksheets also included for estimating and measuring length.

A 66-slide PowerPoint focusing on initial phonemes. Ideal for nursery and reception Bright pictures, animations and sounds. Slides 2 to 13: What is the missing initial sound? Slides 14 to 37: Choose a picture beginning with … Slides 38 to 66: Choose the sound to match the picture. Fully editable.

A nice little project at the beginning of the year. Fully editable.

Regular 2D Polygons worksheet Task: Can your student’s name the polygons? Answers provided. Fully editable.

Favourite Food Groups - Block Graph Survey the class to determine the most/least popular food groups then present the results on the attached block graph. Fully editable.

Beginning of Year - Getting to Know YOU Worksheets 3 worksheets to choose from Fully editable!

A great little activity to make and order numbers. All you will need is 3 dice and off you go! Also attached is a blank place value template. 5 slides

Calculate 10%, 20%, 50%, 5% and 75% of whole numbers (ending in 0). 40 questions to complete (inside the table). All answers provided. Fully editable.

6 Maths puzzles to solve. Suitable for 7 - 11 years (depending on ability).

A fun darts game for adding single digit numbers. Great for a maths warm up or plenary. 7 slides. Integrated sounds and animations. My class love this! Tried and tested.

Tangrams Activity 1: Cut along the bold black lines to make 7 pieces. Activity 2: Have a go at making your own Tangram using the square template provided. 2 pages.