Year 1 2D and 3D Shapes Worksheets This resource is designed to introduce Year 1 students to both 2D and 3D shapes, following the National Curriculum objective: “Recognise and name common 2D and 3D shapes.” These worksheets provide a structured approach, helping young learners become familiar with shape names, properties, and the differences between 2D and 3D shapes. What’s included: 2D Shape Activities: Students will explore basic 2D shapes such as circles, squares, triangles, and rectangles. Activities include shape recognition, matching shapes to names, and simple exercises where students count sides and vertices. 3D Shape Activities: Introduce common 3D shapes like cubes, spheres, cones, and cylinders. Tasks help students identify real-world objects that match each 3D shape and differentiate between flat 2D shapes and solid 3D shapes. Sorting Activities: Students will sort shapes into 2D and 3D categories, reinforcing their understanding of the differences. Hands-on Practice: Simple drawing tasks for 2D shapes and activities where students identify 3D shapes in everyday objects. Challenge Activities: Students can describe the properties of 3D shapes by identifying faces, edges, and vertices in a supported format. These worksheets are designed to be visually engaging and accessible to all learners. Perfect for in-class activities, homework, or reinforcement of key shape concepts.

Inside Out 2 SATs Reasoning PowerPoint 2024 (Paper 2) Engage your students with this fun and interactive SATs Reasoning PowerPoint based on the 2024 Paper 2 reasoning paper! Each slide features a question from the real SATs paper, accompanied by the beloved characters from Inside Out 2 to guide your class through the problem-solving process. Key Features: All questions from the 2024 Paper 2 reasoning exam. Funny and relatable Inside Out 2 characters, helping to keep children engaged and motivated. Perfect for whole-class review on the board, building confidence and familiarity with SATs-style questions. Ideal for SATs preparation sessions, encouraging a positive attitude towards challenging reasoning problems. Make SATs prep an adventure with Joy, Fear, Disgust, Anger, and Sadness as your students tackle each question with confidence!

Celebrate the end of the school year with this exciting and interactive End of Year Quiz designed especially for Year 6 students. This quick and fun quiz is a perfect way to reflect on the year’s learning while enjoying some friendly competition. What’s included: Multiple-Choice and Short Answer Questions: A mix of question formats keeps the quiz dynamic and suitable for all learners. Team or Individual Play: Play the quiz as a class in teams, or have students compete individually to see who can score the most points. Perfect for the Last Week: This quiz is a great way to wrap up the year, reinforce key learning areas, and help students unwind with a fun, educational activity. Quick and Easy to Run: With everything prepared for you, this quiz requires minimal setup and is an enjoyable way to end the school year on a high note!

Instructions: The teacher will roll a dice and read out the number Children put this number somewhere in the grid This is done another eight times (until all of the grid is filled out) Add each of the three numbers in each column to find the total The number closest to 1000 wins!

Graphing Dance Party: Transform the classroom into a graphing dance party! Each student represents a point on a coordinate grid, and they dance to music while moving along the x-axis and y-axis. You can make this into a challenge by saying ‘Dancing only allowed in the 1st quadrant.’ The slowest one to move into the correct quadrant is out. Make it into a team game if you want to make it more competitive. The first team to have all members dancing in a quadrant win a point. First team to ten points wins.

Instructions: On each turn, you mark any box you like, but you must also eliminate an empty neighboring box. Eliminating a diagonal neighbor is allowed The winner is whoever creates the largest group of connected marks. (Diagonal connections count) Play until no more moves are possible

Instructions: Each player takes turns rolling two dice Colour in the number of squares which is equal to the two dice numbers multiplied together The player with the most squares covered wins

A quick maths warm up PowerPoint, focusing on geometry, suitable for year six.

Find included a hilarious scaffolded place value PowerPoint (meme edition!) This scaffolds the questions with funny meme images, suitable for primary school, year six. It will cover all key place value concepts that typically appear in SATs, scaffolded with humor and memes to keep students engaged. Each day, the class will aim to get through a set of place value questions in preparation for the SATs. Also includes answers as a pdf.

Find included a SATs questions PowerPoint, going over all the place value questions. Suitable for year six. Elevate your Year 6 students’ SATs preparation with my SATs Questions PowerPoint on Place Value. This comprehensive presentation is expertly designed to cover all aspects of place value questions, as featured in past SATs exams. It’s an essential tool for educators aiming to thoroughly prepare their students for the rigorous demands of the SATs. The PowerPoint slides delve into each component of place value, from understanding the significance of each digit’s position to more complex concepts like decimal places and the effects of multiplying or dividing by 10, 100, and 1000. By reviewing actual SATs questions, students will gain familiarity with the exam format and develop confidence in their abilities to tackle similar questions during their assessments.

Introduce your Year 1 students to the joys of mathematics this autumn with our Scaffolded Autumn Tests for Arithmetic. Tailored to support young learners as they begin their mathematical journey, these tests are designed to accommodate every child’s needs with three distinct levels of difficulty: low ability (LA), medium ability (MA), and high ability (HA). Key Features: Scaffolded Approach: Each test is carefully structured to build confidence and ensure comprehensive understanding, allowing students to progress at their own pace. Curriculum-Aligned: Perfectly aligned with the Year 1 arithmetic curriculum, ensuring all core concepts are covered. Engaging Content: The tests are crafted not only to assess but also to engage, with visually appealing formats that encourage young learners to enjoy their arithmetic practice. These tests are an excellent tool for assessing the early arithmetic skills of Year 1 students, providing valuable insights into their understanding and readiness for the year ahead. Equip your students with the skills they need to succeed and develop a lasting love for mathematics!

Find included a hilarious scaffolded SATs negative numbers PowerPoint (meme edition!) This scaffolds the questions with funny meme images, suitable for primary school, year six. It will cover all key negative number concepts that typically appear in SATs, scaffolded with humor and memes to keep students engaged. Each day, the class will aim to get through a set of negative number questions in preparation for the SATs. Also includes detailed answers and working out at the end of the PowerPoint so that you can go through it as a class.

Find included a cut and match 2D shapes activity, suitable for both KS1/KS2. Also includes sheet of the different shapes with names attached and famous mathematicians to do with shape.

Find included a quick algebra warm up for year six, based on real SATs questions. Includes answers and detailed working out.

Find included a quick set of help sheets explaining how to find the interior angle of a regular polygon. Suitable for HA year six.

Find included a dots and boxes maths starter, suitable for KS2. INSTRUCTIONS: players take turns to draw lines between two adjacent dots. The person who draws a fourth and final line to create a 1 x 1 square wins that square (box). The person with the most boxes wins!

Find included addition and subtraction word problems (HA, YR 6), all real SATs questions from previous years. Great for SATs preparation! NC: solve addition and subtraction multi-step problems in contexts, deciding which operations and methods to use and why

Engage your primary students with the Ladders Maths Game, a fun and educational challenge designed to enhance their number sequencing skills. In this interactive game, the teacher reads out ten random numbers between 0 and 99, one at a time. Students must listen carefully and strategically place each number in the correct order from lowest to highest on their game ladders. Game Objective: Winning Condition: Successfully arrange all ten numbers in ascending order. Losing Condition: Any numbers placed incorrectly result in losing the game. This game not only sharpens students’ understanding of numerical order but also boosts their attention and quick thinking skills. It’s perfect for making math lessons lively and is a great tool for reinforcing number recognition and sequencing concepts.

Find included the nim maths starter, suitable for primary school. Instructions: Nim is a very old game that is usually played with stones or tokens. But it’s also a game that can be played with pen and paper. Draw 1, 3, 5, and 7 marks (or tokens) in the shape of a pyramid as shown in the illustration. The objective is to force your opponent to cross out the last remaining mark. Players alternate turns crossing out as many marks as they wish on each turn. However, they can only cross out marks on one line per turn. The person who crosses out the last remaining mark loses

Find included a space algebra maths starter, suitable for year six. Included are instructions on how to play the game. Instructions: The first player throws two dice With the two numbers generated, they decide which number will represent ‘A’ and which number will represent ‘B’ Player one picks one of the six equations, using the two numbers generated to represent ‘A’ and ‘B’ Player one works out the answer and covers the correct answer with a counter Player two does the same Players take it in turns until one player has positioned three counters in a row and are declared the winner.