Inspired by NCETM Maths Mastery documents - Zippy Onion sparks discussion on rounding, students are encouraged to record their reasoning on facts known, also includes a self-assessment grid. Year 4 objective - To reason on rounding facts known. I have included four per sheet for ease of photocopying.

This is a fun activity which encourages problem solving and mastery within place value, (plus a little bit of revision with co-ordinates too!) My class loved it. Learning Objectives for this activity: Y5 Learning objective - to multiply whole numbers by 10, 100 and 1000. Y5 Learning objective – to determine the value of each digit in numbers up to 1 million. Y5 Learning objective - to add whole numbers with more than four digits, including using formal written methods (columnar addition and subtraction). Y4 Learning objective – describe positions on a 2-D grid as co-ordinates.

Plot quadrilaterals and then transform the shape, using this game. Learning Objectives (from New Curriculum) covered are: LO - classify geometric shapes, including quadrilaterals and triangles, based on their properties. LO -  describe positions on a 2-D grid as coordinates in the first quadrant. LO - describe movements between positions as translations of a given unit to the left/right and up/down. LO -  plot specified points and draw sides to complete a given polygon.

A differentiated activity using Cuisenaire rods to help students visualize fractions of a whole. A great resource for stimulating discussion about fractions. Learning Objective covered: LO: Visualize, recognise, find, name and write fractions as ½, ¼, ⅓ and ¾ of a given length.

A bundle of 6 Place Value talk time activities inspired by NCETM Maths Mastery and Reasoning documents. Perfect for lesson starters, presented with 4 activities to a page for easy photocopying. Includes the following Learning Outcomes: LO – To be able to recognise the place value of each digit in a 3-digit number (hundreds, tens, and ones) (Yr. 3 LO. Mastery with greater depth). LO - Solve place value problems (Yr. 3 LO. Problem Solving) LO – To solve number problems and practical problems with number and place value. (Year 3 LO) LO – To be able to recognise the place value of each digit in a 3-digit number (hundreds, tens, and ones) (Place Value Reasoning- Yr. 3 LO)

Ten rounding activities, including rounding of decimals, with reasoning and problem solving. Use them to start every maths lesson, encouraging discussion and reasoning between students AND as a cheeky bonus, using them means you always have written evidence of students reasoning skills! Set out in easy to photocopy format, 4 to a page (sometimes 2 to a page). Learning Outcomes included are: LO - Solve problems involving rounding (Yr. 4 – Fluency & problem solving) LO – To round to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000 (Yr. 4 – Fluency) LO – To round to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000 (Yr. 4 – Reasoning) LO – To be able to reason on rounding facts known (Yr. 4 - Reasoning) LO - Solve problems involving rounding decimals (Yr. 4 – Problem Solving & reasoning)

A bundle of 10 Multiplication and Place Value talk time activities inspired by NCETM Maths Fluency and Reasoning documents. Perfect for lesson starters to encouraging discussion and reasoning between students AND as a cheeky bonus, using them means you always have written evidence of students reasoning skills! Set out in easy to photocopy format, 4 to a page (sometimes 6 to a page). Learning Objectives included: LO – To count from 0 in multiples of 50. (Reasoning Yr. 3) LO – To count from 0 in multiples of 4. (Reasoning Yr. 3) LO – To count from 0 in multiples of 8. (Reasoning Yr. 3) LO - Find 10 more or 10 less than a given number. (Fluency Yr. 3) LO - Compare and order numbers up to 1000. (Reasoning Yr. 3) LO – Recognise the place value of each digit in a three-digit number (Reasoning Yr. 3) LO – Solve problems, including missing number problems, using number facts and place value. (Reasoning Yr. 3)

A bundle of 10 talk time activities inspired by NCETM Maths Mastery and Reasoning documents. Perfect for lesson starters to encouraging discussion and reasoning between students AND as a cheeky bonus, using them means you always have written evidence of students reasoning skills! Set out in easy to photocopy format, 4 to a page. Learning Objectives included: LO: Identify horizontal and vertical lines and pairs of perpendicular and parallel lines. LO: Identify whether angles are greater than or less than a right angle. LO: Identify right angles, recognise that two right angles make a half-turn, three make three quarters of a turn and four a complete turn.

5 easy to prep calculation games, which only need printing, a dice and some counters to get started. Great for embedding mental maths skills. Learning Objectives covered: (Yr. 1 Obj.) To add and subtract one-digit and two-digit numbers to 20. (Y.r 2 Obj. ) Recall and use addition and subtraction facts to 20 fluently, and derive and use related facts up to 100. (Yr. 2 Obj.) Recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 2, 5 and 10 multiplication tables.

Inspired by NCETM guidance (which is attached), this bundle of multiplication resources is superb for moving students through CPA process (concrete, pictorial, abstract), also includes NCETM lesson plan and questions from the `Models and Images`resources. Bundle includes: Multiplication as an arrray Multiplications as repeated addition Multiplication on a number line Problem solving

This Talk time discussion activity was inspired by NCETM Mastery documents. Zippy Onion our class mathematician sparks reasoning and discussion on place value around the Year 4 Learning Objective - Find 1000 more or less than a given number. I have given four to page for ease of printing.

A printable template to encourage children to see calculations as arrays, on a number-line , as repeated addition and pictorially. Shrink them down and use them for starter activities too. I used it this week with my Year 3 class and they loved it.

This was so useful in showing the class a range of different graphs for the same data, and in improving their reasoning ability on what each graph shows. Correct reasoning is modelled in the task and the students then went on create their own, using mastery level reasoning skills. Superb for sparking discussion. In both powerpoint (editable) and pdf format

Make basic addition and subtraction more engaging with these triominoes. Students simply cut out the individual triangles on each sheet, and then reassemble into a larger triangle with each calculation matching its correct answer. Four differentiated sheets: Higher ability (addition and subtraction with numbers into millions) Middle ability (addition and subtraction with numbers to 1 million) Lower ability (addition and subtraction with numbers into thousands) SEN (addition with numbers to 25) In two different formats - pdf and powerpoint (editable)

Inspired by the Year 5 mastery document, Zippy Onion and his Spanish moustache return to help students solve reasoning place value problems. I have presented to identical sets on the same sheet for ease of photocopying. Learning objective – to determine the value of each digit in numbers up to 1 million

Two activities for students to practice representations of tenths as fractions, pictures, decimals and in words. Covers LO: LO: Recognise that tenths arise from dividing an object into 10 equal parts

This activity combined our History topic of Romans, with our Maths focus of measurement, plus a little bit of shapes and fractions thrown as an assessment of the previous units taught. Students receive a letter from Emperor Hadrian, with the command to rebuild sections of Hadrian`s Wall. They then worked in differientiated groups for calculate the correct measurements for the wall. Once the correct measurements had been calculated they then used their knowledge of 3-D shapes to build the wall. I have included the activity and instructions in pdf and word format for editing. My class loved it, but I have to be honest - it took them all morning! Learning Objectives covered: Geometry: Property of Shapes: • Draw 2-D shapes and make 3-D shapes using modelling materials. Measurement: • Measure, compare, and add lengths (m/cm/mm) • Continue to measure using the appropriate tools and units, progressing to using a wider range of measures, including comparing and using mixed units and simple equivalents of mixed units (for example, 5m = 500cm). Fractions: • Recognise, find and write fractions of a discrete set of objects. • Recognise that tenths arise from dividing an object into 10 equal parts and in dividing one-digit numbers or quantities by 10