Primary Maths

Probability and the Brazil World Cup 2014

The games of the FIFA World Cup offer a great chance to work on probability using data read from charts. In the first activity the pupils will try to predict the results of group matches in three groups using FIFA rankings, the recent form of the teams and… Read More

Primary maths – publishing your scheme of work and calculation policy

The New Primary Maths Curriculum is to spring into life officially from September 2014 but schools have been busily digesting its contents and slowly introducing its new recommendations since the guidance was published. Many schools are now at the point where they know exactly how they’re going to introduce it… Read More

Mental Arithmetic Strategies (years 3-6)

Learning Focus: To be able to develop, practise and use alternative strategies for solving mental arithmetic problems Mental arithmetic is a tricky topic and is one of the biggest causes of distress amongst pupils. Being given five seconds to come up with increasingly more difficult questions is hard enough under… Read More
Measuring Circles

Parts of a Circle

One of the new areas in the KS2 maths curriculum is exploring circles including circumferences and areas. Dave Lewis offers up some fun activities and ideas on how to teach this new topic. Read More
Sunflowers

Using Maths in Science

Maths finds its way into most subjects of the curriculum and here are some activities that allow children to work in science but to practise and consolidate the mathematical skills they need. Read More
Bag Of Marbles

Word Problems to Sums

One of the most difficult concepts for a child in mathematics is to work out the sum they need to do in order to find the answer to a question that’s set in words. These activities explore the concept of algebra and develop it so that you can use it with KS1 children, right the way through up to Year 6. Read More
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Becoming fluent in maths

With the first aim of the new national curriculum for Primary maths being to 'become fluent in the fundamentals of mathematics' Peter Clarke has pulled together some simple paired games to help develop children’s fluency in the recall of addition and subtraction number facts and the multiplication tables. Read More
Water Usage Table

Maths Madness in March

There’s so much happening in March there just aren't enough school days in the month to cover it all! Explore World Water Day, Earth Hour and Pi Day in Peter Clarke's activities this month. Read More