Powerpoint introducing a simple place value investigation for finding all possibilities. Pupils find the answer to the question how many different 4 digit numbers can be made by arranging these 4 digits.

Worksheet activity to convert money values from pounds to pence and vice versa. Differentiated to 3 levels. Group 3 being the lower ability and group 1 being highest. Created this for year 4 (Autumn)

Multiplication questions for my top set year 4. Differentiated into red, yellow and green groups. Red and yellow - 2 digit x 1 digit. Green - 3 digit x 1 digit. Red and yellow also based around lower times table facts whereas green are more challenging.

Differentiated adding money values questions. Red group- 'Friendly numbers' only, so no regrouping / borrowing. Yellow and green group do involve regrouping/ borrowing. More complex questions also involve converting pence to pounds or pounds to pence in order to add together. Some green questions involve regrouping in units and tens column.

Using times table knowledge to multiply and also using known facts. For example a table where they multiply various numbers by 10, then use this to multiply by 5 and 20. Differentiated into red, yellow and green by ability group all on one sheet. All children complete x2, x4, x8 then x10 x5 x20 then x3 x6 x12. Red multiply by a 1 digit number, yellow by 2 digit numbers and green by 3 digit numbers.

Ready to print, chop and laminate. Created as a supply resource as a 'go to' activity. Used a youtube video of the countdown backing music to add effect! Cut up the number cards, put them into piles and ask children to select high and low numbers, then display them on the laminated grid and use a random number generator or roll a dice to create a target number (this way you can control how many digits etc) Then children have the challenge of getting as close to the number as they can. Note: I gave pupils the extra challenge of finding as many ways to make it as possible if the randomly generated number was too easy to reach!

Ready to print, chop and laminate. Created as a supply resource as a 'go to' activity. Used a youtube video of the countdown backing music to add effect! Cut up the phonics sound cards, put them into piles and ask children to select one letter or two letter graphemes. Include specific sounds to focus on specific phase or stage of letters and sounds or use randomly. Sounds are included in phase order. At the end some sounds are repeated if they are more common, for using if you plan on using random selection of all phases. Pupils are challenged to either create the longest word they can or to create as many words as possible. I gave 1 point for every 2-4 letter word and more points for longer words. ** A letter/word version is also available, with single letter cards, rather than single and double letter graphemes.

Ready to print, chop and laminate. Created as a supply resource as a 'go to' activity. Used a youtube video of the countdown backing music to add effect! Cut up the letter sound cards, put them into piles and ask children to select consonants or vowels. Some of the most common letters are repeated more times, but obviously you can easily adapt what you include. Pupils are challenged to either create the longest word they can or to create as many words as possible. I gave 1 point for every 2-4 letter word and more points for longer words. ** A phonics version is also available, with grapheme cards, including two letter graphemes as well as single letter correspondences.

The powerpoint introduces the context of the children being asked by a building supplies company to help them with designing buildings for a new town being built near them. (Remember to change the name of your primary school on slides 1,2,4. The children then have differentiated tasks to complete in order to calculate the perimeter and area of rooms, using written methods of multiplication to reinforce the skill. 'Red team' being the lower ability group have a floor plan, to measure the perimeter and then calculate the area. Their multiplication numbers are based around known times table facts but still require some written methods of multiplication. Yellow group have written multiplication to complete to calculate perimeter and area. Green group have similar with the extension to calculate how much things will cost in the rooms, so introducing money into the multiplication calculations.