Hi, I've been teaching throughout KS2 since 1997 and have always received outstanding feedback from Heads and SLTs, inspectors, colleagues and parents. Please have a look at my varied resources, and if you like them, please take a moment to leave me a good review. Thank you!
Hi, I've been teaching throughout KS2 since 1997 and have always received outstanding feedback from Heads and SLTs, inspectors, colleagues and parents. Please have a look at my varied resources, and if you like them, please take a moment to leave me a good review. Thank you!
Great activity for upper Key Stage 2 (or more able Y3/4) as a fun way to deepen knowledge of x tables. Includes coded versions of four of the multiplication tables (4,5,6 and 9x). Children have to use their knowledge of all of the times tables to crack the code! [Examples of 'clues' to look for: e.g. 5x table - last digit always ends in one of two letters - i.e. 0 or 5. Always look for answers that remain the same as the question - must be multiplying by 1. Check for one or two digits in the answers as a clue to what the x table might be. Identify zero by finding 10 x ? = ?0. Etc.] Solutions provided.
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A 6-page assessment document for use with KS2 to assess knowledge of times tables x6, x7, x8, x9, x11 and x12 as well as the related division facts. Pages include: 1) a grid of times tables questions (in columns per x table but in random order down the column) for children to complete; 2) answers to that; 3) a grid of division questions for each of the above x tables (also in columns for each times table but in random order down the column); 4) answers to that; 5) a blank grid with question numbers and column headings in case you want to call out the x tables questions orally for children to write the answer; 6) a blank division facts grid for the same purpose.
This is a really fun activity that can be used as a PE lesson to tick the box for outdoor and adventurous unit or as a Maths session or just as a fun one-off activity at the end of term etc.
6 cards are placed in various positions around the school building/playground/whatever space you have. (It's fun if some of them are really hard to find, e.g. stuck to underside of benches, etc.!)
Children work in groups of around 4 (mixed mathematical ability is best). All they need is a pencil and paper. Each group is given the name of a starter item (e.g. socks) from the list provided. They need to search for this item on one of the 6 cards that have been hidden around the playground/building etc. When they find the item, they need to write down the price of the item, then look for the next item (written alongside the price). When the children have written down the prices of 8 items, they add them up and take the total to the teacher. If the total matches the amount listed next to their first item below, the group has successfully completed the challenge. This will take them quite a long while to complete but is fun and very engaging - children usually want to play this again and again!
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Suitable for Y5/6, these three differentiated worksheets (complete with answers) give children opportunity to practise solving division word problems in real-life contexts where they then have to think about how to deal with the remainder - i.e. does it need rounding up? Rounding down? Can we have 2/3 of a child or 1/2 a tent? Etc. Great for getting children to remember that maths isn't just about sums and numbers.
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A set of worksheets (differentiated) involving a range of different types of patterns - number, geometric etc. - about which children are asked to find and continue patterns as well as explaining their reasoning. Answers given.
A range of written problems involving ratio for Y5/6 differentiated for 3 levels and including answers.
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7 How To Play... sheets with simple instructions for playing fun Maths games that kids will really love! Can be used as a starter or main activity. Include Killer, 3D Shape, First to Fifteen, Magic Squares, Place Value games, 4 in a Line and Keeper of the Function. Simple to set up with very few resources needed. Can be differentiated easily e.g. by size of numbers. Guaranteed to keep their interest!
Collection of 17 documents containing many ideas for mental maths investigations which may look simple at first glance but which will actually involve some deep thinking from even the brightest sparks in KS2! Great for lesson starters, homework challenges or extension tasks; also excellent for modelling strategies e.g. logical thinking and systematic recording approaches. Can easily be further adapted or extended i.e. ask children to devise similar styles of question!
This is a powerpoint version of our school calculation policy for Maths. It goes through addition, subtraction, multiplication and division giving an overview of the development of recording methods from Y1 upto Y6 for each one, with examples shown. Includes mark making, number lines, multiplication grids and formal methods. This was used for a presentation to parents in a calculations workshop and was very well received. Obviously it would need tweaking to reflect your specific calculations policy but it might save a lot of time compared to starting from scratch.
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A long list of various ideas for mental and oral maths sessions aimed at providing easily differentiated levels of challenge. Little or no preparation or resources required.
This is a fantastic collection of 50 Maths activities that can be used as lesson starters, plenaries or fun one-off activities. Many could be extended as the basis for a full lesson, and most could be revisited as they are or adapted with very little effort to provide new challenges. This means a huge number of your Maths starters throughout the year are already taken care of!
I have been a maths coordinator for several years and have a passion for finding/collecting/inventing easily implemented maths activities that really extend children's understanding.
Challenges include number, length, weight, time, shape and many problem-solving tasks.
Each slide includes notes for the teacher; these may explain the task, provide an answer to more challenging problems, or suggest easy ways to reduce or extend the level of challenge to suit more/less able mathematicians.
With the slides you are good to go; although many of them could be further developed by using resources such as coins, dice etc., they are ready to use as they are with only whiteboards or jotters being needed for the children to write down answers on.
This is a collection of quality resources that have taken me literally years to collect and days to put together here in this format. If you like it, please take the time to give me a 5-star review. Thank you!
