Archives for "June, 2007"

Posted by Peter on 17th June 2007

Teaching happiness in maths lessons

teaching happiness in maths lessons home schooling

Posted by Peter on 16th June 2007

Jojo in Numberland: software review

maths review of jojo in numberland

Posted by Peter on 15th June 2007

Maths worksheets: Rounding to the nearest thousand. Y6

rounding numbers

Posted by Peter on 14th June 2007

NRICH maths club: web review

NRICH maths club Celebrating ten years online this site started well and has continued to grow, now claiming to be the largest maths site online. It includes a huge variety of free resources. A real winner, especially if you have a bright child who enjoys investigating maths for the fun of it. Activities include puzzles, [...]

Posted by Peter on 14th June 2007

Maths worksheets: Understanding and reading larger numbers. Y5

reading large numbers

Posted by Peter on 13th June 2007

Maths worksheets: Read and write numbers up to thousands. Y4

Reading four digit numbers

Posted by Peter on 12th June 2007

Scrap school tests

Scrap tests! The General Teaching Council has suggested that the dreaded SATs at 7 and 11 should be ditched. They say that the tests fail to improve standards and just add stress to pupils.

Posted by Peter on 12th June 2007

Maths worksheets: Counting larger numbers. Y3

Counting larger numbers

Posted by Peter on 11th June 2007

Free Y1 and Y2 maths worksheets: Counting on and back.

Counting on and back free resource

Posted by Peter on 8th June 2007

A comeback for class projects

Remember the class topic – it’s making a comeback. Some of you may remember your days in primary school and still have a project, or topic, that you did hidden away in the loft. Topics all but disappeared with the onset of the National Curriculum in 1988 and subject based teaching being strongly recommended in [...]