“The summer holiday is one of the worst innovations in the history of education. It is a pernicious beast that must be slain immediately.”
So thinks Conor Clark in the Guardian Education today. He argues that the long summer holiday cripples learning. The first few weeks of the new autumn term is spent going over what has been forgotten during the long six week break. Continue reading “News: Ban the long summer holiday!”
Day: July 19, 2007
Maths worksheets: Standard units of measurement. Y4
Maths worksheets: Y4 Standard units of measurement
The metric system is so easy to understand. Take length for example: no 12 inches in a foot, 3 feet in a yard or 1760 yards in a mile. It’s all tens, hundreds and thousands! By Stage 4 (8/9 yrs old) children should know the standard units of measurement for length, including the abbreviations.
mm (millimetres) cm (centimetres) m (metres) and km (kilometres) . Continue reading “Maths worksheets: Standard units of measurement. Y4”