A Manchester University study has shown that 51% of teaching in Primary Schools is now devoted to Maths and English. They say that the reason for this is the pressure to succeed in tests at 11.
Dr Bill Doyle of Manchester’s School of Education says that this situation is scandalous.
How alarming is it that more that half of children’s time in school is devoted to just two subjects: what of Science, History, geography PE etc?
Of course, in the past some schools came up with fantastic topics which covered a number of subjects, but these carefully planned lessons were the exception. Is it time to go back to well designed topic work which includes Maths and English skills?
Read more on the BBC site.
Day: November 6, 2007
Free Y2 maths worksheets: Count on
There is no help with these free maths pages but some children might need a number line of number square.
By year 2 children should be more able to count on from larger numbers, up to 100. There is no help with these maths pages but some children might need a number line or number square.
When counting on make sure that they do not include the starting number. For example: count on 5 from 32. Continue reading “Free Y2 maths worksheets: Count on”
Free Y1 maths worksheets: Count in steps of one
two free maths worksheets to help with counting up to 10
To get back to our counting pages for the early years here are two free maths worksheets to help with counting up to 10 . They are really examples of the kinds of pages that you can create or your children could make similar themselves. They go very well with the counting games activities – don’t forget to use these in conjunction with the worksheets.