This introductory book in the Algebra / Shape and Space series from Spectrum Maths was primarily for those students working at National Curriculum levels one to three. It contains forty activities. Each activity is presented as a possible starting point for a lesson or series of lessons. Twenty focus on algebra and...

This book in the Data Handling series from Spectrum Maths was primarily aimed at children working between National Curriculum levels one to three. Activities support children in learning about block graphs, Carroll diagrams, pictograms, frequency tables and mapping diagrams. Each activity contains instructions for...

This is the first book in the series of investigations from Spectrum Maths. It was intended to be suitable for those students working at National Curriculum levels one to three. The forty student investigations in this book are non-sequential and focus mainly on the mathematical topics of addition, subtraction,...

These activities, from the Association of Teachers of Mathematics (ATM) publication ‘Thinking for Ourselves’, provide a variety of contexts in which students are encouraged to think for themselves.

Activity 1: In the bag – More or less requires students to record how many more or...

This maths game is designed to help children practice mental multiplication. Each game-board contains a 4 by 4 grid of numbers with a list of red numbers at the side. The numbers in the grid are products and the red numbers are factors. Children take it in turns to find two red numbers which, when multiplied, will...

This resource aimed at primary, contains an interactive spreadsheet containing problems involving time, they include: calculating the length of time for events, calculating the length of day and night given sunrise and sunset times, using a bus timetable to work out...

This resource, aimed at early years and lower primary, contains an interactive spreadsheet designed to illustrate teaching points on the topics of time and money. Ideal for use with the whole class at the start or end of a lesson it provides screens on the following:...

Published by BEAM this resource contains 21 activity cards on volume and capacity, which allow children to develop their mathematical skill by actively estimating, measuring and comparing capacity and volume. Developed by teachers, the cards help find a way of teaching which fits with the way children learn...

This resource from Hamilton Trust contains two weekly plans, teaching sequences and classroom resources. They cover comparing and ordering numbers up to 20 and adding by counting on and partitioning 5. The detailed teaching sequences include differentiated activity ideas, suggested resources and notes on...

This resource from Hamilton Trust contains two weekly plans, teaching sequences and classroom resources. They cover counting and ordering numbers to 100, place value, pairs to 6, 7 and 10 and counting on and back in ones. The detailed teaching sequences include differentiated activity ideas,suggested resources and...

This resource from Hamilton Trust contains two weekly plans, teaching sequences and classroom resources. They cover counting in tens, place value, pairs to 8, 9 and 10 and add and subtract 10. The detailed teaching sequences include differentiated activity ideas, suggested resources and notes on progression and...

This resource from Hamilton Trust contains two weekly plans, teaching sequences and classroom resources. They cover counting and ordering to 100, place value, number facts to 20 and counting on and back in tens. The detailed teaching sequences include differentiated activity ideas, suggested resources and notes on...

This resource from Hamilton Trust contains two weekly plans, teaching sequences and classroom resources. They cover ordering and comparing, rounding to the nearest 10, find pairs totalling 20 and counting on and back in tens. The detailed teaching sequences include differentiated activity ideas, suggested resources...

This resource from Hamilton Trust contains two weekly plans, teaching sequences and classroom resources. They cover ordering numbers to 200, place value of three-digit numbers, number facts and addition and subtraction. The detailed teaching sequences include differentiated activity ideas, suggested resources and...