This is a Y6 SATs revision Reasoning treasure hunt. I have taken questions from the Reasoning paper samples, and I have rewritten them. There are 24 Green [easy], 24 Yellow [middle] and 24 Red [tricky] questions. I have laminated them and strung them around the school. It was a little light relief for SATs revision and the children loved it. I have also included the answers. Enjoy!

This is a bank of Year 1 report comments for reading writing and maths to use in mid term reports. Differentiated for all abilities.

Making Arrays - Year 1 In this KS1 maths teaching resource pupils begin to build arrays and understand the importance of columns and rows. It is an ideal teaching aid to use in a lesson covering some of the year 1 curriculum objectives in the maths programme of study (Number - number and place value and multiplication and division). Content includes: What is an array explanation Describing arrays activity and worksheet Making arrays and writing the addition sentence activity and worksheet Complete the sentence activity and worksheet Draw the array that represents the repeated addition sentence activity and worksheet Reasoning and problem solving activity and worksheet Further problem solving worksheet with answer sheet ‘Making Arrays - Year 1’ is editable so teachers can adapt the resource to meet their individual teaching needs

Arithmetints colouring puzzles are an ideal way for students to develop and practise their mathematical skills. This unique puzzle aims to embed children’s understanding of 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x and 10x table facts. Arithmetints puzzles are a flexible resource which can be used for a variety of purposes, including assessment. Each puzzle comes with an answer sheet for easy marking. These puzzles also really brighten up pupils’ workbooks or make a great display.

An easy to use Excel Spreadsheet to analyse the maths test scores from the 2023 KS2 SATs though Question Level Analysis (QLA). Papers 1 (arithmetic), 2 and 3 (reasoning) are analysed. Will highlight students’ areas of strength and weaknesses in key maths areas including number, calculation, problem solving, handling data, and shape and measurement. Simply add the students’ name and their score and the spreadsheet will update and produce graphs.

Introduces the concept of a half being two equal parts, comes with sorting tasks and matching cards, as well as a worksheet.

Non-Unit Fractions - Year 2 In this maths teaching resource, pupils practise the concept of non-unit fractions as more than one equal part of the whole shape or quantity and that the denominator represents the number of parts the whole has been divided into. This Year 2 maths teaching resource has been created following the White Rose Small Steps guidance for year 2 - Spring - Block 4 - Fractions. The resource consists of 1 lesson, including a PowerPoint presentation and differentiated worksheets for independent learning, to guide your class through the curriculum objectives of the Year 2 maths programme of study (number - fractions). The worksheets contain varied fluency, reasoning and problem solving to reinforce and consolidate the children’s learning. Content includes: Varied fluency and reasoning and problem solving interactive class activities 3 differentiated varied fluency and reasoning and problem solving worksheets with answers ‘Non-Unit Fractions - Year 2’ is completely editable giving teachers the freedom to adapt the resource to suit their individual teaching needs.

A blank, printable Gattegno chart that goes from ten millions to thousands so useful for the primary maths curriculum!

This game is fantastic for developing fluency and rapid recall of multiplication facts. How to play: Put all of the strips into a cup/pot Children play the game in groups Children choose a strip and if they answer correctly, they get to keep this. If children pull out a ‘KABOOM’ strip they have to put all of their collected strips back into the pot. The child at the end of the round with the most strips wins! (This game can last as long as you need it to, which is fab!) Children can use a calculator to check everyones answers, a whiteboard to support them or a multiplication square. This pack includes all of the times tables up to 12. This game can be adapted for any year group.

Flipchart of tens frames showing the number bonds/pairs to 20 to use in the input in class for children to show you the number sentence on whiteboards. A sheet of tens frames for children to identify the number bond independently.

Build you own elves and santa with Numicon. 4 different variations including one with just tens to work on number bonds Now also includes a Numicon matching Christmas tree

Unit Fractions - Year 2 In this maths teaching resource, pupils practise the concept of unit fractions as one equal part of the whole shape or quantity and that the denominator represents the number of parts the whole has been divided into. This Year 2 maths teaching resource has been created following the White Rose Small Steps guidance for year 2 - Spring - Block 4 - Fractions. The resource consists of 1 lesson, including a PowerPoint presentation and differentiated worksheets for independent learning, to guide your class through the curriculum objectives of the Year 2 maths programme of study (number - fractions). The worksheets contain varied fluency, reasoning and problem solving to reinforce and consolidate the children’s learning. Content includes: Varied fluency and reasoning and problem solving interactive class activities 3 differentiated varied fluency and reasoning and problem solving worksheets with answers ‘Unit Fractions - Year 2’ is completely editable giving teachers the freedom to adapt the resource to suit their individual teaching needs.

A PowerPoint with starters suitable for KS2. Starters based on riddles, maths and English questions. Number, logic, problem solving, grammar questions. Based on the New Curriculum. These can be used daily during registration or as starters before lessons. These can be worked out independently or in groups and require challenging and critical thinking. In PowerPoint so you can easily adapt if differentiation is required. Extra riddles included at the end of the PowerPoint, If you need any assistance my email is included in the last slide of the PowerPoint. See my shop for more resources https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/TopmarksEd

Arithmetints colouring puzzles are an ideal way for students to develop and practise their mathematical skills. This unique dinosaur puzzle aims to embed children’s understanding of 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x and 10x tables facts. Arithmetints puzzles are a flexible resource which can be used for a variety of purposes including assessment. Each puzzle comes with an answer sheet for easy marking. These puzzles also really brighten up pupils’ workbooks or make a great display.

Need an outstanding maths lesson based around shape and geometry? Then look no further. This session is great to teach Year 1, Year 2 or a mixed Year 1 and Year 2 class. These two lessons are a great way to showcase your mastery teaching in quick, snappy methods that easily demonstrates progress. Suitable for a reasoning maths lesson, the questions included in the interactive PowerPoints are great to get children of all abilities thinking. We have based this lessons around the NCETM principles of differentiation where children have the opportunity to try all tasks. You can use these lesson flexibly from 15 minutes to an hour, individually or together. They have been successfully used for interviews and Ofsted visits alike. You will get: ✸ Two outstanding lesson plans featuring mini-plenaries, differentiated success criteria and starters. ✸ Two PowerPoint with probing mastery questions. ✸ x12 Task sheets for a range of abilities (including reasoning challenge sheets) ✸ Shape hospital sheet ✸ Shape mat ✸ Right angle muncher (measurer) Lesson 1 Y1 – L.O. To identify and sort rectangles in a set of four sided shapes. Y2 – L.O. To identify and sort right angles in 2D shapes. Success Criteria: I know that a rectangle has 4 sides, two longer than the other two. I can sort rectangles from other shapes. I can identify a right angle in a shape. I can sort shapes into those that have right angles and those that do not. Lesson 2 Y1- To know that any shape with 3 sides is a triangle. Y2 – To know that all triangles are the same but different. Success Criteria: I know that a triangle has 3 sides. I can sort shapes into triangles and not triangles. I can name three different types of triangle. I can use reasoning to describe why triangles are different. observation ofsted nqt key stage 1 mastery reasoning geometry ks1 interview Have any issues with this resource or a request? Contact us directly for the quickest response at: explore_education@outlook.com

Fluency, reasoning and problem solving on finding fractions of an amount.

A variety of activities to help children understand equivalent fractions.

A lesson on ordering and comparing large numbers. Powerpoint contains: a video for visual learners, sentence starters to encourage maths talk and inequality symbols to print out. Differentiated worksheets included. Aimed at SEND Year 8 students but can easily be used for KS1 & 2 or KS3 intervention groups. Dyslexic friendly font and powerpoint.

Fully differentiated and scaffolded lesson on ordering FDP. Starts of with Converting FDP, Recap on Ordering Decimals then into the main lesson. With differentiated questions and a great plenary. An NQT, so all feedback welcomed!