Tag / Key Stage 1 (KS1)
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Help KS1 pupils read and comprehend fiction and poetry
Introduce pupils to all the different KS1 question types By the end of Year 2, children are expected to have many skills linked to literature. It is essential that children become familiar…
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Maths problem solving is for life
Maths is very much a part of problem solving in our society, from budgeting to calculating football league tables, but it is not seen in this way by children.
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What is a bookworm?
I am the definition of a bookworm – I always have at least one book on the go and a large stack waiting to be read…
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How open ended can maths be?
Start to learn problem-solving strategies which will help not just in maths, but in all aspects of life.
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If ever there was a need for problem solving …
As children get used to the idea of exploring ideas and seeing new approaches, the more it benefits them as individuals, and society as a whole.
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Maths is irrelevant
There is a tendency among some adults to suggest that maths is irrelevant to their daily lives. And yet of course we all know that to be a fully functioning adult, one…
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How do you approach a maths problem?
How can we show pupils that there can be many ways of solving a maths problem? They need to be able to identify a problem, and then how to solve it.
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Maths on the inside
“Why is this one cheaper?” “Actually it isn’t!”
According to a quick search on my computer today, the average level of interest on a credit card for any payments not cleared by the due date is around 25%.
I’m sure many people with cards already know that, but I must admit it came as a shock to me.
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Replacements for bread tags – the problems of being an educational publisher
Do you remember them? Those plastic tags that used to be used to seal loaves of sliced bread? They have great potential as a maths manipulative.
