Math
Math for 1st
Number sense, calculation, fractions, geometry and reasoning resources for grades Pre-K through 6.
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Color by Number 1-10 — Print Pack
Six color-by-number activities using numbers 1-10. Children read the number, find it on the picture grid, and color it the matching color. Builds number recognition, color words, and fine-motor control.
Color by Shape — 2D Shapes Pack
Six pages of shape-recognition activities where children color 2D shapes by name. Builds visual recognition of circles, squares, triangles, rectangles, ovals, hexagons, and stars. Includes a 'shapes around us' real-world connection.
Manipulatives Audit & Classroom Setup
What manipulatives every primary classroom should have, why concrete materials matter even in upper KS2, and how to audit and refresh existing stock. Includes minimum kit by year group, storage strategies, and the 'manipulatives are for the children who need them' problem.
Maths CPD Pack for Class Teachers
Six 20-minute CPD sessions for Maths Leads to deliver to class teachers — covering fluency teaching, manipulatives use, reasoning prompts, calculation policy, addressing maths anxiety in staff, and the 'concrete-pictorial-abstract' approach. Designed for twilight INSETs.
Maths Lead Handover Document
When a Maths Lead leaves a school, the next person inherits chaos by default. This handover template captures everything — calculation policy, scheme used, manipulative stock, MTC and SATs data, CPD history, key children. Mirrors the music, assessment, and English Lead handover docs.
Maths Lead — Professional Reading List
Professional books every primary Maths Lead should read — the research-grounded titles on fluency, reasoning, mastery, manipulatives, and addressing maths anxiety. Honest about which are essential.
Maths Monitoring Walk — Prompt Sheet
What to look for during a 10-minute classroom monitoring walk for maths. Specific prompts for fluency starters, main lessons, manipulatives use, and reasoning culture. Designed for Maths Leads doing learning walks without it feeling like inspection.
Primary Maths Manipulatives — What Schools Actually Buy
The maths manipulatives every primary classroom should have — counters, ten-frames, place value cards, number rods, fraction strips, and the higher-end items worth investing in. With honest notes on which ones earn their keep and which sit in cupboards.
Whole-School Maths Progression — Pre-K to Grade 6
How maths skills develop across primary — number sense from Pre-K through KS2 fractions, decimals, ratio, and algebra. Year-by-year skill expectations across number, calculation, fractions, geometry, statistics, and reasoning. The reference document a Maths Lead returns to most often.
Calculation Policy — Decision Guide
What a calculation policy is, why every school needs one, and how to choose or write one. Includes implementation timeline and how to ensure consistency across the school.
Calculation Policy: Addition & Subtraction Y1-Y6
A complete written-methods progression for addition and subtraction across Y1-Y6, with worked examples at each stage. For teachers building or refreshing a school-wide calculation policy.
Even and Odd Numbers
Learn the difference between even and odd numbers. Sorting, coloring and pattern-spotting activities.
Fluency vs Reasoning — A Maths Lead's Guide
Why fluency and reasoning are both essential, what they actually mean, and how to build each across the school. Includes specific routines for each (e.g. number talks, fluency starters, reasoning prompts). Settles the staffroom debate about 'spending too much time on times tables' vs 'not doing enough word problems'.
Number Bonds Poster Pack — to 10, 20 and 100
Three classroom posters showing all the number bonds to 10, to 20, and to 100. Visual, clear and ready to display.
Number Bonds to 10
20 number-bond questions with a ten-frame visual support panel. Ideal for early addition fluency.
Number Line 0-100 Poster
Wall-length number line from 0 to 100. Essential for KS1 number sense, counting on, and basic addition/subtraction.
Ordinal Numbers Poster
First, second, third — through to twentieth. Display reference for early-grade classrooms.
Addition & Subtraction Methods Knowledge Organiser
A KS1/KS2 reference for written and mental addition and subtraction methods — number bonds, column addition, column subtraction with borrowing, and key vocabulary.
Addition Within 20
30 single-digit addition questions with sums up to 20. Mixed problem types for fluency.
Counting in 2s, 5s and 10s
Number-line completion activity with three sequences. Includes counting backwards.
Cross-Number Puzzle Pack — Printable Number Crosswords
Printable cross-number puzzles — like crosswords but with numbers. Three levels: KS1 sums, KS2 arithmetic, and KS2 multi-step. Includes how-to-play guide and answers.
Logic Puzzles Pack — 15 Puzzles for Primary
15 printable logic puzzles across three levels — beginner (KS1), intermediate (lower KS2), and harder (upper KS2). Includes grid puzzles, lateral thinking, and elimination problems.
Money & Financial Literacy Knowledge Organiser
A KS1/KS2 money reference — UK coins and notes, adding and giving change, profit and loss, budgeting basics, and the difference between needs and wants.
Skip Counting Mazes
Three number mazes — find the path counting in 2s, 5s and 10s.
Sudoku for Kids — 4×4 and 6×6 Grids
Printable Sudoku puzzles in two sizes — 4×4 for KS1 and 6×6 for lower KS2. Includes how-to-play guide and solutions. Great for logic, problem-solving, and wet break.
Telling Time to the Hour
Read analog clocks set to whole hours. Includes word problems and clock-drawing practice.
Time Knowledge Organiser
A KS1/KS2 time reference — reading analogue and digital clocks, 12 and 24-hour time, converting between units, calculating time intervals, and using a timeline.
Times Tables Strategy — Pre-MTC and Beyond
How to build whole-school times tables fluency leading to the Y4 Multiplication Tables Check (MTC) and beyond. Covers the year-by-year teaching sequence, daily routines, digital tool options, and what to do for children who fall behind. Strategic, not just 'practice harder'.