Math
Math for 6th
Number sense, calculation, fractions, geometry and reasoning resources for grades Pre-K through 6.
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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.
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'.
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.
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'.
10× Times Table Worksheet
Ready-made printable practice for the 10× times table — 36 questions across multiplication, random-order, and related division facts. Print and go.
11× Times Table Worksheet
Ready-made printable practice for the 11× times table — 36 questions across multiplication, random-order, and related division facts. Print and go.
12× Times Table Worksheet
Ready-made printable practice for the 12× times table — 36 questions across multiplication, random-order, and related division facts. Print and go.
2× Times Table Worksheet
Ready-made printable practice for the 2× times table — 36 questions across multiplication, random-order, and related division facts. Print and go.
3× Times Table Worksheet
Ready-made printable practice for the 3× times table — 36 questions across multiplication, random-order, and related division facts. Print and go.
4× Times Table Worksheet
Ready-made printable practice for the 4× times table — 36 questions across multiplication, random-order, and related division facts. Print and go.
5× Times Table Worksheet
Ready-made printable practice for the 5× times table — 36 questions across multiplication, random-order, and related division facts. Print and go.
6× Times Table Worksheet
Ready-made printable practice for the 6× times table — 36 questions across multiplication, random-order, and related division facts. Print and go.
7× Times Table Worksheet
Ready-made printable practice for the 7× times table — 36 questions across multiplication, random-order, and related division facts. Print and go.
8× Times Table Worksheet
Ready-made printable practice for the 8× times table — 36 questions across multiplication, random-order, and related division facts. Print and go.
9× Times Table Worksheet
Ready-made printable practice for the 9× times table — 36 questions across multiplication, random-order, and related division facts. Print and go.
Geometry & Shape Knowledge Organiser
A KS2 knowledge organiser on 2D and 3D shapes — properties, types of angles, symmetry, parallel and perpendicular lines, coordinates, and area and perimeter.
Measurement Knowledge Organiser
A KS2 measurement reference — units of length, mass, capacity, time, and converting between them. Includes common conversions and tips for reading scales.
Multiplication Square (12×12) Poster
A clear, large-print 12×12 multiplication square for classroom display. The reference every primary maths classroom needs.
Times Tables Reference Card — 1× to 12×
The complete times tables 1× to 12×, with tricks for memorising the hardest ones. Print, laminate, give one to every child.
Bar Models Reference Poster
Single classroom poster showing the four main bar-model types: whole-parts, comparison, equal groups, ratio. Display reference for KS2 maths classrooms.
Fraction Wall Poster
Visual fraction wall showing equivalences from wholes to twelfths. The fastest way for KS2 children to grasp equivalent fractions.
Fractions — Knowledge Organiser (KS2)
One-page reference for all KS2 fractions: equivalent fractions, comparing, ordering, adding/subtracting, multiplying, fractions of amounts, mixed numbers and improper fractions.
Multiplication & Division Knowledge Organiser
A KS2 knowledge organiser covering multiplication and division — times tables, short and long multiplication, short and long division, factors, multiples, and primes.
Number Puzzles & Brain Teasers — KS2 Pack
20 number puzzles and brain teasers for KS2 — magic squares, number chains, and classic teaser problems. Solutions included. Great for extension work, wet break, or morning starters.
Place Value Poster (KS2)
Wall poster showing place value from millions through to thousandths. Reference for every KS2 maths lesson involving large numbers, decimals or rounding.
Place Value — Knowledge Organiser (KS2)
One-page reference for all KS2 place value: digits, columns, rounding, comparing, ordering, and decimals. Aligns with Autumn Block 1 in most primary maths schemes.
Statistics Knowledge Organiser
A KS2 statistics reference — types of chart, reading scales, mean/median/mode/range, tally charts, frequency tables, and interpreting data.
Decimals — Knowledge Organiser (Y4-Y6)
One-page reference for KS2 decimals: place value, comparing and ordering, rounding, four operations with decimals, converting fractions to decimals.
Percentages Knowledge Organiser — KS2
A KS2 knowledge organiser on percentages — what a percentage is, converting between fractions/decimals/percentages, finding percentages of amounts, and percentage increase and decrease.
Algebra & Equations Knowledge Organiser — Y6
A Year 6 algebra reference — expressions, variables, equations, substitution, and simple formulae. Covers the KS2 algebra content introduced in the 2014 curriculum.
Algebra Basics — Solving for x
Introduction to simple equations. 20 questions building from one-step to two-step equations.
Bar Models — Fractions & Percentages (Y5-6)
Use bar models to solve fraction-of-amount and percentage-of-amount problems. The most reliable method for SATs reasoning questions involving fractions and percentages of quantities.
Fractions, Decimals and Percentages — Conversions
Convert between fractions, decimals and percentages. Tables, conversion practice and word problems.
Ratio & Proportion — Knowledge Organiser (Y6)
One-page reference for Year 6 ratio and proportion — sharing in a ratio, finding amounts from ratios, scaling, percentage as proportion. Aligned with the Year 6 ratio block in mastery schemes.
Ratio and Proportion — Introduction
Express ratios in their simplest form, then use proportional reasoning to solve scale problems.
SATs-Ready Times Tables Fluency Pack
Daily 5-minute fluency drills covering all multiplication and related division facts to 12x12 — the foundation for SATs Arithmetic speed.
Y6 SATs Arithmetic — Question Type Reference
Every type of question that appears in the SATs Arithmetic paper, with the strategy for each. Covers all 30 question types — calculation, fractions, percentages, BIDMAS, mixed operations. The reference document Year 6 children can keep through SATs prep season.
Y6 SATs Maths Reasoning — Strategies & Question Types
The reasoning papers (2 & 3) are where most marks are won and lost. This pack covers question-type recognition, the 'translate the words' problem, multi-step strategies, and the specific traps to avoid. Includes worked examples of the 8 most common question types.
Year 6 Reasoning & Problem Solving Pack (SATs Prep)
30 SATs-style reasoning questions for Year 6 — algebra, ratio, percentages, decimals, geometry, multi-step problems. Designed as preparation for the SATs Reasoning papers.
Bar Models — Ratio & Proportion (Y6)
Year 6 ratio and proportion problems solved using bar models. Includes part-to-part ratios, sharing problems, and SATs-style reasoning questions.
Percentages of Amounts
Find 10%, 25%, 50% and other percentages of amounts. Real-world money word problems.
Prime Numbers and Factors
Identify primes up to 100, find factors, and build factor trees.
SATs Maths Reasoning Paper Prep
Strategies and practice for the two SATs Maths Reasoning papers — bar models, multi-step problems, time, money, ratio, and the question types that catch most children out.
SATs Maths Revision Checklist (KS2)
A printable self-assessment checklist of every maths skill on the KS2 SATs Arithmetic and Reasoning papers. Y6 children tick off what they're confident with and what needs more practice.
SATs Mock Paper Analysis Template
After every mock paper, children use this template to analyse what went wrong and identify their top 3 revision priorities. Works for both maths and English papers.