Math
Math for K
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.
Numbers 1–10 Tracing Sheet
Trace each number from 1 to 10. Includes a quick counting picture for each.
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.
Counting to 20
Count, fill in missing numbers, and find the patterns. Builds confidence to 20.
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.
Shape Recognition — 2D Shapes
Identify circles, squares, triangles, rectangles, hexagons and ovals. Color and count.