Maths

Last updated 8th October 2006

Planning and resources - Schemes of work and individual lesson plans plus resources to support teaching points.
Oral/mental starters
Activities and games - IWB content / interactive software and alternatives to textbooks or worksheets.

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Planning and resources

mathszone.co.uk - Highly recommended maths site. Very easy to use and logically laid out. Search by NC/NNS objective or by KS and attainment target.

counton.org Teachers' Index - Maths resources linked to national curriculum for each year group.

Leicestershire LEA - A great place to start planning as there is a treasure trove of resources and information about maths.

hamiltontrust.org.uk - primary-focussed weekly plans for maths and english plus information for NQTs

National Numeracy Strategy Unit Plans

Wirral Lea - lesson plans using ITPs from Reception to Y6.

Wirral Lea - Another Wirral page. This time with great ICT opportunities in all year groups, long term plans with hyperlinks to pertinent content.

senteacher.org - Printables of basics - why buy or design your own number fan when it's already here?

Wales Grid for Learning - Teaching resources, support materials and weblinks relating to every area of mathematics. This link takes you to the KS2 section but the site is easy enough to navigate if you're looking for KS1.

multiplication.com - A great many ideas and resources for the teaching of mulitplication.

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Oral Mental Starters

Seaton Sluice Middle School, Northumberland - Lots of powerpoint presentations for oral/mental starters on the IWB.

Leicestershire LEA - Fantastic oral mental starter ideas.

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Activities and games

counton.org - DFES sponsored site with loads of resources and online maths games.

Subtangent.com - Maths subject knowledge, quizzes, interactive investigations, resources, weblinks and games.

rainforestmaths.com - An attractively designed site offering reasonable coverage of the mathematics curriculum. Highly recommended for IWB work.

Woodlands School, Kent - A very easy-to-use site with activities for each of the national curriculum strands.

amathsdictionaryforkids.com - A brilliant site for introducing new topics. IWB friendly, it can be browsed by initial letter - every definition has an interactive example to work through.

numbergym.co.uk - This is wonderful IWB content covering a huge area of the maths curriculum - the best feature is the ability to specify the starting NC level of an onscreen exercise. The only downside being the fact that you must pay for it. However, it would be worthwhile (I'm not on commission!) and it is free every Friday.

Maths ITPs - Mathematics-related Interactive Teaching Programmes on the Standards site.

numeracysoftware.com - Some useful and affordable software for use in mathematics teaching at primary level. More importantly, there are dozens of free downloads!

ictgames.co.uk - High quality online games for KS1, supporting every objective from the NC/NNS. Mainly for Maths and English but with some for the foundation subjects.

mathsanarchy.net - Maths investigations for KS2 -to help build pupils' reasoning, logic and problem solving skills. You'll also find some useful articles on teaching mathematics at primary level.

Birmingham Grid for Learning - Uses pizza to introduce fractions and can be tailored for ability ranges from level 1 to 5.

Birmingham Grid for Learning - Another great IWB activity - this time aimed at teaching measurement of length, mass, volume and capacity.

oswego.org - Some incredibly handy and entertaining games to assist with teaching specific mathematical skills.

Birmingham Grid for Learning - As with the fractions resource, this works well on an IWB and is simple to use.

Crick School - Flash games from the innovative Crick Primary School. There are about 20 useful games for teaching related to data handling, money and use of the operational notation.

puzzles.com - Many puzzles for use in maths lessons as whole class starters or as ideas for individual tasks.

Sudoku for children - Dozens of archived sudokus to download and a new one each day.

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