4 Ways to make your maths working wall work
This blog post, which is aimed at primary teachers, has some useful tips on how to make effective use of a maths working wall.
Maths Choppity Chop
This game covers a selection of maths questions such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, doubling and more. Answer the questions then chop the vegetables but avoid the steel bar and saw.
Starfall - Learn to Read
A good learning to read site. There are good quality games and animated stories which children can interact with. The children can click on words to see what they say. Excellent for learning the sounds the letters make.
Lovereading4kids
Lovereading4kids is a book website for parents and children to help make book choices easier. You can download an extract from each book. Each book has a synopsis and reviews.
Letter Formation
This site has excellent animations which provide a good model for learners starting to write letters. They indicate the starting points and proper strokes required. Works well on an interactive whiteboard.
Virtual Nerd
Virtual Nerd has over 1500 free maths video lessons.
Make a Rainforest Walking Track
A primary maths game where you mark the route for a walking track on a rainforest map by following instructions to choose sections on track based on distances, compass directions and coordinate references.
Tessellation Creator
A useful resource for making tessellation patterns using regular polygons. What kind of tessellations can you make out of regular polygons?
NRICH
This site from the University of Cambridge aims to provide learning support in mathematics for able children. It provides investigations, puzzles and aims to answer maths queries. Send in ideas and solutions.
Department for Education
The Department for Education in the UK was formed on 12 May 2010. This site has education news, information and statutory guidance for schools and parents.
