Guide to Starting Secondary School

Help your child to make a confident transition to secondary school by Topmarks.

7-14 year olds

Parents

Tudor Clothing from Tudor Paintings

Examine Tudor paintings closely to gain an insight into Tudor life and costume.

9-14 year olds

Pupils

Brackets - Order of Operations

Use a calculator to carry out calculations with more than one step using brackets. Suitable for use on an interactive whiteboard.

11-14 year olds

Teachers

Poop Deck Pirates

A phonics game which can help you to build words. Read the words and decide if they are real words or not. The game links to phases 3, 4 and 5 of the 'Letters and Sounds' programme. It works well on an interactive whiteboard.

5-7 year olds

Pupils

Rekenrek

This digital teaching tool has both a 20 and 100 Rekenrek. It is useful teaching tool for an interactive whiteboard.

5-9 year olds

Teachers

Catch the Stars - Subtraction

Catch the stars in your bucket by working out the subtraction sums. Either subtract by mixed numbers or a single number up to 10. Be careful not to miss the stars.

6-8 year olds

Pupils

ITP Place Value

This resource displays on-screen place value cards to construct and partition three-digit whole numbers.

6-8 year olds

Teachers, Pupils

Addition and Subtraction Ladder

Try the simple addition and subtraction sums to build your ladder. The examples include missing numbers or addends.

5-6 year olds

Pupils

Fraction Circles

This teaching tool helps with the recognition of fraction relationships. It helps students to visualise fractions, understand denominators, equivalent fractions and mixed numbers.

6-11 year olds

Teachers

Balloon Phonics

Balloon Phonics is a game which focuses on three letter words (cvc). There are three game modes: Initial sounds, Middle sounds and End sounds. Appropriate for Phase 2 Letters and Sounds.

4-6 year olds

Teachers, Pupils, Parents