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Loop Cards

Loop cards can help to improve your mental maths. Complete the loop against the clock. All types of calculations. You play the game similar to dominoes. NB The 75% section is faulty.

5-11 year olds
Teachers, Pupils

Teaching Syllables

A YouTube video of a teacher showing a clever method of using your whole body to figure out how many syllables or beats are in a word.

6-8 year olds
Teachers

Maths Teaching Videos

Useful videos from a teacher showing methods of working through example maths problems.

11-16 year olds
Pupils

The Literacy Shed

The Literacy Shed is home to a wealth of visual resources with teaching ideas suitable for use in the primary classroom. There are some fabulous animations to use as stimulus for writing.

5-11 year olds
Teachers

Bunches of Balloons

An excellent teaching video looking at making equal groups from 18 balloons. It leads on well to students continuing the investigation.

6-7 year olds
Teachers, Pupils, Parents

Form Time Numeracy

Random questions covering a range of topics to help students improve and revise maths skills. Displays well on an interactive whiteboard.

11-16 year olds
Teachers

What are the odds?

Explore the world of probability with this interactive dice simulator. Use either a 12, 20 or 30 sided dice and throw single or multiple times to generate a table of results for analysis.

9-11 year olds
Teachers

Second World War 1939 - 1945

Learn about the Second World War by using animated maps and investigations containing original documents, film, photographs and audio from the National Archives.

11-16 year olds
Pupils

National Association for the Teaching of English

NATE is the UK teacher association for all aspects of English from pre-school to university. It informs teachers of current developments and provides a voice at national level.

3-18 year olds
Teachers

Measuring Area

An animation from the BBC covering the concept of area, and different ways to measure and calculate the area of rectangles, triangles and composite shapes.

10-11 year olds
Pupils
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