Tests and school years

What each school year covers, tests like SATs and the multiplication check, and changing schools.

Maths at home
Number bonds to 10: what they are and how to practise them at home
Number bonds to 10 are the pairs that make 10, like 7 and 3. Here is when children learn them, the ten frames and part-whole models schools use, and simple games to play with an egg box, a cup and a pack of cards.
4 November 20269 min read
Maths at home
How to help your child with column subtraction
Column subtraction looks different from the way many parents learned it, and the words have changed too. Here is how schools teach it step by step, and how to help your child at the kitchen table without causing confusion.
30 October 20266 min read

Number bonds to 10: what they are and how to practise them at home