Maths Year Six Planning Term One

Discover schemes of work, lesson plans, classroom worksheets and interactive activities to develop skills in maths for Year Six in Key Stage Two to teach about number and place, addition and subtraction, multiplication and division and fractions

Number and Place Value

Explore and describe the place value of the digits in different numbers to millions when comparing and ordering matching sets of numbers

(A) Number Millions

Investigate, order and compare the value of the digits that comprise different sets of numbers with up to seven digits

Number Calculations

Practise using mental and formal written calculations to solve number problems for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division including using exchange between place value

(C) Addition and Subtraction Sums

Practise mental and formal written methods of addition and subtraction calculation working with different numbers in millions and decimals

(D) Calculation Solutions

Use standard written methods of addition and subtraction to check calculated sums using inverse operations and solve problems with multi-step solutions

(F) Multiplication Methods

Practise using standard written methods for multiplication to solve abstract and real world problems

Fractions

Investigate how to illustrate and use the values of different fractions to support solving problems involving addition, subtraction and equivalence

(I) Fraction Sums

Model and record the steps that can be used to solve problems by adding and subtracting pairs of non-unit and mixed number fractions

(H) Fraction Changes

Identify and illustrate how to change and convert the values of different fractions using equivalence, simplification and conversion between mixed and improper fractions

  • Ancient History Finds

    Ancient History Finds

    Explore and illustrate how to use apostrophes for possession to indicate some of the special artefacts that were owned and used in past civilizations

  • Wind Turbine

    Wind Turbine

    Plan and write a magazine article about an environmental issue listing arguments in favour of or against the installation of a wind turbine

  • Radio Commercials

    Radio Commercials

    Practise using persuasive language to write newspaper adverts and radio commercials to sell houses in the school’s neighbourhood

  • Estate Agent

    Estate Agent

    Investigate and record how to punctuate apostrophes for possession correctly in sentences that might be used by an estate agent when selling houses