Articles from Emma Thompson

KS1 Addition Games for Teachers: Low‑Prep Ideas

KS1 Addition Games for Teachers: Low-Prep Ideas

In KS1 classrooms, addition is one of the first big building blocks of maths mastery. By the end of Year 2, the UK National Curriculum expects pupils to fluently add and subtract numbers within 20, and to use related facts up to 100. But here’s the challenge: keeping 5–7‑year‑olds engaged while they practise these skills … Read more