Jon Kurta

Abacus is a unique maths toolkit for inspiring a love of maths and ensuring progression for every child. Written by an expert author team, it has been carefully crafted on a robust approach to creating inspired and confident young mathematicians. Year 5 Mastery Checkpoints40 short activities, to be used throughout the school year Designed to help you check mastery of key concepts straight after teaching, enabling quick intervention for those children who need it 'Have you mastered...?' questions aim to assess mastery of the relevant outcome 'Champions' Challenge' questions aim to assess whether some children have achieved mastery with greater depth 'My Learning' pages provide opportunities for children to reflect on their learning

Abacus is a unique maths toolkit for inspiring a love of maths and ensuring progression for every child. Written by an expert author team, it has been carefully crafted on a robust approach to creating inspired and confident young mathematicians. Year 4 Mastery Checkpoints37 short activities, to be used throughout the school year Designed to help you check mastery of key concepts straight after teaching, enabling quick intervention for those children who need it 'Have you mastered...?' questions aim to assess mastery of the relevant outcome 'Champions' Challenge' questions aim to assess whether some children have achieved mastery with greater depth 'My Learning' pages provide opportunities for children to reflect on their learning

Abacus is a unique maths toolkit for inspiring a love of maths and ensuring progression for every child. Written by an expert author team, it has been carefully crafted on a robust approach to creating inspired and confident young mathematicians. Year 6 Mastery Checkpoints37 short activities, to be used throughout the school year Designed to help you check mastery of key concepts straight after teaching, enabling quick intervention for those children who need it 'Have you mastered...?' questions aim to assess mastery of the relevant outcome 'Champions' Challenge' questions aim to assess whether some children have achieved mastery with greater depth 'My Learning' pages provide opportunities for children to reflect on their learning

Pinpoint is a new series of activities and resources created to provide you with highly focused resources for specific needs in Maths. 6 x year group box, each containing 2 sets of 60 activity cards and a 32 page book of answers and teacher notes (A5 size) Rich independent problem-solving tasks for exploring maths concepts in greater depth Covers all strands of the Year 1-6 Programmes of Study and colour-coded for ease. Also matched to White Rose planning, Curriculum for Excellence and Abacus, making it easy to find cards for your lesson 3 levels of difficulty on each page (Towards, Securing and Deeper) provide appropriate challenge for all Cards begin with a low-threshold task (to stop children getting stuck and provide problem-solving opportunities for all), and then progress with real stretch for high attainers These resources are flexible and easy to use, saving teachers time searching for differentiated problems. The teacher notes provide additional hints and stretch questions as well as answers. The activities prompt children in Y1-6 / P2-7 to solve non-routine problems and reason mathematically in increasing depth. They support mastery teaching by keeping a class engaged on the same topic, with independent work of increasing depth. The cards are colourful and engaging, featuring regular characters who provide suggestions and encouragement. Two sets of the activities are included to facilitate group work.

Pinpoint is a new series of activities and resources created to provide you with highly focused resources for specific needs in Maths. Box contains 2 sets of 60 activity cards and a 32 page book of answers and teacher notes (A5 size) Rich independent problem-solving tasks for exploring maths concepts in greater depth Covers all strands of the Year 3 Programme of Study and colour-coded for ease. Also matched to White Rose planning, Curriculum for Excellence and Abacus, making it easy to find cards for your lesson 3 levels of difficulty on each page (Towards, Securing and Deeper) provide appropriate challenge for all Cards begin with a low-threshold task (to stop children getting stuck and provide problem-solving opportunities for all), and then progress with real stretch for high attainers These resources are flexible and easy to use, saving teachers time searching for differentiated problems. The teacher notes provide additional hints and stretch questions as well as answers. The activities prompt children in Y3 / P4 to solve non-routine problems and reason mathematically in increasing depth. They support mastery teaching by keeping a class engaged on the same topic, with independent work of increasing depth. The cards are colourful and engaging, featuring regular characters who provide suggestions and encouragement. Two sets of the activities are included to facilitate group work.

These additional Progress & Assess tests will be available to buy in print format and work alongside the regular half-termly tests in Progress & Assess by: Helping to prepare children in every year group for the Maths end of key stage tests. Helping you identify any potential areas of weakness - with marking guidance to help you target remedial action. Helping you to benchmark children before they move into the next year, giving you information to pass on to children's next teacher and parents. Giving you an extra chance to target remediation at Year 6 pupils before they move into Secondary.

These additional Progress & Assess tests will be available to buy in print format and work alongside the regular half-termly tests in Progress & Assess by: Helping to prepare children in every year group for the Maths end of key stage tests. Helping you identify any potential areas of weakness - with marking guidance to help you target remedial action. Helping you to benchmark children before they move into the next year, giving you information to pass on to children's next teacher and parents. Giving you an extra chance to target remediation at Year 6 pupils before they move into Secondary.

These additional Progress & Assess tests will be available to buy in print format and work alongside the regular half-termly tests in Progress & Assess by: Helping to prepare children in every year group for the Maths end of key stage tests. Helping you identify any potential areas of weakness - with marking guidance to help you target remedial action. Helping you to benchmark children before they move into the next year, giving you information to pass on to children's next teacher and parents. Giving you an extra chance to target remediation at Year 6 pupils before they move into Secondary.

These additional Progress & Assess tests will be available to buy in print format and work alongside the regular half-termly tests in Progress & Assess by: Helping to prepare children in every year group for the Maths end of key stage tests. Helping you identify any potential areas of weakness - with marking guidance to help you target remedial action. Helping you to benchmark children before they move into the next year, giving you information to pass on to children's next teacher and parents. Giving you an extra chance to target remediation at Year 6 pupils before they move into Secondary.