Calculation through primary school
Calculation from Year 1 to Year 6: 22 topics, each building on the year before. A gap in one year tends to show up in the next, so this is the order to look back through when something isn't sticking.
Practise calculation at the right level
Daily challenges that start from what your child already knows in this topic, close gaps from earlier years first and keep pace with their school year.
- Number bonds within 10 and 20Autumn 2, Addition and subtraction
- Adding and taking away within 20Autumn 2, Addition and subtraction
- Grouping and sharingSummer 1, Multiplication and division
- Doubles and halvesSummer 1, Multiplication and division
- Number bonds to 20 and 100Autumn 1, Addition and subtraction
- Adding and subtracting two-digit numbersAutumn 2, Addition and subtraction
- Missing number problemsAutumn 2, Addition and subtraction
- Word problemsAutumn 2, Addition and subtraction
- Adding and subtracting as oppositesAutumn 2, Addition and subtraction
- The 2, 5 and 10 times tablesSpring 2, Multiplication and division
- Sharing and groupingSpring 2, Multiplication and division
- Adding and subtracting three-digit numbersAutumn 1, Addition and subtraction
- The 3, 4 and 8 times tablesSpring 1, Multiplication and division
- Multiplying and dividing by a one-digit numberSpring 1, Multiplication and division
- Adding and subtracting up to four digitsAutumn 1, Addition and subtraction
- Times tables to 12 × 12Spring 1, Multiplication and division
- Multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and a one-digit numberSpring 1, Multiplication and division
- Adding and subtracting large numbersAutumn 1, Addition and subtraction
- Multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1,000Autumn 2, Multiplication and division
- Long multiplication and short divisionSpring 2, Multiplication and division
- All four operations with large numbersAutumn 1, Four operations
- Order of operations and bracketsAutumn 1, Four operations
Topics from the national curriculum programmes of study for maths, in the half term they usually come (White Rose Maths block order). A school's own timing can differ by a few weeks.
Helping at home
- Practise number bonds and times tables out loud in the car: you say one fact, they say the next.
- At the shop, ask them to add two prices or work out the change.
Other maths topics
- Number and place valueYears 1 to 6
- Fractions, decimals and percentagesYears 1 to 6
- MeasurementYears 1 to 6
- Shape and positionYears 1 to 6
- StatisticsYears 2 to 6
Practise calculation at the right level
Daily challenges that start from what your child already knows in this topic, close gaps from earlier years first and keep pace with their school year.