Measurement through primary school
Measurement from Year 1 to Year 6: 18 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 measurement 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.
- Comparing length, height and massSpring 2, Length and height
- Coins and notesSummer 2, Money
- Telling the time to the hour and half pastSummer 2, Time
- Pounds and penceSpring 1, Money
- Length in centimetres and metresSpring 2, Length and height
- Mass, capacity and temperatureSpring 2, Mass, capacity and temperature
- Time to five minutesSummer 1, Time
- Length and perimeterSpring 2, Length and perimeter
- Mass and capacitySpring 2, Mass and capacity
- Adding and subtracting money, giving changeSummer 1, Money
- Time, including 24-hour clocksSummer 1, Time
- Area, perimeter and volumeSpring 2, Perimeter and area
- Converting units, including time and moneySummer 2, Converting units
- Converting units of measureAutumn 2, Converting units
- Area, perimeter and volumeSpring 2, Area, perimeter and volume
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
- Cook together and let them weigh and measure the ingredients.
- Let them pay with coins at the shop and count the change.
- Read a clock with hands together and work out how long until dinner.
Other maths topics
- Number and place valueYears 1 to 6
- CalculationYears 1 to 6
- Fractions, decimals and percentagesYears 1 to 6
- Shape and positionYears 1 to 6
- StatisticsYears 2 to 6
Practise measurement 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.