Year Five Spring Term

This resource supports the learning of number, place value, addition and subtraction for primary children from nine to ten years of age. Two detailed weekly plans contain differentiated activities, guided and independent tasks and a list of resources required for each lesson. Objectives covered in the lessons include:

Week One

• Know what each digit represents in six-digit numbers
• Use place value to add and subtract
• Compare numbers up to 1 million, use < and > signs
• Place six-digit numbers on number lines; round six-digit numbers to the nearest 100 or 1000
• Use negative numbers in context of temperature
• Calculate rises and falls in temperature
• Methods include using landmarked and vertical number lines and calculators to check answers

Week Two

• Use place value to add and subtract
• Add and subtract near multiples of 100 and 1000
• Use counting up to subtract four digit-numbers from multiples of 1000
• Subtract pairs of two-digit numbers to one decimal place
• Use Frog to find change from £100
• Use column addition to add amounts of money
• Use Frog to find the difference between amounts of money
• Mental subtraction by counting back

Provided by Hamilton Trust, this resource supports the 2014 curriculum.

The Hamilton website also hosts a wealth of other free resources.