I have recently started tutoring a girl in Year 5. She was having trouble with fractions- simplifying them.   Such as simplify: 20/25 24/40 12/36 Answers at the bottom! She struggled as she is not confident with her times tables. So we went back to practising them. This was the undercut. I know it might […]

I enjoy teaching measurements especially capacity: how much a container holds. It is a lot of fun when water and jugs are involved! I do think it is the best way to give a child the idea of how much a litre/half a litre is or how much a pint/half a pint is. It can […]