Year 4, Yearly Overview
Year 4
Autumn Term 1 Autumn Term 2 Spring Term 1 Spring Term 2 Summer Term 1 Summer Term 2
Year 4, Autumn Term 1
Wk Strands
MASMental addition and
subtraction
1
PRAProblem solving,
reasoning and algebra
Weekly Summary
Finding pairs with a total of 100; adding to the next multiple of
100 and subtracting to the previous multiple of 100; subtract by
counting up to find a difference; adding several numbers
MEAMeasurement
4
MASMental addition and
subtraction
DPEDecimals, percentages
and their equivalence to
fractions
Tell and write the time to the minute on analogue and digital
clocks; calculate time intervals; measure in metres, centimetres
and millimetres; convert lengths between units; record using
decimal notation
MMDMental multiplication
and division
PRAProblem solving,
reasoning and algebra
3
WMDWritten multiplication
and division
Learn × and ÷ facts for the 6 and 9 times-table and identify
patterns; multiply multiples of 10 by single-digit numbers;
multiply 2-digit numbers by single-digit numbers (the grid
method); find fractions of amounts
FRPFractions, ratio and
proportion
2
NPVNumber and place value Read, write 4-digit numbers and know what each digit represents;
compare 4-digit numbers using < and > and place on a number
MASMental addition and
line; add 2-digit numbers mentally; subtract 2-digit and 3-digit
subtraction
numbers
5
WASWritten addition and
subtraction
Add two 3-digit numbers using column addition; subtract a 3-digit
number from a 3-digit number using an expanded column method
(decomposing only in one column)
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Year 4, Autumn Term 2
Wk Strands
MMDMental multiplication
and division
6
PRAProblem solving,
reasoning and algebra
FRPFractions, ratio and
proportion
Weekly Summary
Double 3-digit numbers and halve even 3-digit numbers; revise
unit fractions; identify equivalent fractions; reduce a fraction to its
simplest form; count in fractions (each fraction in its simplest
form)
DPEDecimals, percentages
and their equivalence to
fractions
7
Look at place value in decimals and the relationship between
tenths and decimals; add two 4-digit numbers; practise written
NPVNumber and place value and mental addition methods; use vertical addition to investigate
patterns
WASWritten addition and
subtraction
DPEDecimals, percentages
and their equivalence to
fractions
8
MEAMeasurement
STAStatistics
Convert multiples of 100 g into kilograms; convert multiples of
100 ml into litres; read scales to the nearest 100 ml; estimate
capacities; draw bar charts, record and interpret information
PRAProblem solving,
reasoning and algebra
NPVNumber and place value
9
WASWritten addition and
subtraction
MASMental addition and
subtraction
Round 4-digit numbers to the nearest: 10, 100 and 1000; subtract
3-digit numbers using the expanded written version and the
counting up mental strategy and decide which to use
Use the grid method to multiply 3-digit by single-digit numbers
and introduce the vertical algorithm; begin to estimate products;
divide numbers (up to 2 digits) by single-digit numbers with no
WMDWritten multiplication remainder, then with a remainder
MMDMental multiplication
10 and division
Year 4, Autumn Term 2
Wk Strands
Weekly Summary
and division
PRAProblem solving,
reasoning and algebra
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Year 4, Spring Term 1
Wk Strands
Weekly Summary
Place 4-digit numbers on landmarked lines; 0–10 000 and 1000–2000;
NPVNumber and place round 4-digit numbers to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000; mentally add
value
and subtract to/from 4-digit and 3-digit numbers using place-value;
11
PRAProblem solving, count on and back in multiples of 10, 100 and 1000; count on in
reasoning and algebra multiples of 25 and 50; add and subtract multiples of 10 and 100 to/from
4-digit numbers
WASWritten addition
and subtraction
MMDMental
multiplication and
division
12 WMDWritten
multiplication and
division
PRAProblem solving,
reasoning and algebra
Use expanded written subtraction and compact written subtraction to
subtract pairs of 3-digit numbers (one ʻexchangeʼ); use expanded column
subtraction and compact column subtraction to subtract pairs of 3-digit
and 2-digit numbers from 3-digit numbers (one ʻcarryʼ); learn the 7×
table and ʻtrickyʼ facts; use the vertical algorithm to multiply 3-digit
numbers by 1-digit numbers; solve simple money problems with
decimals to two decimal places
MEAMeasurement
MMDMental
multiplication and
13 division
Use mental multiplication and division strategies; find non-unit fractions
of 2-digit and 3-digit numbers; find equivalent fractions and use them to
FRPFractions, ratio and simplify fractions (halves, thirds, quarters)
proportion
Year 4, Spring Term 1
Wk Strands
Weekly Summary
PRAProblem solving,
reasoning and algebra
Recognise and compare acute, right and obtuse angles; draw lines of a
given length; identify perpendicular and parallel lines; recognise and
draw line symmetry in shapes; sort 2D shapes according to their
14
PRAProblem solving, properties; draw shapes with given properties and explain reasoning;
reasoning and algebra draw the other half of symmetrical shapes
GPSGeometry:
properties of shapes
MMDMental
multiplication and
division
WMDWritten
multiplication and
15 division
MASMental addition
and subtraction
Understand how to divide 2-digit and 3-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers
using place value and mental strategies; divide numbers by 1-digit
numbers to give answers between 10 and 25, with remainders; identify
factor pairs and use these to solve multiplications and divisions with
larger numbers; use Frog to find complements to multiples of 1000; use
Frog to find change from £10, £20 and £50
PRAProblem solving,
reasoning and algebra
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Year 4, Spring Term 2
Wk Strands
Weekly Summary
DPEDecimals,
Recognise, use, compare and order decimal numbers; understand
percentages and their
equivalence to fractions place value in decimal numbers; recognise that decimals are tenths;
round decimals numbers to the nearest whole number; divide 2-digit
NPVNumber and place numbers by 10 to get decimal numbers; multiply decimal numbers by
16
10 to get 2-digit numbers; divide 3-digit multiples of ten by 100 to get
value
decimal numbers; multiply decimal numbers by 100 to get 3-digit
PRAProblem solving,
multiples of ten; add four digit numbers using written method with
reasoning and algebra
answers greater than 10 000
WASWritten addition
Year 4, Spring Term 2
Wk Strands
Weekly Summary
and subtraction
MASMental addition and
subtraction
WASWritten addition
17 and subtraction
MEAMeasurement
PRAProblem solving,
reasoning and algebra
MEAMeasurement
18 PRAProblem solving,
reasoning and algebra
NPVNumber and place
value
19
WASWritten addition
and subtraction
MASMental addition and
subtraction
Add amounts of money using written methods and mentally using
place value and number facts; choose to add using the appropriate
strategy: mental or written; subtract, choosing appropriate mental
strategies: counting up or taking away (using counting back, place
value or number facts); solve subtractions using a suitable written
method (column subtraction)
Tell the time on a 24 hour clock, using am and pm correctly; convert
pm times to 24 hour clock and vice versa; use 24 hour clock in
calculating intervals of time; measure and calculate perimeters of
rectilinear shapes where each side is labelled in cm and m; find
missing lengths in rectilinear composite shapes; find the perimeters of
rectilinear shapes with some lengths not marked; convert from one
unit of length to another; solve word problems involving lengths
including those involving perimeters
Understand place value in 4-digit numbers; partition 4-digit numbers;
solve subtraction of 4-digit numbers using column subtraction
(decomposition); choose an appropriate method to solve subtractions,
either mental or written, and either column or counting up (Frog)
WMDWritten
multiplication and
division
Use the vertical algorithm to multiply 3-digit numbers by 1-digit
numbers; explore patterns; use mental strategies and tables facts to
divide 2-digit and 3-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers to give answers
MASMental addition and between 10 and 35, without remainders; solve word problems
subtraction
PRAProblem solving,
20 reasoning and algebra
WASWritten addition
and subtraction
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Year 4, Summer Term 1
Wk Strands
NPVNumber and place
value
21
PRAProblem solving,
reasoning and algebra
Weekly Summary
Read, write and compare 4-digit numbers and place on a line; find
1000 more or less than any given number; read, write and compare 5digit numbers; recognise what each digit represents in a 5-digit
number; read, use and compare negative numbers in the context of
temperature
Multiply and divide numbers by 10 and 100 including decimals (tenths
MASMental addition and and hundredths); read and write decimals (to 1 and 2 places),
understanding that these represent parts (tenths and hundredths) of
subtraction
numbers; mark 1- and 2- place decimals on a line; count in tenths
22 DPEDecimals,
(0.1s) and hundredths (0.01s); multiply numbers with up to 2 decimal
percentages and their
places by 10 and 100, and divide numbers by 10 and 100; say the
equivalence to fractions number one tenth and one hundredth more or less than a given
number; round decimal numbers to the nearest whole number
MMDMental
multiplication and
division
PRAProblem solving,
reasoning and algebra
23 NPVNumber and place
value
WMDWritten
multiplication and
division
Learn 11 and 12× tables; develop and use effective mental
multiplication strategies; use a vertical written method to multiply 3digit numbers by 1-digit numbers; use rounding to estimate answers;
use a written method to multiply 3-digit numbers, including amounts
of money by 1-digit numbers; multiply 2-digit and 3-digit numbers by
1-digit numbers; understand how division ʻundoesʼ multiplication and
vice versa; divide above the tables facts using multiples of 10
MEAMeasurement
Recognise and write Roman numerals to 100; begin to know the
history of our number system including 0; calculate area and
perimeter of rectilinear shapes using multiplication and addition, or
counting; recognise, name and classify 2D shapes identifying regular
24 MEAMeasurement
and irregular polygons; sort 2D shapes according to properties
GPSGeometry: properties including types of quadrilaterals and triangles; revise 3D shapes,
of shapes
consider 2D-shaped sides on 3D shapes, and sort shapes
NPVNumber and place
value
Year 4, Summer Term 1
Wk Strands
Weekly Summary
DPEDecimals,
percentages and their
Understand, read and write 2-place decimals; compare 2-place
equivalence to fractions decimals in the context of lengths; add and subtract 0·1 and 0·01 and
say a number one-tenth (0·1) or one-hundredth (0·01) more or less
25 PRAProblem solving,
than a given number; revise equivalent fractions; write fractions with
reasoning and algebra
different denominators with a total of 1; recognise decimal and
FRPFractions, ratio and fraction equivalents
proportion
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Year 4, Summer Term 2
Wk Strands
Weekly Summary
MASMental addition
and subtraction
MMDMental
multiplication and
division
26
WMDWritten
multiplication and
division
Add two 2-digit numbers or a 2-digit number to a 3- or 4-digit number
mentally; subtract 2-, 3- and 4-digit numbers using counting up; derive
factors of 2-digit numbers and use factors and doubling to solve
multiplication mentally; solve integer scaling problems using mental
strategies and spot a relationship between products; solve
correspondence problems, using a systematic approach and calculate
using mental multiplication strategies
PRAProblem solving,
reasoning and algebra
WASWritten addition
and subtraction
Solve written addition of two 4-digit numbers; add amounts of money
(pounds and pence) using column addition; solve 4-digit minus 4-digit
PRAProblem solving,
and 4-digit minute 3-digit subtractions using written column method
27
reasoning and algebra
(decomposition) and check subtraction with addition; solve word
MASMental addition problems choosing an appropriate method
and subtraction
28 GPDGeometry:
Use coordinates to draw polygons; find the coordinates of shapes after
translation; draw and interpret bar charts and pictograms; draw line
Year 4, Summer Term 2
Wk Strands
Weekly Summary
position and direction graphs and understand that intermediate points have meaning
STAStatistics
WMDWritten
multiplication and
division
PRAProblem solving,
reasoning and algebra
MMDMental
multiplication and
29
division
FRPFractions, ratio
and proportion
Use the vertical algorithm (ladder) to multiply 3-digit numbers by 1-digit
numbers; find non-unit fraction of amounts, using ʻchunkingʼ; add
fractions with like denominators, including totals greater than 1; divide
by 10 and 100 (to give answers with 1 and 2 decimal places)
DPEDecimals,
percentages and their
equivalence to
fractions
MMDMental
multiplication and
division
Multiply 2-digit numbers by 11 and 12; look for patterns and write rules;
PRAProblem solving, multiply 2-digit numbers by numbers between 10 and 20 using the grid
reasoning and algebra method; begin to use the grid method to multiply pairs of 2-digit
30
numbers; use mental strategies and tables facts to divide 2-digit and 3WMDWritten
digit numbers by 1-digit numbers to give answers between 20 and 50,
multiplication and
with and without remainders; find non-unit fractions of amounts
division
FRPFractions, ratio
and proportion
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Year 5, Yearly Overview
Year 5
Autumn Term 1 Autumn Term 2 Spring Term 1 Spring Term 2 Summer Term 1 Summer Term 2
Year 5, Autumn Term 1
Wk Strands
NPVNumber and place
value
1
Weekly Summary
Read, write, compare and order 5-digit numbers, understanding the
place value and using < and >signs; add and subtract multiples of 10,
WASWritten addition and 100 and 1000 to and from 5-digit numbers; use written addition to
add two 4-digit numbers; sustain a line of enquiry; make and test a
subtraction
hypothesis
PRAProblem solving,
Year 5, Autumn Term 1
Wk Strands
Weekly Summary
reasoning and algebra
MASMental addition and
subtraction
2
NPVNumber and place
value
3
Add and subtract 2-digit numbers mentally; choose a strategy for
solving mental additions or subtractions; solve word problems
DPEDecimals, percentages
and their equivalence to
Understand place value in decimal numbers; multiply and divide
fractions
numbers with up to two decimal places by 10 and 100; multiply and
PRAProblem solving,
divide by 0 and 100; add and subtract 0·1 and 0·01; multiply and
divide by 4 by doubling or halving twice; use mental multiplication
reasoning and algebra
strategies to multiply by 20, 25 and 9
MMDMental
multiplication and division
Revise converting 12-hour clock times to 24-hour clock times; find a
time a given number of minutes or hours and minutes later; calculate
time intervals using 24-hour clock format; measure lengths in mm
and convert to cm; find perimeters in cm and convert cm to m
4
MEAMeasurement
5
WASWritten addition and Solve subtraction using a written method for 3-digit − 3-digit
subtraction
numbers and for 4-digit numbers; use counting up (Frog) as a
MASMental addition and strategy to perform mental subtraction; find change from a multiple
of ten pounds using counting up
subtraction
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Year 5, Autumn Term 2
Wk Strands
6
MMDMental
multiplication and
division
FRPFractions, ratio
Weekly Summary
Recognise which numbers are divisible by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9 and 25 and
identify multiples; find factors; recording results systematically and
finding all factors of a given number; compare and place fractions on a
line; find equivalent fractions and reduce them to their simplest form
Year 5, Autumn Term 2
Wk Strands
Weekly Summary
and proportion
MMDMental
multiplication and
division
7
WMDWritten
multiplication and
division
Use mental strategies to multiply and divide multiples of 10 and 100; use
a written method to multiply 3-digit and 4-digit numbers by 1-digit
numbers and estimate answers, divide 3-digit numbers by 1-digit
numbers using a written method and express remainders as a fraction
and solve division word problems
PRAProblem solving,
reasoning and algebra
8
Use a protractor to measure and draw angles in degrees; recognise, use
terms and classify angles as obtuse, acute and reflex; recognise that
GPSGeometry:
properties of shapes angles on a line total 180° and angles round a point total 360°; identify
and name parts of a circle including diameter, radius and circumference;
PRAProblem solving, draw circles to a given radius using a pair of compasses; relate angles to
reasoning and algebra turns, and recognise that a 360° angle is a complete turn; use angle facts
to solve problems related to turn
NPVNumber and
place value
9
Place numbers to 100 000 and decimals up to two places on a line, round
DPEDecimals,
numbers to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000 and decimals up to two places
percentages and their
to the nearest whole number; compare and order numbers with up to
equivalence to
two decimal places; reduce fractions to their simplest form; know and
fractions
recognise equivalent fractions and decimals to half, tenths and fifths
FRPFractions, ratio
and proportion
MASMental addition
and subtraction
Revise mental and written addition and subtraction strategies, choose to
use a mental strategy or written method to solve addition and
WASWritten addition subtraction, choose to solve word problems involving multiplication and
division questions including 2- and 3-digit by 1-digit and 2-digit by 2-digit
and subtraction
10
using a mental or a written method, use mathematical reasoning to work
NPVNumber and
out a function, identify the operation being used on numbers,
place value
understand that addition and subtraction are inverse operations
multiplication and division, use function machines
MMDMental
multiplication and
Year 5, Autumn Term 2
Wk Strands
Weekly Summary
division
WMDWritten
multiplication and
division
PRAProblem solving,
reasoning and algebra
Back to top
Year 5, Spring Term 1
Wk Strands
NPVNumber and place
value
DPEDecimals,
11 percentages and their
equivalence to fractions
PRAProblem solving,
reasoning and algebra
Weekly Summary
Read, write and order numbers with up to 6 digits and understand the
place value of each digit; place 6-digit numbers on a number line and
find numbers between; solve place-value additions and subtractions
with 6-digit numbers; understand place value in decimal numbers as
tenths and hundredths; multiply and divide by 10/100/1000 using a
place-value grid; understand place value in decimal numbers to 2decimal places; place decimal numbers on a line; round two-place
decimal numbers to nearest tenth and whole number; say the number
a tenth or a hundredth more
MASMental addition and
subtraction
Rehearse mental addition strategies for decimals and whole numbers;
use counting on as a strategy to perform mental addition of 2-place
PRAProblem solving,
decimals to the next whole number; solve missing number sentences;
12
reasoning and algebra
use mental strategies to solve multi-step word problems; use counting
WASWritten addition and up as a strategy to perform written subtraction (Frog)
subtraction
MMDMental
multiplication and
13 division
NPVNumber and place
value
Use rules of divisibility to find if numbers are divisible by 2, 3, 4, 5, 9
and 10; identity prime numbers; revise finding factors of numbers;
find squares and square roots of square numbers; finding patterns
and making and testing rules; use mental multiplication and division
strategies; relate mental division strategies to multiples of ten of the
Year 5, Spring Term 1
Wk Strands
Weekly Summary
PRAProblem solving,
reasoning and algebra
divisor
Know properties of equilateral, isosceles, scalene and right-angled
triangles; find that angles in a triangle have a total of 180°; sort
triangles according to their properties; use scales to weigh amounts to
GPSGeometry: properties the nearest half interval; convert from grams to kilograms and vice
versa, from millilitres to litres and vice versa, and from metres to
14 of shapes
kilometres and vice versa; read scales to the nearest half division;
MEAMeasurement
understand that we measure distance in kilometres and miles; use
ready reckoning to give approximate values of miles in kilometres and
STAStatistics
vice versa; draw line conversion graphs
PRAProblem solving,
reasoning and algebra
WASWritten addition and
subtraction
15 PRAProblem solving,
reasoning and algebra
Use a written column method to add amounts of money in pounds
and pence; add 2-place decimals using written column addition;
subtract decimal numbers using counting up (Frog)
MEAMeasurement
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Year 5, Spring Term 2
Wk Strands
Weekly Summary
WMDWritten
16 multiplication and
division
Use a written method (grid) to multiply pairs of 2-digit numbers; use
short division to divide 3-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers, including
those which leave a remainder
WMDWritten
multiplication and
17 division
FRPFractions, ratio
and proportion
18 GPSGeometry:
Find unit fractions and non-unit fractions of 3-digit numbers; use short
multiplication to multiply 3-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers; begin to
use short multiplication to multiply 4-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers
Understand what a polygon is; draw polygons using dotted square and
isometric paper; revise terms obtuse, acute and reflex angles,
Year 5, Spring Term 2
Wk Strands
Weekly Summary
perpendicular and parallel sides; recognise quadrilaterals as polygons
and identify their properties; classify quadrilaterals; draw regular
PRAProblem solving, polygons and explore their properties; revise metric units of weight,
reasoning and algebra capacity and length; understand that we can measure in imperial units
and relate these to their instances in daily life
MEAMeasurement
properties of shapes
FRPFractions, ratio
and proportion
Place mixed numbers on lines; count up in fractions using equivalence;
convert improper fractions to mixed numbers and vice versa; write
19
PRAProblem solving, improper fractions as mixed numbers and vice versa; multiply proper
reasoning and algebra fractions by whole numbers
WASWritten addition
Solve subtraction of 4-digit numbers using written column subtraction
and subtraction
(decomposition); add several numbers using written column addition;
20
PRAProblem solving, use column to solve problems
reasoning and algebra
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Year 5, Summer Term 1
Wk Strands
Weekly Summary
MASMental addition
and subtraction
Add mentally 2-place decimal numbers in the context of money using
DPEDecimals,
rounding; add several small amounts of money using mental methods;
percentages and their
mentally subtract amounts of money including giving change; calculate
21
equivalence to
the difference between two amounts using counting up; solve word
fractions
problems, including 2-step problems, choosing an appropriate method
PRAProblem solving,
reasoning and algebra
FRPFractions, ratio
22 and proportion
PRAProblem solving,
Multiply fractions less than 1 by whole numbers, convert improper
fractions to whole numbers; use short multiplication to multiply 3-digit
and 4-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers; use long multiplication to
multiply 2-digit and 3-digit numbers by teens numbers
Year 5, Summer Term 1
Wk Strands
Weekly Summary
reasoning and algebra
WMDWritten
multiplication and
division
DPEDecimals,
percentages and their Read, write and compare decimals to three decimal places,
equivalence to
understanding that the third decimal place represents thousandths;
fractions
multiply and divide numbers by 10, 100 and 1000 using 3-place decimal
numbers in the calculations; place 2-place decimals on a number line and
23
PRAProblem solving,
round them to the nearest tenth and whole number; read, write, order
reasoning and algebra
and compare 3-place decimal numbers; understand and use negative
NPVNumber and place numbers in the context of temperature
value
Read and mark co-ordinates in the first two quadrants; draw simple
GPDGeometry:
polygons using co-ordinates; translate simple polygons by adding to and
position and direction subtracting from the co-ordinates; reflect simple shapes in the y axis or in
a line, noting the effect on the co-ordinates; translate simple shapes and
PRAProblem solving,
note what happens to the co-ordinates; draw regular and irregular 2D
24
reasoning and algebra
shapes using given dimensions and angles; use the properties of 2D
shapes, including rectangles, to derive related facts; identify 3D shapes
GPSGeometry:
properties of shapes from 2D representations; create 3D shapes using 2D nets and draw 3D
shapes
WASWritten addition Add 5-digit numbers using written column addition; subtract 5-digit
numbers using written method (decomposition); check answers to
and subtraction
subtractions using written column addition; solve subtractions of 4- and
25
PRAProblem solving, 5-digit numbers using written column subtraction or number line
reasoning and algebra counting up
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Year 5, Summer Term 2
Wk Strands
Weekly Summary
Year 5, Summer Term 2
Wk Strands
MMDMental
multiplication and
division
26 PRAProblem solving,
reasoning and algebra
FRPFractions, ratio and
proportion
WMDWritten
27 multiplication and
division
PRAProblem solving,
28 reasoning and algebra
MEAMeasurement
Weekly Summary
Identify factors and multiples, find factor pairs; revise equivalent
fractions; compare and order fractions with related denominators;
add fractions with same or related denominators, then convert
answer into a mixed number; subtract fractions with same and related
denominators, revise multiplying fractions by whole numbers
Use short division to divide 3-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers and 4digit numbers by 1-digit numbers, including those which leave a
remainder; express a remainder as a fraction; use long multiplication
to multiply 3-digit and 4-digit numbers by teens numbers
Find the area and perimeter of squares and rectangles by calculation
and pursue a line of enquiry; estimate and find the area of irregular
shapes; calculate the perimeter and area of composite shapes; use the
relations of area and perimeter to find unknown lengths; begin to
understand the concept of volume; find the volume of a cube or
cuboid by counting cubes; understand volume as measurement in
three dimensions; relate volume to capacity; recognise and estimate
volumes
DPEDecimals,
percentages and their
Understand what percentages are, relating them to hundredths; know
equivalence to fractions
key equivalences between percentages and fractions, finding
29 FRPFractions, ratio and percentages of amounts of money; find equivalent fractions, decimals
and percentages; solve problems involving fraction and percentage
proportion
equivalents; write dates using Roman numerals
NPVNumber and place
value
NPVNumber and place
value
STAStatistics
30
MEAMeasurement
WMDWritten
multiplication and
Find cubes of numbers to 10; draw and interpret line graphs showing
change in temperature over time; begin to understand rate; use
timetables using the 24-hour clock and use counting up to find time
intervals of several hours and minutes; solve problems involving
scaling by simple fractions; use factors to multiply; solve scaling
problems involving measure
Year 5, Summer Term 2
Wk Strands
Weekly Summary
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Year 6, Yearly Overview
Year 6
Autumn Term 1 Autumn Term 2 Spring Term 1 Spring Term 2 Summer Term 1 Summer Term 2
Year 6, Autumn Term 1
Wk Strands
Weekly Summary
NPVNumber and place
value
MMDMental
multiplication and
division
1
DPEDecimals,
percentages and their
equivalence to fractions
Read, write and compare 6-digit numbers and know what each digit
represents; read, write and compare 1-, 2- and 3-place decimal
numbers; multiply and divide by 10, 100 and 1000; round decimals to
nearest tenth and whole number and place on a number line; convert
decimals (up to 3 places) to fractions and vice-versa.
FRPFractions, ratio and
proportion
MASMental addition and
subtraction
NPVNumber and place
value
2
Use mental addition strategies to solve additions including decimal
WASWritten addition and numbers; use column addition to add 5-digit numbers, decimal
numbers and amounts of money; solve problems involving number up
subtraction
to 3 decimal places, choose an appropriate method to solve decimal
DPEDecimals,
addition.
percentages and their
equivalence to fractions
PRAProblem solving,
reasoning and algebra
Express missing number problems algebraically and find pairs of
numbers that satisfy equations involving two unknowns; find missing
lengths and angles; understand how brackets can be used in
MASMental addition and calculation problems; use knowledge of the order of operations to
carry out calculations involving the four operations, solve addition and
subtraction
subtraction multi-step problems using knowledge of the order of
PRAProblem solving,
reasoning and algebra
3
Year 6, Autumn Term 1
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Weekly Summary
operations.
MEAMeasurement
4
PRAProblem solving,
reasoning and algebra
NPVNumber and place
value
Convert between grams and kilograms, millilitres and litres,
millimetres and centimetres, centimetres and metres, metres and
kilometres, and miles and kilometres; revise reading the 24-hour clock
and convert 12-hour times to 24-hour; read and write Roman
numerals; find time intervals using the 24-hour clock.
MASMental addition and
subtraction
5
WASWritten addition and
Use mental addition, column subtraction and Counting up to solve
subtraction
subtractions of amounts of money and word problems; use
NPVNumber and place
mathematical reasoning to investigate.
value
PRAProblem solving,
reasoning and algebra
MMDMental
multiplication and
division
WMDWritten
multiplication and
division
6
Use mental multiplication strategies to multiply by numbers such as 4,
8, 5, 25, 19, 29 and 99; revise using short multiplication to multiply 4digit numbers by 1-digit numbers and use this to multiply amounts of
MASMental addition and money; solve word problems involving multiplication including twostep problems and finding change; use long multiplication to multiply
subtraction
3-digit and 4-digit numbers by teens numbers.
PRAProblem solving,
reasoning and algebra
NPVNumber and place
value
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Year 6, Autumn Term 2
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NPVNumber and place
value
7
PRAProblem solving,
reasoning and algebra
FRPFractions, ratio and
proportion
8
Weekly Summary
Understand negative numbers; calculate small differences between
negative numbers and negative and positive numbers; add and
subtract negative numbers; compare fractions with unlike, but
related, denominators; correctly use the terms fraction, denominator
and numerator; understand what improper fractions and mixed
numbers are and add fractions with the same denominator, writing
the answer as a mixed number
Calculate the perimeter, area and volume of shapes, and know their
units of measurement; understand that shapes can have the same
MEAMeasurement
perimeters but different areas and vice versa; calculate the area of a
GPSGeometry: properties triangle using the formula A = 1/2 b × h ; find the area of
parallelograms using the formula A = b × h ; name and describe
of shapes
properties of 3D shapes; systematically find and compare nets for
different 3D shapes.
MMDMental
multiplication and
division
FRPFractions, ratio and
proportion
9
WMDWritten
multiplication and
division
Use mental strategies to divide by 2, 4, 8, 5, 20 and 25; find non-unit
fractions of amounts; use short division to divide 3- and 4-digit
numbers by 1-digit numbers, including those which leave a remainder;
express a remainder as a fraction, simplifying where possible.
PRAProblem solving,
reasoning and algebra
FRPFractions, ratio and
proportion
PRAProblem solving,
10 reasoning and algebra
DPEDecimals,
percentages and their
equivalence to fractions
11
FRPFractions, ratio and
proportion
Add and subtract unit fractions with different denominators including
mixed numbers; use mental strategies to find simple percentages of
amounts, including money
Multiply fractions less than 1 by whole numbers, converting improper
fractions to whole numbers; use commutativity to efficiently multiply
fractions by whole numbers; divide unit and non-unit fractions by
Year 6, Autumn Term 2
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Weekly Summary
whole numbers; solve word problems involving fractions.
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Year 6, Spring Term 1
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Weekly Summary
NPVNumber and
place value
Read and write numbers with up to 7-digits, understanding what each
digit represents; work systematically to find out how many numbers
12
WASWritten addition round to 5000000; solve subtraction of 5- and 6-digit numbers using
written column method (decomposition).
and subtraction
DPEDecimals,
percentages and their Multiply and divide by 10, 100 and 1000; compare and order numbers
equivalence to
with up to three decimal places; know common fraction / decimal
13 fractions
equivalents; multiply pairs of unit fractions and multiply unit fractions by
non-unit fractions
FRPFractions, ratio
and proportion
MMDMental
multiplication and
division
WMDWritten
multiplication and
14 division
PRAProblem solving,
reasoning and algebra
Use partitioning to mentally multiply 2-digit numbers with one decimal
place by whole 1-digit numbers; multiply numbers with two decimal
places; use short multiplication to multiply amounts of money; use
estimation to check answers to calculations; use long multiplication to
multiply 3-digit and 4-digit numbers by numbers between 10 and 30.
NPVNumber and
place value
GPSGeometry:
15 properties of shapes
PRAProblem solving,
Name, classify and identify properties of quadrilaterals; explore how
diagonal lines can bisect quadrilaterals; understand what an angle is and
that it is measured in degrees; know what the angles of triangles,
quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons and octagons add to and use these
Year 6, Spring Term 1
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Weekly Summary
reasoning and algebra facts and mathematical reasoning to calculate missing angles; recognise
and identify the properties of circles and name their parts; draw circles
using pairs of compasses; draw polygons using a ruler and a protractor
MASMental addition
and subtraction
Add and subtract numbers using mental strategies; solve addition of 4- to
7-digit numbers using written column addition; identify patterns in the
NPVNumber and
number of steps required to generate palindromic numbers; solve
place value
subtraction of 5-, 6- and 7-digit numbers using written column method
16
WASWritten addition (decomposition); solve additions and subtractions choosing mental
and subtraction
strategies or written procedures as appropriate; read, understand and
solve word problems
PRAProblem solving,
reasoning and algebra
WMDWritten
multiplication and
division
17 NPVNumber and
place value
PRAProblem solving,
reasoning and algebra
Identity common factors and common multiples; understand that a prime
number has exactly two factors and find prime numbers less than 100;
understand what a composite (non-prime) number is; use long division to
divide 3- and 4-digit numbers by 2-digit numbers, giving remainders as a
fraction, simplifying where possible
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Year 6, Spring Term 2
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MASMental addition
and subtraction
Weekly Summary
Solve addition and subtraction multi-step problems in shopping contexts,
and add and subtract money using column addition and counting up; add
and subtract decimal numbers choosing an appropriate strategy, and add
WASWritten addition
decimal numbers with different numbers of places using column
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and subtraction
addition; use mathematical reasoning to investigate and solve problems,
PRAProblem solving, and solve subtractions of decimal numbers with different numbers of
reasoning and algebra places (2-places) using counting up
Year 6, Spring Term 2
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Weekly Summary
STAStatistics
Calculate and understand the mean average; construct and interpret
DPEDecimals,
distance/time line graphs where intermediate points have meaning,
19 percentages and their
including conversion line graphs; understand pie charts are a way of
equivalence to
representing data using percentages, interpret and construct pie charts
fractions
GPDGeometry:
position and direction
Read and plot coordinates in all four quadrants, draw and translate
NPVNumber and place simple polygons using coordinates and find missing coordinates for a
value
vertex on a polygon; draw and reflect simple polygons in both the x-axis
20
PRAProblem solving, and y-axis using coordinates; find unknown angles around a point, on a
reasoning and algebra line, in a triangle or vertically opposite and in polygons where diagonals
intersect
GPSGeometry:
properties of shapes
Multiply 4-digit numbers including those with two decimal places by 1digit numbers; use long multiplication to multiply 4-digit numbers by
WMDWritten
numbers between 10 and 30, including those with two decimal places;
multiplication and
revise using short division to divide 4-digit by 1-digit and 2-digit numbers
21 division
including those which leave a remainder, and divide the remainder by
PRAProblem solving, the divisor to give a fraction, simplifying where possible, and make
reasoning and algebra approximations; use long division to divide 4-digit by 2-digit numbers,
and use a systematic approach to solve problems
Generalise a relationship between pairs of numbers, express simple
PRAProblem solving, formulae in words, then using letters; describe and continue sequences,
reasoning and algebra generalise to predict the tenth term, begin to generalise a term in a
22
sequence using n to stand for the number of the term in a sequence;
FRPFractions, ratio
describe ratio and use ratio to solve problems; find fractions and simplify
and proportion
ratios
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Year 6, Summer Term 1
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Weekly Summary
Revise reading, writing, comparing and ordering numbers with up to
NPVNumber and place seven digits and decimal numbers with up to three decimal places; revise
value
rounding decimal numbers to the nearest tenth and whole number;
revise rounding big numbers to the nearest thousand, ten thousand,
23 DPEDecimals,
percentages and their hundred thousand and million; revise locating a number on a number
line marking numbers it lies between; revise comparing and ordering
equivalence to
negative numbers including calculating differences between negative
fractions
numbers and positive and negative numbers
NPVNumber and place
value
MASMental addition
and subtraction
WASWritten addition Revise adding and subtracting whole numbers and decimal numbers
and subtraction
using mental and written methods; revise finding percentages of
numbers, converting fractions, decimals and percentages and making
DPEDecimals,
comparisons using percentages; revise how brackets can be used in
percentages and their
calculation problems, revise the order of operations for calculations
24
equivalence to
involving the four operations; revise solving missing number problems
fractions
using inverse operations; revise using trial and improvement to solve
equations involving one or two unknowns, and find missing lengths and
FRPFractions, ratio
angles
and proportion
PRAProblem solving,
reasoning and algebra
GPSGeometry:
properties of shapes
MASMental addition
and subtraction
FRPFractions, ratio
and proportion
25 WMDWritten
multiplication and
division
MMDMental
multiplication and
division
Revise scaling, using mental strategies for multiplying and dividing; revise
solving problems involving rate; revise multiplying pairs of 2-digit
numbers and finding factors of 2-digit numbers; multiply 3-digit and 4digit numbers including decimals by whole 1-digit numbers and solve
word problems involving multiplication of money and measures; use a
systematic approach to solve problems involving multiplication and
division, including long multiplication of 3-digit and 4-digit numbers and
decimals
Year 6, Summer Term 1
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Weekly Summary
PRAProblem solving,
reasoning and algebra
NPVNumber and place
value
WMDWritten
multiplication and
division
Revise using short division to find unit fractions of amounts, including
decimals, and round answers to money problems according to the
PRAProblem solving, context; revise using long division to divide 4-digit by 2-digit numbers,
reasoning and algebra giving remainders as a fraction, simplifying where possible; revise using
long division to divide 3-digit and 4-digit numbers by numbers between
26
NPVNumber and place
10 and 30, writing the fractional part of the answer as a decimal where
value
equivalents are known; revise calculating the mean average; revise
reading and marking coordinates in all four quadrants, draw simple
STAStatistics
polygons and find missing coordinates on a polygon or line
GPDGeometry:
position and direction
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Year 6, Summer Term 2
Wk Strands
Weekly Summary
NPVNumber and place Revise equivalence simplifying fractions and changing improper fractions
value
into mixed numbers and vice versa; revise adding and subtracting
fractions with different denominators, including those which give
27 FRPFractions, ratio
answers greater than 1; revise multiplying pairs of fractions and
and proportion
multiplying and dividing fractions by whole numbers; solving problems
involving ratios; read intermediate points off scales
MEAMeasurement
GPSGeometry:
properties of shapes
28
MEAMeasurement
STAStatistics
Revise properties and classification of 2D shapes, drawing 2D shapes
using ruler, protractor and compasses, parts of a circle and angles in
polygons; revise calculating missing angles by knowing angle facts; use a
protractor to measure and draw angles in degrees; identify and name
acute, right, obtuse and reflex angles; understand perimeter, area and
volume; find the perimeter of rectangles, find the area of rectangles,
Year 6, Summer Term 2
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Weekly Summary
parallelograms and triangles, and find the volumes of cubes and cuboids;
revise reading and interpreting different types of data display
NPVNumber and place
value
PRAProblem solving, Use mathematical reasoning to investigate and solve problems, and to
reasoning and algebra estimate and predict; solve problems using doubling, solve calculations
with enormous numbers; find out about famous mathematicians
29 GPDGeometry:
including Brahmagupta and John Napier and use their different methods
position and direction to multiply; use lattice multiplication to solve multiplications of 2-, 3- and
4-digit numbers; begin to compare historical multiplication methods
WMDWritten
multiplication and
division
NPVNumber and place
value
Explore binary numbers; solve mathematical puzzles; including using
PRAProblem solving,
multiplication facts, find digital roots and look for patterns; explore
30
reasoning and algebra
Fibonacci sequences and Pythagoras' theorem
GPSGeometry:
properties of shapes