Chapter library

Chapter 1: Using simple formulae like 3n and 2n + 5

• Can use simple formulae with letters, like 3n and 2n + 5, to work out values

Year 6 maths

Chapter 2: Continuing and describing linear number sequences

• Can continue linear number sequences and describe their rules

Year 6 maths

Chapter 3: Writing and solving missing-number problems with letters

• Can write missing-number problems with letters and solve them

Year 6 maths

Chapter 4: Finding pairs of numbers that fit an equation with two unknowns

• Can find pairs of numbers that fit an equation with two unknowns

Year 6 maths

Chapter 5: Listing all combinations of two variables

• Can list all the combinations of two things, without missing any

Year 6 maths Year 6 maths

Chapter 1: Multi-step addition and subtraction problems: choosing the operation

• Can decide which operation each step of a word problem needs, and explain why
• Can solve addition and subtraction word problems that need two or more steps

Year 6 maths

Chapter 2: Addition and subtraction problems: choosing methods and checking answers

• Can choose between mental and written methods and check answers with estimates and inverse operations
• Can solve addition and subtraction word problems that need two or more steps

Year 6 maths

Chapter 3: Multiplication and division word problems, including remainders

• Can decide which operation each step of a word problem needs, and explain why
• Can solve word problems with multiplication and division, including deciding what to do with a remainder

Year 6 maths

Chapter 4: Multi-step problems with addition, subtraction, multiplication and division

• Can choose between mental and written methods and check answers with estimates and inverse operations
• Can decide which operation each step of a word problem needs, and explain why
• Can plan and solve multi-step word problems that mix adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing

Year 6 maths Year 6 maths

Chapter 1: Split it up: the distributive law for 2-digit × 1-digit

• Can multiply a two-digit number by a one-digit number by splitting it into tens and ones (the distributive law)

Year 4 maths

Chapter 2: Formal written method: 2-digit × 1-digit (short multiplication)

• Can multiply a two-digit number by a one-digit number using the formal written method (short multiplication)

Year 4 maths

Chapter 3: Formal written method: 3-digit × 1-digit (short multiplication)

• Can multiply a three-digit number by a one-digit number using the formal written method (short multiplication)

Year 4 maths

Chapter 4: Scaling problems: 'times as many', then multiply and add

• Can solve scaling problems such as 'times as many' and 'times as long', and problems where you multiply and then add

Year 4 maths

Chapter 5: Correspondence problems: n objects connected to m objects

• Can solve correspondence problems, where each of n objects connects to m objects, such as counting outfits or meal choices

Year 4 maths

Chapter 1: What is an algorithm? Steps in the right order

• Can say that an algorithm is a list of steps in the right order to do a job, and put everyday steps in order

Years 1–2 computing

Chapter 2: Precise and unambiguous instructions: robots can't guess

• Can choose instructions that are clear and exact, with only one meaning, and explain that a robot cannot guess what we mean

Years 1–2 computing

Chapter 3: Programs on digital devices: turning an algorithm into a program

• Can explain that a program is an algorithm for a device, that devices follow programs exactly and in order, and enter a short program using a robot's buttons

Years 1–2 computing

Chapter 4: Predicting where a robot's program will take it

• Can read a short floor-robot program of forward, back and turn steps and predict where the robot will stop

Years 1–2 computing

Chapter 5: Using logical reasoning to predict what simple programs do

• Can follow a short program step by step to predict what a device will do next, and say that changing the order changes the result

Years 1–2 computing Years 1–2 computing

Chapter 1: Creating a program: instructions in the right order

• Can put instructions in the right order to make a simple program that does a job

Years 1–2 computing

Chapter 2: Bugs: predicting a program and spotting the mistake

• Can say what a simple program will do, and find the step where it goes wrong

Years 1–2 computing

Chapter 3: Debugging: fixing a wrong step and testing again

• Can fix a mistake in a simple program by changing, adding or taking away a step, then test it again
• Can say what a simple program will do, and find the step where it goes wrong

Years 1–2 computing

Chapter 4: Debugging: adding missing steps and taking away extra steps

• Can fix a mistake in a simple program by changing, adding or taking away a step, then test it again
• Can say what a simple program will do, and find the step where it goes wrong

Years 1–2 computing

Chapter 5: Debugging turns: left, right and testing one step at a time

• Can fix a mistake in a simple program by changing, adding or taking away a step, then test it again
• Can say what a simple program will do, and find the step where it goes wrong

Years 1–2 computing

Chapter 1: Conditions: questions with a true or false answer

• Can explain that a condition is a question a computer answers with true or false, and say whether a condition is true or false

Years 3–6 computing

Chapter 2: Selection with if and else: choosing between two actions

• Can use if and else so a program chooses between two actions, and knows that only one of them runs

Years 3–6 computing

Chapter 3: Inputs, outputs and variables: programs that react

• Can tell inputs from outputs, see how an input decides the output with if and else, and use a score variable

Years 3–6 computing

Chapter 4: Explaining programs: predict what an if-else program will do

• Can read a short program with if and else, predict what it will do for a given input, and explain why

Years 3–6 computing

Chapter 5: Debugging: find and fix errors in if-else programs

• Can test an if-else program, spot the bug that makes it go wrong, and fix it

Years 3–6 computing

Chapter 1: Sequence: putting instructions in the right order

• Can put instructions in the right order so a program does what it should
• Can tell an input (like pressing a button) from an output (like a sound or a movement)

Years 3–6 computing

Chapter 2: Repetition: using repeat loops in programs

• Can use a repeat loop to repeat instructions and choose how many times it repeats

Years 3–6 computing

Chapter 3: Logical reasoning: predicting and explaining what code does

• Can follow a program step by step to predict what it will do and explain why

Years 3–6 computing

Chapter 4: Debugging: spotting and fixing errors in programs

• Can find and fix mistakes (bugs) in a program and test it again

Years 3–6 computing Years 3–6 computing

Chapter 1: Who made it, and why?

• Can work out who made a post, advert or article, and why they made it

Chapter 2: Spot the advert

• Can spot adverts online, including sponsored posts and influencer adverts

Chapter 3: Check the source

• Can check a source by looking at who wrote it, the web address, the date and what other trusted sources say

Chapter 4: Misleading stories

• Can spot misleading headlines, cropped or fake pictures, and words that play on feelings

Chapter 5: Think before you share

• Can use the STOP check before sharing, and knows what to do about fake news

Chapter 1: Hidden Words

• Can use memory tricks, like spotting 'a rat' in separate and Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check, to spell tricky words from memory

Chapter 2: Spelling Voice

• Can say words slowly in a 'spelling voice' to remember letters we don't hear, like the r in February and library

Chapter 3: Silent Letters

• Can remember the silent letters in words like island, answer, guard and knowledge

Chapter 4: Soft c

• Can use a soft c for the 's' sound before e, i or y, as in centre, circle and bicycle

Chapter 5: Double Letters

• Can spot and spell the double letters in tricky words, such as address, possess and occasion

Chapter 6: ough, augh, eigh

• Can spell words with the letter groups ough, augh and eigh, such as though, through, thought, caught and eight

Chapter 7: Root Words

• Can build long words from their root words, like actual to actually, busy to business and possess to possession

Chapter 8: ABC Order

• Can put words in ABC order using their first two or three letters, to find and check spellings in a dictionary

Chapter 9: Memory Lab

• Can use memory tricks, like spotting 'a rat' in separate and Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check, to spell tricky words from memory

Chapter 1: Reading for a purpose: picking the right kind of text

• Can choose the right kind of text for what they want to find out or do, and knows when to read it all or dip in

Years 3–4 english

Chapter 2: Contents, index and glossary: finding your way round a non-fiction book

• Can use the contents, index and glossary to find information in a non-fiction book

Years 3–4 english Years 3–4 english

Chapter 3: Skimming and scanning: finding key words fast

• Can pick out key words in a question, then skim headings and scan a text to find them quickly

Years 3–4 english

Chapter 4: Retrieving answers: finding facts in the text and checking them

• Can find answers to questions in a non-fiction text, check them in the words, and copy words exactly

Years 3–4 english

Chapter 5: Recording information: notes, fact files and labelled diagrams

• Can record information from a text as short key-word notes, in a fact file and on a labelled diagram

Years 3–4 english

Chapter 1: Find your way with contents, index and glossary

• Can find information fast in books built in different ways, using the contents, index and glossary

Years 5–6 english Years 5–6 english

Chapter 2: Skim for the gist, scan for the detail

• Can skim a page to get the gist and scan it to hunt down one detail

Years 5–6 english Years 5–6 english

Chapter 3: Use key words, synonyms and dodge red herrings

• Can pick out the key words in a question to find the exact answer, not a near miss

Years 5–6 english

Chapter 4: Record facts as notes with key words

• Can record information as short, clear notes using key words

Years 5–6 english

Chapter 5: Present information in the best layout

• Can present information found in non-fiction so other people can understand it quickly

Years 5–6 english

Chapter 1: Find the main idea of a paragraph

• Can find the main idea of a paragraph: what it is mostly about

Years 3–4 english

Chapter 2: Tell important points from small details

• Can tell the important points in a text from small details

Years 3–4 english

Chapter 3: Find the main idea across several paragraphs

• Can find the main idea that links several paragraphs
• Can find the main idea of a paragraph: what it is mostly about

Years 3–4 english

Chapter 4: Sum up a text in a few words of your own

• Can sum up a text in a few words of their own

Years 3–4 english

Chapter 5: Summarise a story with Somebody Wanted But So Then

• Can summarise a story's key events in order using Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then

Years 3–4 english