Chapter library

Chapter 1: Levers: the pivot, the load and the effort

• Can name the pivot, load and effort on a lever, and find the pivot on different levers such as see-saws, crowbars and wheelbarrows

Year 5 science

Chapter 2: Levers: how a lever lets a smaller force lift a heavy load

• Can explain that pushing further from the pivot, or moving the pivot closer to the load, lets a smaller force lift a heavy load, and that the smaller force has to move further

Year 5 science

Chapter 3: Pulleys: a single fixed pulley changes the direction of a pull

• Can explain that a single fixed pulley changes the direction of a pull, so pulling down lifts the load up, with the same size of force

Year 5 science

Chapter 4: Pulley systems: more pulleys and ropes for a smaller pull

• Can explain that a pulley system with more ropes holding the load needs a smaller pull, but more rope has to be pulled

Year 5 science

Chapter 5: Gears: how toothed wheels change speed, turning force and direction

• Can explain that meshing gears turn in opposite directions, and that a small gear turning a big gear makes it turn more slowly, with a bigger turning force

Year 5 science

Chapter 6: Levers, pulleys and gears in everyday machines

• Can spot levers, pulleys and gears in everyday machines and choose the right one to make a heavy job easier

Year 5 science

Chapter 1: Push Station: Meet friction

• Can explain that friction is a force between touching surfaces that slows moving things down

Chapter 2: Ramp Lab: Rough or smooth?

• Can compare how things move on different surfaces and say that rough surfaces make more friction than smooth ones
• Can plan a fair test by changing only the surface and keeping the car and ramp the same

Chapter 3: Grip Hill: When friction helps

• Can spot when friction is helpful, such as for grip, walking and brakes

Chapter 4: Squeak Workshop: When friction gets in the way

• Can spot when friction gets in the way and name ways to reduce it, such as oil or smooth surfaces

Chapter 1: Simplifying fractions using common factors

• Can simplify fractions by dividing the numerator and denominator by a common factor, and write fractions in their simplest form

Year 6 maths

Chapter 2: Using common multiples to give fractions the same denominator

• Can use common multiples to give two fractions the same denominator

Year 6 maths

Chapter 3: Comparing and ordering fractions, including fractions greater than 1

• Can compare and order fractions, including fractions greater than 1

Year 6 maths

Chapter 4: Adding and subtracting fractions with different denominators

• Can add and subtract fractions with different denominators, using equivalent fractions

Year 6 maths

Chapter 5: Adding and subtracting mixed numbers

• Can add and subtract mixed numbers, using equivalent fractions

Year 6 maths

Chapter 1: Multiplying fractions: finding a fraction of a fraction

• Can multiply two proper fractions, like 1/4 × 1/2, by multiplying the numerators and multiplying the denominators

Year 6 maths

Chapter 2: Multiplying fractions and writing the answer in its simplest form

• Can multiply two proper fractions, like 1/4 × 1/2, by multiplying the numerators and multiplying the denominators
• Can write the answer to a fraction multiplication in its simplest form, by dividing the top and bottom by a common factor

Year 6 maths

Chapter 3: Dividing a proper fraction by a whole number

• Can divide a proper fraction by a whole number, like 1/3 ÷ 2 = 1/6, and explain why the answer is smaller

Year 6 maths

Chapter 4: Fractions as division: 3/4 is the same as 3 ÷ 4

• Can explain that a fraction is a division, like 3/4 = 3 ÷ 4, and use it to share things equally

Year 6 maths

Chapter 5: Fractions to decimals: dividing to find 3/8 = 0.375

• Can change a fraction into a decimal by dividing, like 3/8 = 3 ÷ 8 = 0.375

Year 6 maths

Chapter 1: Per cent means parts per hundred: the % sign

• Can explain that per cent means out of every 100, read the % sign, and shade or read a percentage on a hundred square

Year 5 maths

Chapter 2: Writing percentages as fractions out of 100

• Can write a percentage as a fraction out of 100, such as 37% = 37/100, and change it back

Year 5 maths

Chapter 3: Writing percentages as decimals: tenths and hundredths

• Can write a percentage as a decimal using tenths and hundredths, such as 37% = 0.37 and 7% = 0.07, and change a decimal back into a percentage

Year 5 maths

Chapter 4: Percentages and decimals for 1/2, 1/4, 1/5, 2/5 and 4/5

• Can give the percentage and decimal for 1/2, 1/4, 1/5, 2/5 and 4/5, such as 1/4 = 25% = 0.25

Year 5 maths

Chapter 5: Fractions out of 10, 20, 25 and 50 as percentages and decimals

• Can change fractions out of 10, 20, 25 and 50 into percentages and decimals by making the bottom number 100, such as 7/20 = 35% = 0.35

Year 5 maths

Chapter 6: Solving problems with percentage, fraction and decimal equivalents

• Can compare and order percentages, fractions and decimals, and solve problems such as finding the part that is left of 100%

Year 5 maths Year 5 maths

Chapter 1: Fair Shares

• Can split a whole into equal parts and name one part, such as one half or one quarter

Chapter 2: More Pieces

• Can read, write and show non-unit fractions, such as three quarters, where there is more than one equal part

Chapter 3: Tenths Kitchen

• Can count up and down in tenths, and find one tenth of a number by sharing it into 10

Chapter 4: Big Slice Contest

• Can compare fractions and put unit fractions in order, such as knowing one half is bigger than one eighth

Chapter 5: Fraction Mixer

• Can add fractions with the same denominator within one whole, such as 2/5 + 1/5 = 3/5

Chapter 1: Tenths and hundredths: splitting a whole into 10 and 100

• Can explain that tenths come from dividing a whole by 10 and hundredths from dividing a tenth by 10, and write any number of tenths or hundredths as a decimal

Year 4 maths Year 4 maths

Chapter 2: Counting up and down in hundredths

• Can count up and down in hundredths, including across tenths and whole numbers, such as 0.09, 0.10 and 0.99, 1.00

Year 4 maths Year 4 maths

Chapter 3: Decimal equivalents of 1/4, 1/2 and 3/4

• Can write 1/4, 1/2 and 3/4 as the decimals 0.25, 0.5 and 0.75, and use them in money and measures

Year 4 maths Year 4 maths

Chapter 4: Dividing by 10 and 100: ones, tenths and hundredths

• Can divide a one- or two-digit number by 10 and 100 and say whether each digit in the answer is ones, tenths or hundredths

Year 4 maths

Chapter 5: Rounding decimals to the nearest whole number

• Can round a decimal with one decimal place, like 3.7 or 6.5, to the nearest whole number

Year 4 maths

Chapter 6: Comparing decimals with up to two decimal places

• Can compare decimals with the same number of decimal places, up to two, and use the greater than and less than signs

Year 4 maths

Chapter 7: Money and measure problems with decimals and fractions

• Can write pounds and pence and metres and centimetres as decimals, and solve simple problems such as finding change from £1
• Can write 1/4, 1/2 and 3/4 as the decimals 0.25, 0.5 and 0.75, and use them in money and measures

Year 4 maths Year 4 maths

Chapter 1: Act 1: Who's doing it?

• Can find who does the action (the subject) and who receives it (the object) in a sentence

Chapter 2: Act 2: Flip it!

• Can turn an active sentence into the passive, e.g. 'The dog chased the cat' into 'The cat was chased by the dog'

Chapter 3: Act 3: Spot the voice

• Can tell whether a sentence is active or passive, even when the doer isn't named

Chapter 4: Act 4: Flip it back

• Can turn a passive sentence back into an active one, keeping the same tense

Chapter 5: Act 5: Director's choice

• Can choose when the passive works best (unknown doers, formal reports, putting the important thing first) and when active is clearer

Chapter 1: When? The sunflower

• Can use adverbs that say when, like soon, then and later

Chapter 2: Where? Hide and seek

• Can use adverbs that say where, like upstairs, outside and nearby

Chapter 3: Why? Weather Hill

• Can use adverbs that say why, like therefore, and explain causes

Chapter 4: Sort it! Adverb Stall

• Can sort adverbs into ones that say when, where and why

Chapter 1: Contractions: apostrophes for missing letters

• Can put an apostrophe where letters are missing in a contraction, such as don't, can't and I'll

Year 2 english Year 2 english

Chapter 2: Spelling contractions: can't, didn't, couldn't, hasn't, it's and I'll

• Can spell contractions such as can't, didn't, couldn't, hasn't, it's and I'll

Year 2 english Year 2 english

Chapter 3: The possessive apostrophe: 's to show belonging to one owner (the girl's book)

• Can use an apostrophe and s to show something belongs to one person or thing, such as the girl's book

Year 2 english Year 2 english

Chapter 4: Missing letters or belonging? Using apostrophes in sentences

• Can put an apostrophe where letters are missing in a contraction, such as don't, can't and I'll
• Can tell whether an apostrophe shows missing letters or belonging, and use both correctly in sentences
• Can use an apostrophe and s to show something belongs to one person or thing, such as the girl's book

Year 2 english Year 2 english Year 2 english

Chapter 1: Your first sentence

• Can put words in the right order to make a sentence

Chapter 2: Build it yourself

• Can put words in the right order to make a sentence

Chapter 3: Does it make sense?

• Can tell whether a sentence makes sense and choose a sensible ending

Chapter 4: Small and big letters

• Can use a capital letter at the start of a sentence, for names and for I

Chapter 5: Capital partners

• Can use a capital letter at the start of a sentence, for names and for I

Chapter 6: Where capitals go

• Can use a capital letter at the start of a sentence, for names and for I

Chapter 7: Fix the capitals

• Can use a capital letter at the start of a sentence, for names and for I

Chapter 8: Meet Buzzy the bee

• Can put a full stop at the end of a sentence

Chapter 9: Where does Dot go?

• Can put a full stop at the end of a sentence

Chapter 10: Sentence detective

• Can check a sentence and spot a missing capital letter or full stop

Chapter 11: Build the and bridge

• Can join two ideas into one sentence using and

Chapter 12: Join the ideas

• Can join two ideas into one sentence using and

Chapter 13: What comes next?

• Can tell whether a sentence makes sense and choose a sensible ending

Chapter 1: Independent clauses: subject, verb and object

• Can find the subject, verb and object in a clause and tell whether a clause makes sense on its own

Year 6 english Year 6 english

Chapter 2: Semi-colons between independent clauses

• Can use a semi-colon to join two closely related independent clauses, such as It's raining; I'm fed up

Years 5–6 english Year 6 english Year 6 english

Chapter 3: Colons and dashes between independent clauses

• Can join two independent clauses with a colon when the second explains the first, or with a dash in chattier writing

Years 5–6 english Year 6 english Year 6 english

Chapter 4: A colon to introduce a list, and bullet points

• Can use a colon after a complete sentence to introduce a list, including a list of bullet points

Years 5–6 english Year 6 english Year 6 english

Chapter 5: Semi-colons within lists

• Can use semi-colons to separate the items in a list when the items already contain commas

Year 6 english Year 6 english

Chapter 6: Punctuation words: colon, semi-colon, dash, hyphen, ellipsis and bullet points

• Can name and explain a colon, semi-colon, dash, hyphen, ellipsis and bullet points

Year 6 english