Year 1/2 Flexible Maths Blocks | Hamilton Trust

Teach selected units from the blocks below in an order that corresponds with your maths scheme.

Alternatively, follow our recommended pathway.

Short Blocks Coverage tracker KS1 Maths in Topics

Autumn Blocks

Spring Blocks

Place Value and Number

Place Value and Number

1. 2-digit place value 3
2. Numbers and quantities 2

Addition and Subtraction

Addition and Subtraction

1. Mental addition and subtraction 5
2. Adding and subtracting money 5
3. Add/sub pairs of 2-digit numbers 5

Measures and Data

Measures and Data

1. Compare and measure weight 2
2. Measure and represent capacity 3
3. Tell the time; units of time 3

More Addition & Subtraction

More Addition & Subtraction

1. Addition 5
2. Subtraction 5

Fractions and Multiplication

Fractions and Multiplication

1. Clever counting; multiplication 5
2. Relating multiplication and division 5
3. Fractions 5

Shape

1. 2-D shapes 3
2. Symmetry 2
3. 3-D shapes 2

Summer Blocks

Investigations

Hamilton’s problem-solving investigations are high ceiling, low floor activities that give all children opportunities to develop mathematical meta-skills. Explore a set for a whole year group.

Go Deeper with Problem-solving Investigations

Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y5 Y6
Extra Support Activities

Extra Support worksheets come with guidance for a teacher or TA working with small groups. They can make a significant difference to children working below ARE. Extra support is linked to individual objectives-based units, but you can also explore a set for a whole year.

Play 'keepy-uppy' with extra support

Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y5 Y6
Maths Worksheets

Procedural fluency is fundamental to numeracy, and Hamilton's practice worksheets are carefully differentiated for children working toward Age Related Expectations (ARE), at ARE and at greater depth. Practice is linked to individual objectives-based units, but you can also explore sets of worksheets for the whole year.

Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y5 Y6