What is the simplest way of helping Year 6 pupils work independently at maths at their own level and speed?

Encouraging year 6 pupils to work at maths on their own is obviously helpful – providing of course that one can be sure they are making progress rather than repeating the same mistakes over and over again.

It is with this in mind that we have designed our ‘self marking’ mental arithmetic tests.

This approach (based on the successful Whole School Mental Arithmetic Programme) allows pupils to work on their own and at their own speed, while at the same time ensuring that they are making progress.

The interactive computer program that we have devised is designed for the broad range of Year 6 pupils and can also be used with gifted and talented pupils in Years 5.

Pupils’ scores are automatically recorded, and they are shown how to correct the questions they have got wrong.

What’s more, pupils’ scores are automatically recorded on the teacher's record sheet, and once completed a National Curriculum Level is awarded.

These CDs contain 30 interactive mental arithmetic questions and are suitable for individual PCs, computer suites and interactive whiteboards.

Free sample pages are available from www.topical-resources.co.uk/numeracy