For grown-ups

Based on the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Early Learning Goals.

• Counting: count reliably to 20, say one more and one less.
• Number bonds: know pairs that make 5, and some that make 10.
• Subitising: recognise small amounts (up to 5) without counting.
• Shape, space and measures: name 2D shapes, continue patterns, compare size, length and amount.
• Literacy: initial letter sounds, and blending sounds to spell simple three- and four-letter words.
• Understanding the world: the four seasons.

Games:

• Bubble Pop Counting: Pop the right number of bubbles, then count them up to 20.
• Bond Bakery: Fill the tray with cupcakes to make 5 and 10.
• Quick Look Ladybirds: Look at the spots, then say how many you saw.
• Shape Train: Find the shapes and finish the train's pattern.
• Bigger or Smaller?: Compare sizes, amounts and lengths.
• Sound Safari: Find the pictures that start with each letter.
• Word Builder: Tap the letters to build words like cat, sun and pig.
• Seasons Garden: Sort things into spring, summer, autumn and winter.

Go to Reception games

Based on the National Curriculum for England, Key Stage 1 (Year 1).

• Number and place value: count to 100, read and write numbers, tens and ones, one more and one less.
• Addition and subtraction: add and take away within 20, including missing-number problems.
• Counting patterns: count in 2s, 5s and 10s.
• Time: tell the time to the hour and half past.
• Phonics: read real and made-up words using the sounds taught in Year 1, like the Phonics Screening Check.
• Writing and spelling: capital letters and full stops, and common exception words such as said, was and they.
• Science: animals (mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians) and everyday materials.

Games:

• Number Hopper: Hop along the numbers to 100: find, count on and fill the gaps.
• Add It Up Orchard: Add and take away within 20 with apples.
• Tens & Ones Tower: Build and read numbers using tens and ones.
• Skip Count Stepping Stones: Count in 2s, 5s and 10s and find the missing stone.
• Clock Cottage: Tell the time to the hour and half past.
• Phonics Pop: Real word or alien word? Sound it out and decide.
• Sentence Builder: Put words in order and spot capital letters and full stops.
• Spell-a-Word Spaceship: Pick the right spelling of tricky words like said, was and they.
• Animal & Material Match: Sort animals into groups and guess what things are made of.

Go to Year 1 games

Based on the National Curriculum for England, Key Stage 1 (Year 2).

• Addition and subtraction: add and take away two-digit numbers, with and without carrying.
• Multiplication and division: the 2, 5 and 10 times tables and the matching division facts.
• Fractions: recognise and find ½, ⅓, ¼ and ¾ of shapes and amounts.
• Time and money: tell the time to 5 minutes (including quarter past and to), count coins and find change.
• Statistics: read and answer questions about pictograms and tally charts.
• Grammar and punctuation: apostrophes for short words and belonging; nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs.
• Science: habitats, what living things need to survive, and how animals and plants grow.

Games:

• Treasure Maths: Add and take away two-digit numbers to find the treasure.
• Times Table Cannons: Fire the cannons with the 2, 5 and 10 times tables.
• Fraction Pizzas: Halves, thirds and quarters of pizzas and amounts.
• Ship's Clock: Tell the time to 5 minutes, including quarter past and quarter to.
• Coin Chest: Count coins, make amounts and find change.
• Chart Island: Read pictograms and tally charts and answer questions.
• Apostrophe Parrot: Use apostrophes for short words like don't and for belonging.
• Word Class Sort: Spot nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs in sentences.
• Habitat Hunt: Match creatures to habitats and learn what living things need.

Go to Year 2 games

Based on the National Curriculum for England, Key Stage 2 (Year 3).

• Addition and subtraction: add and take away three-digit numbers using columns, with carrying and exchanging.
• Multiplication and division: the 3, 4 and 8 times tables and the matching division facts.
• Fractions: tenths, equivalent fractions, comparing and adding fractions with the same bottom number, and unit fractions of amounts.
• Time: tell the time to the nearest minute, read Roman numerals to XII, and use 12-hour and 24-hour clocks.
• Grammar and punctuation: prefixes and suffixes, conjunctions, and speech marks for direct speech.
• Science: light and shadows, and forces and magnets.

Games:

• Column Canoe: Add and take away three-digit numbers in columns.
• Table Treehouse: Climb the treehouse with the 3, 4 and 8 times tables.
• Fraction Fruit Salad: Read, compare and add fractions, and find fractions of amounts.
• Roman Ruins: Read and write Roman numerals, like the numbers on a clock.
• Time Temple: Tell the time to the nearest minute, in 12-hour and 24-hour time.
• Prefix & Suffix Vines: Build words with un-, dis-, re-, -ful, -less, -ly and more.
• Conjunction Bridge: Pick the joining word that makes the sentence work.
• Speech Mark Safari: Spot and place speech marks in direct speech.
• Light & Shadow Lab: Light sources, shadows, reflection and staying safe in the sun.
• Magnet Mayhem: Magnetic materials, poles, forces and friction.

Go to Year 3 games

Based on the National Curriculum for England, Key Stage 2 (Year 4).

• Times tables: every table up to 12 × 12, including practice in the style of the Year 4 Multiplication Tables Check (25 questions, 6 seconds each, typed answers).
• Number and place value: four-digit numbers, rounding to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000, negative numbers in context, and tenths and hundredths as decimals.
• Measurement and geometry: area and perimeter of rectangles and L-shapes, and co-ordinates in the first quadrant.
• Grammar and punctuation: fronted adverbials and commas, apostrophes for plural possession, and standard English verb forms.
• Science: electricity (simple circuits, conductors and insulators, safety) and states of matter (changes of state and the water cycle).

Games:

• Times Table Dragon: Practise every times table up to 12 × 12, like the real Year 4 check.
• Place Value Palace: Four-digit numbers: digit values, rounding, ordering and 1000 more or less.
• Decimal Drawbridge: Tenths and hundredths, fractions as decimals, rounding and dividing by 10.
• Area Architect: Area and perimeter of rectangles and L-shapes.
• Co-ordinate Castle: Read, plot and move points on a co-ordinate grid.
• Temperature Tower: Negative numbers: thermometers, rises and falls.
• Fronted Adverbial Knight: Spot fronted adverbials and place the comma after them.
• Apostrophe Armour: Apostrophes for one owner, many owners and irregular plurals.
• Standard English Scribe: Choose the standard English word: were, did, saw, any and more.
• Circuit Builder: Which circuit lights the bulb? Conductors, insulators and safety.
• Matter Mixer: Solids, liquids and gases, changes of state and the water cycle.

Go to Year 4 games

Based on the National Curriculum for England, Key Stage 2 (Year 5).

• Number: multiply and divide larger numbers (including by 10, 100 and 1000), prime, square and cube numbers, factors, and common factors.
• Fractions, decimals and percentages: equal fractions, adding and taking away fractions, mixed numbers, and linking fractions, decimals and percentages.
• Measurement and geometry: converting units of length, mass, capacity and time, and measuring and calculating angles (straight line, full turn and right angle).
• Reasoning: number patterns, odd one out and letter codes. These are good practice for 11+ style questions.
• Grammar and punctuation: relative clauses, commas, brackets and dashes for parenthesis, and modal verbs.
• Science: Earth and space (the Sun, Earth and Moon) and forces (gravity, resistance, friction and simple machines).

Games:

• Rocket Multiplier: Long multiplication, short division and multiplying by 10, 100 and 1000.
• Fraction Galaxy: Equal fractions, adding and taking away fractions, and mixed numbers.
• Percent Planet: Fractions, decimals and percentages, and percentages of amounts.
• Prime Detective: Prime, square and cube numbers, factors and common factors.
• Angle Asteroids: Name and estimate angles and find missing angles.
• Unit Converter Lab: Convert lengths, masses, capacities and time.
• Reasoning Puzzles: Number patterns, odd one out and letter codes. A friendly warm-up for 11+.
• Relative Clause Robots: Who, which, whose, where and when, and commas round extra information.
• Brackets & Dashes Defender: Add extra information with brackets, dashes and commas.
• Modal Verb Mission: Can, must, might, will and should: how certain are you?
• Planet Quiz: The Sun, Earth and Moon, day and night, and the solar system.
• Force Field Lab: Gravity, friction, air and water resistance, levers, pulleys and gears.

Go to Year 5 games

Based on the National Curriculum for England, Key Stage 2 (Year 6), and the kinds of question found in SATs and 11+ papers.

• Arithmetic (SATs style): the four operations with larger numbers, decimals, fractions and percentages. The last level of Arithmetic Blitz is timed, like a real arithmetic paper.
• Number and algebra: order of operations (BODMAS), ratio and proportion, missing numbers, simple formulae and linear sequences.
• Measurement, geometry and statistics: area of triangles and parallelograms, circles (radius and diameter), volume of cuboids, mean, median, mode, range, pie charts and line graphs.
• Grammar, punctuation and reading: active and passive voice, semi-colons, colons, hyphens, the subjunctive, formal and informal writing, and reading comprehension (retrieval, vocabulary and inference).
• Science: the circulatory system and healthy living, evolution and inheritance, light, and electricity.
• 11+ practice: vocabulary (synonyms, antonyms, odd one out), verbal reasoning (hidden words and word completion), non-verbal reasoning (rotation, patterns, mirror images) and multi-step word problems.

Games:

• Arithmetic Blitz: SATs-style arithmetic: four operations, decimals, fractions and percentages. The last level is timed.
• BODMAS Bomb Squad: Order of operations: brackets, powers, multiply and divide before add and take away.
• Ratio Recipes: Scale recipes, share in a ratio, simplify ratios and read maps.
• Algebra Agents: Find the missing number, write expressions and spot the nth term.
• Shape Detective: Area of triangles and parallelograms, circles and the volume of cuboids.
• Data Dash: Mean, median, mode, range, pie charts and line graphs.
• SPaG Showdown: Passive voice, semi-colons, colons, hyphens, the subjunctive and formal writing.
• Reading Rescue: Read short passages and answer retrieval, vocabulary and inference questions.
• Heart Hero: The circulatory system: the heart, blood, exercise and healthy living.
• Evolution Escape: Inheritance, adaptation, fossils and evolution.
• Light & Circuit Control: How light travels, reflection, circuit symbols and voltage.
• Word Wizard: 11+ vocabulary: synonyms, opposites and odd one out.
• Hidden Word Hunt: 11+ verbal reasoning: find the hidden word, or the letter that finishes two words.
• Shape Sequences: 11+ non-verbal reasoning: turning shapes, patterns and mirror images.
• Problem Solvers: 11+ style maths word problems: money, time, speed, fractions and puzzles.

Go to Year 6 games