Barford Primary School

Great website with lots of multiplication games to test your times tables skills.

Learning the Times Tables need not a tedious chore! Learning them can be fun if you build up your knowledge gradually through using these fun multiplication and division games. It is a good idea to begin with the 2x, 5x and 10 times tables and secure these times table facts before moving on to the others.

Lots of interactive multiplication games that require you to use your mouse and keyboard skills. Make sure you scroll down the Fun4theBrain website as there are lots of multiplication games to be played.

Get ready to play some fun and interactive multiplication games! On this page we have a variety of games that kids will enjoy while building strong math skills. Whether students are learning the good old boring times-tables or even multiplying fractions or integers; we have some fun games for them on our website.

Hit the Button is an interactive maths game with quick fire questions on number bonds, times tables, doubling and halving, multiples, division facts and square numbers. The games which are against the clock challenge and develop a child's mental maths skills.

Designed for 6 to 11 years olds, the activities can be matched to appropriate mathematical ability. Regular use of Hit the Button can help children to sharpen their recall of vital number facts in a fun way and learning multiplication tables need not be boring.

You are given the answer to a times table fact and need to click on the correct location on the grid.

Multiplication Table Instructions

To use the times tables games follow this guide:

• Select the times tables you want to try
• Use the drop down boxes and select the one you think is the correct answer
• Once you have completed all the questions press the OK Done button
• You then see your results!
• Then do more (the test is always different!), or come back here and choose another table

There are lots of times table games on the DB Primary School website. Just click the above image and login using your username and password and choose "Multiplication & Division" from the list.

Do you like writing? You can create your own story here.

Click on 'next'. Then choose a fairy story, a horror story, or a science fiction story. Wait for the story maker to load, then answer the questions - choose the characters, words and places or write your own! Then the story maker will 'make' your story - you can print it too!

This great story writing game for kids will help teach children how to create the right atmosphere when planning stories based around a chosen topic. Use the correct words to create an atmosphere suitable for a ghost story, spy story or romance. What words help create a spooky atmosphere? How about a spy thriller? Choose your theme and use the tips provided to help write your sentences. Enjoy learning how to write stories with the help of this fun, interactive activity that’s perfect for students.

The Story Map interactive includes a set of graphic organizers designed to assist teachers and students in prewriting and post reading activities. The organizers are intended to focus on the key elements of character, setting, conflict, and resolution development. Students can develop multiple characters, for example, in preparation for writing their own fiction, or they may reflect on and further develop characters from stories they have read. After completing individual sections or the entire organizer, students have the ability to print out their final versions for feedback and assessment. The versatility of this tool allows it to be used in multiple contexts.

Story Starters inspire students to write by serving up hundreds of writing prompts in creative combinations.

Ready to get students excited about writing? Scholastic's Story Starters serves up hundreds of creative combinations that take the writer’s block out of creative writing for students. Plus, it is now available for iPad!

Set young writers loose with prompts that explore the themes of Adventure, Fantasy, or Sci-Fi. Or choose Scrambler, for random word combinations. Story Starters gives ideas for character, plot, and setting. If you want to change your writing prompt, pull the lever and it will serve up a new prompt, either piece-by-piece or all at once.

The Woodlands Resources website has lots of Interactive English Games and Activities to help children to improve their story writing skills.

This website helps children write a story using predefined sentences.

You can also use the Scratch program to help with your story writing. You can use the backdrops (backgrounds), sprites (characters), move blocks and look blocks to tell a story. Click here to see an example of story writing using scratch.

In this game, pupils scoop up the correct flavour of ice cream for each customer.  It is your job to keep the customers happy. If you get their order wrong once, they will forgive you.  But if you get it wrong twice, they will leave the store. 

Some videos showing why multiplication is important. There also some multiplication games.

Number Invaders are descending upon the friendly inhabitants of a distant planet. You'll need instant recall of math facts and a steady hand to keep them away!

See if you can use the scratch program to create a scene from a story, using the motion, looks and sound blocks.

In this game, pupils scoop up the correct flavor of ice cream for each customer.  It is your job to keep the customers happy. If you get their order wrong once, they will forgive you.  But if you get it wrong twice, they will leave the store. 

Meteor Multiplication assists pupils in learning multiplication. Large meteors with multiplication problems move toward a large space station in the center of the screen.

Some videos showing why multiplication is important. There also some multiplication games.

Number Invaders are descending upon the friendly inhabitants of a distant planet. You'll need instant recall of math facts and a steady hand to keep them away!

Every child at Barford has an account for bugclub. Each child has been allocated eBooks to read. Please see your child's class teacher for more information.

School ID: 9367

Don't forget about the fantastic English games on our very own website.