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Important update from TheSchoolRun

For the past 13 years, TheSchoolRun has been run by a small team of mums working from home, dedicated to providing quality educational resources to primary school parents. Unfortunately, rising supplier costs and falling revenue have made it impossible for us to continue operating, and we’ve had to make the difficult decision to close. The good news: We’ve arranged for another educational provider to take over many of our resources. These will be hosted on a new portal, where the content will be updated and expanded to support your child’s learning.

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  • In a few months, all resources will move to the new portal. You’ll continue to have access there until your subscription ends. We’ll send you full details nearer the time.
  • As a thank you for your support, we’ll also be sending you 16 primary school eBooks (worth £108.84) to download and keep.

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Eyfs Subtraction worksheets

More or fewer apples and acorns

More or fewer apples and acorns

Sammy squirrel is struggling to learn the difference between the words more and fewer. Can you help him by making apples or acorns for the trees?
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First addition and subtraction practice

First addition and subtraction practice

Complete the simple additions and subtractions, then cut out the pieces of the puppy’s house. Help your child stick them on the background picture one at a time in the correct order, based on the answers to the calculations.
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One Less Board Game: numbers 0-20

One Less Board Game: numbers 0-20

This game is designed to help your child practise the skill of finding one less than a given number.
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Marble Muddle: addition and subtraction board game

Marble Muddle: addition and subtraction board game

This game is designed to support accurate counting skills, reinforce the idea of “more than” and “less than” and develop an understanding of the maths symbols + and -.
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Number ladders

Number ladders

Number lines are vertical versions of number lines, used in primary-school maths to help children become familiar with our number system and perform simple calculations like addition and subtraction.
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Number lines

Number lines

Number lines are an essential tool in primary-school maths. Print out our colourful versions for use with your child at home, or use them as inspiration to help your child design (and perhaps decorate) their own number line.
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Understanding subtraction worksheet

Understanding subtraction

Can you cut out these 10 sausages and colour them in? Do you know this song? Use your coloured sausages to show what happens as you sing – ask you mum or dad for a real pan to toss your bangers in (safely off the stove!).
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Finding one less worksheet

Finding one less

This sneaky number burglar has taken 1 from every number! Can you work out what these numbers will be when the burglar has taken 1 away? The first one has been done for you.
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Cool Maths Games for kids learning pack

Cool maths games for kids

Add an extra learning dimension to family game time – try one of our Cool Maths board games and help reinforce your child's knowledge of number bonds, percentages and fractions while you play. Compiled by deputy headteacher Matt Revill and packed with 20 games, this maths learning pack covers all the key skills your child will need to master as part of the primary numeracy curriculum.
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Simple subtraction practice worksheet

Simple subtraction practice

Simple subtraction practice for Reception children. Each story problem asks them to take away one and work out how many objects are left.
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Subtraction with a number line worksheet

Subtraction with a number line

As your child gets to grips with number lines in Reception and Y1, help them try some basic calculations. This worksheet offers some subtraction problems to solve using a number line.
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Take away one worksheet

Take away one

Help your child visualise and understand subtraction (or taking away). This worksheet uses pictures to make the concept clearer.
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Simple subtraction story problem worksheet

Simple subtraction story problem

This worksheet encourages your child to think about subtracting one from ten with the use of pictures.
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Subtraction sign

The Parents' Guide to subtraction

Number lines, the counting on method and 'borrowing' numbers are all covered in our guide to subtraction, a complete overview of what your child will be taught about 'taking away' numbers at school.
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