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Number & Place Value
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Solve the mystery by mastering numbers up to 20! This Year 1 resource invites pupils on a clue‑solving adventure through key place value concepts—counting forwards and backwards, finding one more and one less, ordering numbers, and recognising numbers within 20. Presented in a playful, narrative‑driven format, it makes learning purposeful and memorable. Perfect for starters, guided groups, or inde
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Place Value within 20 – Maths Mystery by Master the Curriculum whisks Year 1 pupils into an exciting, clue-driven adventure to understand numbers up to 20. Through a playful “Maths Mystery” format, children solve riddles that help them count, partition into tens and ones, use tens frames, and comprehend “one more” and “one less” within 20—all while building fluency, reasoning, and problem-solving skills in line with the UK National Curriculum and the White Rose Maths approach. Structured to support a mastery mindset, this resource combines visual models, hands-on activities, and engaging narrative elements. Perfect for independent tasks, guided group learning, or energising lesson warm-ups, Place Value within 20 – Maths Mystery cultivates strong foundational numeracy with enthusiasm and clarity. Key Features: Focuses on Year 1 place value within 20: counting, tens and ones, tens frames, one more/one less, partitioning Mystery-style format encourages curiosity, attention, and active learning Aligns with White Rose mastery principles and UK curriculum requirements Combines concrete, visual, and reasoning-based tasks for conceptual understanding Versatile delivery: ideal for independent learning, guided groups, or stimulating starters
Show lessThe standard small step pack, as her own modules ship it. We do not print page counts here, because her catalogue does not publish them and a guessed number is worse than none.
Her own system, with the star count repeated in every worksheet header so a child can be handed the right sheet without a word.
“Printed it at eight on a Sunday and taught it on the Monday.”
No editing, no reformatting, no hunting for the answers. The three levels are on separate pages, which sounds obvious until you have used the sites where they are not.
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“Matches our White Rose planning almost week for week.”
I stopped adapting things from three different sites and now start here. The odd week does not line up exactly, but the small step it covers is always somewhere in the same block.
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“The editable file is why we renewed.”
Being able to change two questions for the child who joined us in January, without rebuilding the whole sheet, is worth the subscription on its own.
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Number & Place Value
Y1
Number & Place Value
Y1
Number & Place Value
Y1
Number & Place Value
Y1
Number & Place Value
Y1
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