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17 August 2026

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A bright and engaging set of Mental Strategies Anchor Charts designed for learners working within Second Level Curriculum for Excellence.

This colourful 8-page resource supports pupils in developing flexible mental maths strategies and stronger number sense. Each poster breaks down a key strategy into simple, pupil-friendly steps with clear worked examples and visual prompts.

What’s included?

The pack contains 8 full-page anchor charts covering:

  • What are mental strategies?
  • Number bonds and known facts
  • Partitioning
  • Bridging through 10 and 100
  • Doubles and near doubles
  • Compensation
  • Friendly numbers
  • Choosing the best strategy

Each poster includes:

  • Clear child-friendly explanations
  • Worked examples
  • Visual models and number lines
  • Key reminders
  • Strategy tips
  • A short “Try it!” question to encourage independent thinking

Perfect for:

  • P5–P7 learners
  • Second Level Numeracy and Mathematics
  • Whole-class maths lessons
  • Mental maths teaching
  • Maths working walls
  • Classroom displays
  • Guided maths groups
  • Revision and consolidation
  • Supporting flexible thinking
  • Pupils who benefit from clear visual prompts and step-by-step examples

These anchor charts are designed to help pupils move away from relying on one fixed method and instead develop confidence in choosing efficient mental strategies for different calculations.

The consistent, colourful primary-style layout makes the posters easy to use throughout a maths lesson and ideal for keeping on display as an ongoing reference.

Simply print and display the full set, use individual posters alongside specific lessons, or add them to pupil maths folders and reference books.

Curriculum: Curriculum for Excellence
Level: Second Level
Subject: Numeracy and Mathematics
Topic: Mental Strategies / Number Processes
Pages: 8

A practical and visually engaging resource for helping Second Level learners become more confident, flexible and efficient mental mathematicians.

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Number and Number Processes KS2/Second Level Anchor Charts

A comprehensive collection of **Second Level Number Anchor Charts** designed to support pupils working within **Curriculum for Excellence**. This bright and engaging bundle brings together **9 complete maths poster packs**, giving teachers a bank of visual references for teaching key number concepts across Second Level. With **72 full-page anchor charts**, the bundle covers everything from place value and mental strategies to the four operations, negative numbers and BIDMAS. ### What’s included? This bundle contains **9 individual 8-page packs**: * **Place Value** * **Rounding & Estimation** * **Mental Strategies** * **Addition & Subtraction** * **Multiplication** * **Division** * **Factors, Multiples & Primes** * **Negative Numbers** * **Order of Operations / BIDMAS** ### Topics covered include: **Place Value** * Understanding place value * Reading and writing large numbers * Partitioning * Comparing and ordering numbers * Decimal place value * Multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1,000 **Rounding & Estimation** * Rounding to different place values * Rounding decimals * Using number lines * Estimating calculations * Checking whether answers are reasonable **Mental Strategies** * Number bonds and known facts * Partitioning * Bridging through 10 and 100 * Doubles and near doubles * Compensation * Friendly numbers * Choosing efficient strategies **Addition & Subtraction** * Mental calculation strategies * Column addition * Column subtraction * Exchanging * Inverse operations * Checking answers **Multiplication** * Equal groups and arrays * Multiplication facts * Multiplying by 10, 100 and 1,000 * Partitioning * Grid method * Formal written multiplication * Choosing and checking strategies **Division** * Sharing and grouping * Division facts and fact families * Dividing by 10, 100 and 1,000 * Partitioning * Chunking * Formal written division * Checking using multiplication **Factors, Multiples & Primes** * Factors and factor pairs * Multiples * Prime and composite numbers * Common factors and multiples * Divisibility rules * Problem solving **Negative Numbers** * Understanding numbers below zero * Number lines * Comparing and ordering negative numbers * Temperatures below zero * Real-life applications * Crossing zero **Order of Operations** * Understanding BIDMAS * Brackets * Indices * Multiplication and division * Addition and subtraction * Left-to-right rules * Multi-step worked examples * Checking and problem solving ### Each anchor chart includes: * Clear, child-friendly explanations * Colourful visual representations * Step-by-step worked examples * Key mathematical vocabulary * Helpful reminders and strategy prompts * **“Try it!”** questions to encourage pupil participation * Consistent layouts that make each topic easy to navigate ### Perfect for: * P5–P7 learners * Second Level Numeracy and Mathematics * Maths working walls * Whole-class teaching * Guided maths groups * Lesson introductions * Revision and consolidation * Independent learning * Maths reference folders * Pupils who benefit from visual and step-by-step support The posters can be introduced individually alongside each stage of learning or displayed together to create a comprehensive **Second Level Number working wall**. Their consistent, colourful primary-style design means the different packs work together as one cohesive classroom resource. ### Bundle details **Curriculum:** Curriculum for Excellence **Level:** Second Level **Subject:** Numeracy and Mathematics **Focus:** Number and Number Processes **Number of packs:** 9 **Total anchor charts:** 72 Buying the complete bundle gives you a wide-ranging collection of visual teaching resources covering the key number skills pupils revisit and develop throughout Second Level. A practical, colourful and time-saving addition to any Scottish primary classroom.

£17.99

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