For Year 3 · ages 7 to 8 · included in Premium
Year 3 Foundations
Twelve weeks of short, friendly lessons that make Year 3 maths, reading and reasoning click: three lessons a week, six questions each, stars to collect and a certificate at the end. Calm, confident foundations, long before the 11+.
Every week: one lesson of each kind
Number sense
Place value to 1000, adding and taking away 3-digit numbers, the 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 and 10 times tables, fractions, money, time and measures.
Reading & vocabulary
A short original story or fact text every week, with words to know, synonyms and antonyms, and gentle inference questions.
Puzzles & reasoning
Number and letter patterns, simple codes, odd one out, shapes, turns, symmetry and logic: the early building blocks of 11+ reasoning.
Sample lesson · Week 1
Hundreds, tens and ones
Every lesson has a short explanation, worked examples and six questions, each with a kind explanation. Here is part of the first one.
Let's learn
Every digit in a number has a value that depends on its place.
In 352, the 3 is worth 3 hundreds (300), the 5 is worth 5 tens (50) and the 2 is worth 2 ones (2).
Splitting a number into its parts, like 352 = 300 + 50 + 2, is called partitioning.
476 = 4 hundreds + 7 tens + 6 ones
476 = 400 + 70 + 6
The first digit of a 3-digit number always tells you the hundreds.
In 508 there are no tens.
508 = 500 + 0 + 8
The 0 keeps the 5 in the hundreds place. Without it, 508 would turn into 58!
Question 1
In the number 364, what is the 6 worth?
- A. 6
- B. 60
- C. 600
- D. 64
Show the answerHide the answer
60. The 6 is in the tens place, so it is worth 6 tens, which is 60.
Question 2
What is 400 + 20 + 7?
- A. 472
- B. 427
- C. 4207
- D. 247
Show the answerHide the answer
427. 4 hundreds, 2 tens and 7 ones make 427.
Question 3
Which number has 8 hundreds, 0 tens and 5 ones?
- A. 850
- B. 8005
- C. 805
- D. 580
Show the answerHide the answer
805. 8 hundreds is 800, no tens, and 5 ones: 805. The 0 holds the tens place.
Twelve weeks, step by step
Each week builds on the one before, following the Year 3 National Curriculum.
Week 1
Hundreds, tens and ones
- Hundreds, tens and ones
- The Lost Kite
- Number patterns
Week 2
Bigger or smaller?
- Comparing and ordering numbers
- Grandpa's Allotment
- Odd one out
Week 3
Adding up
- Adding 3-digit numbers
- The Night the Power Went Out
- Secret codes
Week 4
Taking away
- Subtracting 3-digit numbers
- Milo the Library Cat
- Shape patterns
Week 5
Times tables 2, 5 and 10
- The 2, 5 and 10 times tables
- A Rainy Sports Day
- Logic puzzles
Week 6
Times tables 3, 4 and 8
- The 3, 4 and 8 times tables
- Puffins
- Sides and corners
Week 7
Sharing and grouping
- Sharing and grouping
- The Secret Door
- Letter patterns
Week 8
Fractions of shapes
- Fractions of shapes
- How Do Bees Make Honey?
- Turns and directions
Week 9
Fractions of amounts
- Fractions of amounts
- The Market Stall
- Word puzzles
Week 10
Money
- Pounds and pence
- Ava's First Swimming Badge
- Number machines
Week 11
Telling the time
- Telling the time
- The Robot Who Wanted to Dance
- Symmetry
Week 12
Measuring
- Length, mass and capacity
- The Lantern Parade
- The big puzzle challenge
Made for 7 year olds, with you alongside
Big, clear text, one question at a time and kind feedback whether the answer is right or not. You can see how each child is getting on, and every week comes with a small idea to try at home.
- "Read it to me" on every explanation, story and question
- Up to three stars a lesson, and lessons can be repeated
- Every child in a Premium family, each with their own progress
- About 15 minutes a lesson, three lessons a week
- Answers marked straight away with a kind explanation
- A printable certificate after all 36 lessons
Questions parents ask
Who is Year 3 Foundations for?
Children in Year 3, aged 7 to 8. It also suits a Year 4 child who would like a gentle, confidence-building start, or a Year 2 child who is ready for a little more.
Is it included with Premium?
Yes. Year 3 Foundations is part of Academy11+ Premium, with nothing extra to buy. Every child on a Premium account can do it, each with their own progress and certificate.
Is it too early to think about the 11+?
This isn't 11+ practice papers or pressure. It's the everyday Year 3 curriculum, taught in short friendly lessons, with puzzles that grow the thinking skills the 11+ later builds on.
How much time does it take?
There are 36 lessons over 12 weeks: three a week, about 15 minutes each. It's fine to go faster or slower, and lessons can be repeated to earn more stars.
Does my child need to read on their own?
It helps, but every explanation, story and question has a "Read it to me" button, so children who are still building confidence can listen along.
What do parents see?
A page showing each child's lessons, scores, stars and weeks finished, what's next, and a small idea to try at home each week. There's a printable certificate at the end.
Strong foundations, one small lesson at a time
Year 3 Foundations is included in Academy11+ Premium, alongside practice papers, games and progress reports.