Busy Ant Maths the exciting, whole-school primary maths program that ensures conceptual understanding and mathematical fluency.

Introducing Busy Ant Maths 2nd Edition, with new student
Textbooks, updated components including Teacher Guides, and a
whole new set of resources for Foundation Stage.
Written by an expert author team with over 50 years’ combined classroom experience, Busy Ant Maths is a flexible, whole-school mathematics program that assists teachers in teaching for mastery and ensures conceptual understanding and mathematical fluency from the start.

Busy Ant Maths

  • Provide clear progression from Years 1-6 [Y2-7]
  • Summarise the most important knowledge and understanding
  • Make connections between core concepts across year groups
  • Address the areas in the curriculum identified as a priority including number and place value, addition and subtraction, multiplication and division (including number facts), fractions and geometry

Teacher’s Guides

  • Updated for the second edition with guidance and support for planning and teaching
  • Unit overviews reference ready-to-progress criteria for that unit
  • Additional or alternative representations suggested in lesson plans, including reference to digital tools
  • Links given to relevant pages of the new Student Textbooks 
  • Additional links to other Busy Ant Maths 2nd Edition components
  • Additional resource sheets