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title: "Year 7/8 Foundation"
url: "https://alstonmoorfederation.org.uk/blog/2026-02-03-12-46-year-7-8-foundation"
school: "Alston Moor Federation"
---

# Year 7/8 Foundation

  ![Image of Year 7/8 Foundation](https://files.schudio.com/alston-moor-federation-2/images/blog/differencepositive.jpg)  3 February 2026   [R Gordon](https://alstonmoorfederation.org.uk/blog/author/rgordon)   [Key Stage 3 Learning](https://alstonmoorfederation.org.uk/blog/category/key-stage-3-learning)

Year 7/8 foundation have been busy developing their skills in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division using formal methods. This has then been used in a variety of contexts including; solving problems with perimeter and area, financial problems, frequency trees and converting metric units.

Below is one of our methods for formal multiplication;

![](https://alstonmoorfederation.org.uk/images/blog/33f270b3330a6a4979df50193ad55835.png)

 [ Computing - Digital Citizenship](https://alstonmoorfederation.org.uk/blog/2026-02-03-12-35-computing-digital-citizenship) [7/8 Higher maths ](https://alstonmoorfederation.org.uk/blog/2026-02-03-13-12-7-8-higher-maths)

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