In Year 2 this week we have been looking at mass. The children discussed what it means if the scales are balanced and if one side of the scales is lower than the other side...
This week in Reception we have been building on our knowledge of shapes. We reviewed what we know about 2d shapes and then used that knowledge to recognise and name 3d shapes. We had fun doing 3d shapes hunts in the classroom, looking especially for...
In maths, Nursery used different 2D shapes to create the main character from our literacy core text 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar'. We used a red circle for the head, a triangle for the nose, two circle eyes and six rectangles for the caterpillars legs. Whilst...
This week in Reception we have worked with Tens frames and developed our estimation skills using language like 'more than' 'less than' or 'the same as'. We sorted quantities and played games with each other trying to work out how many more each had. The healthy...
During our Spring Term two topic ‘Farm Animals’, we focused on the book ‘What the Ladybird Heard’ by Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks. Linking to one of the main characters in the story ‘the ladybird’, children drew a ladybird by looking at the different features...
Year 5 have started the topic of decimals in maths. First we used place value charts to represent numbers with two decimal places. Using concrete counters helped us to secure the knowledge that 10 hundredths is equivalent to 1 tenth and 10 tenths is equivalent...
In maths this week, Year 3 have been combining their skills of using the column method for addition, measuring in centimetres and millimetres and working out perimeter. We worked as a group to measure the lengths of sides on squares and rectangles. We used our knowledge...
During maths we have been looking at multiplication and division. The children have been using their knowledge of the 10 x tables to solve division maths problems. Here, you can see they used unifix towers of 10 to help them solve the problem. [gallery ids="16964,16965,16966,16967"]...
Our maths song of the week in Nursery is '5 Little Ducks', a nursery rhyme that helps children recognise numbers and teach early math skills. This has supported our learning in maths as we have been focusing on things changing in quantity when something is...
This week, year 4 were given an exciting opportunity to take part in a maths workshop at Cardinal Pole. They were given a problem to solve and worked very hard with their partners in trying to figure out if the debit cards were real or fake! They...