--- title: "Reception Maths - Using rekenreks" url: "https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2025-06-19-reception-maths-using-rekenreks" school: "St Barnabas Primary School, A Church of England Academy" --- We are holding a number of open days for children due to start primary school in September 2027. Please see our admissions page for further details. Everyone welcome! # Reception Maths - Using rekenreks ![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/images/news/390AD193-D300-47C8-8D12-F03F3D5702AA.jpeg) 19 June 2025 ![](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/images/news/390AD193-D300-47C8-8D12-F03F3D5702AA.jpeg) This week in Maths, Reception have been exploring the rekenreks to support their counting and composition of number. We looked at how to set the rekenreks correctly and identified the patterns we could see, such as five red beads and five white beads on each row. The children then worked in pairs to move the beads along and used their subitising skills to move groups of beads all at once, rather than counting individually. The children also cleverly identified doubles they could see - double 5 and double 10. [Reception](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/tag/reception) [Maths](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/tag/maths) [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/imagecache/100x100c/news/activitymore-2C0A7A83-F997-46ED-A66D-4EC0EA872D1F(1).png)](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2025-06-18-year-3-exploring-spirituality-through-refugee-week) Previous ### [Year 3-Exploring Spirituality Through Refugee Week](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2025-06-18-year-3-exploring-spirituality-through-refugee-week) [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/imagecache/100x100c/news/IMG_8528.jpeg)](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2025-06-20-the-great-live-assembly-world-refugee-day-2025) Next ### [The Great Live Assembly- World Refugee Day 2025 ](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2025-06-20-the-great-live-assembly-world-refugee-day-2025) ### Personal Development - [News](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news) - [Events](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/events) - [Photo Gallery](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/photo-gallery-category/our-gallery) - [Calendar](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/calendar) - [School Council](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/school-council) - [Attendance](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/attendance) - [Fundraising](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/fundraising) - [Extra Curricular Clubs](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/clubs) - [Little Leaders](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/little-leaders) - [Visits and Visitors](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/visits-and-visitors) - [British Values](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/british-values) - [Protected Characteristics](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/protected-characteristics) ##### Location Knowlesly Road Darwen Lancashire BB3 2JA ##### Contact Us 01254 702996 ##### Stay Connected - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/stbarnabasce/) - [X](https://twitter.com/stbarnabasce) © Copyright 2021–2026 St Barnabas Primary School, A Church of England Academy School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)