Year 2 - Counting pounds and pence
This week in Maths we have been practising counting pounds and pence. On Monday, we counted just pence and Tuesday just pounds. Today we counted both together. This relied on our 2, 5 and 10 times tables being well learnt. It needed a little practice to transfer our knowledge of counting into the coins. We compared them to base 10 in order to see that a 50p coin has 5 tens in it. This helped us to notice all of the tens and ones we needed to count. After we had been successful, we removed the base 10 and the coins were less abstract allowing us to count with more confidence.
Year 1 Maths- Exploring Different Representations of numbers to 20
In maths, Year 1 have been exploring different variations of numbers to 20. They have looked at how they can be represented in numerals, words, ten frames, base 10 and using tally’s and dice. They have also explored the place value of these numbers.
Foodie Friends club- Delicious Flapjacks
Today in Foodie Club, the junior bakers' made delicious flapjacks, some with raisins and some without. They carefully measured the flour and sugar, but the syrup was the trickiest part, sticky and stubborn, it clung to the spoon and added an extra challenge. They chopped the butter into small pieces and mixed everything thoroughly. It was a fun and messy experience that everyone enjoyed.
Reception - Ways to make 5
This week, we have been looking at numberblock five and the parts it is made up of. We used the unifix cubes and two different colours to explore how we can make different towers of five. We could see that 1 and 4, 2 and 3, and 5 and 0 are some of the ways to make five. We know that the numberblocks are made up of lots of different parts which make a whole!
Year 5 - Multiplication
Today, Year 5 continued their focus on multiplication in Maths, working on multiplying a 4-digit number by a 2-digit number. Using LBQ to support their learning, the children tackled a range of reasoning questions, deepening their understanding and applying their skills to more challenging problems.
Reception Maths -Ordering
This week we have been focusing on the position of numbers from 1-5. We looked at the pattern of the numberblocks and found that they get bigger by one each time. We then practised ordering the numbers on the dinosaur by thinking about the counting sequence and counting out loud.
Year 1- Creating Repeated Patterns using 2D and 3D shapes
This week, Year 1 are enjoying completing existing patterns and creating their own patterns using 2D and 3D shapes. They have really impressed us with their ability to tell us what repeated pattern they have created using the correct names for the shapes.
Year 1 Maths- Sorting 2D Shapes
Year 1 have really enjoyed learning to recognise and name 2D shapes such as circles, triangles, squares, rectangles, pentagons and hexagons. They have really impressed us with their understanding of the properties of shapes. They are able to name the number of sides and corners of each of the shapes that we have studied and other properties such as whether or not they have curved sides. They used this knowledge to sort the 2D shapes into two groups. Well done Year 1!
Reception: Challenge Champions
This week in Reception, we are focusing on the story, Sharing a Shell. The children have been really busy in provision completing challenges. They have been attempting to write sentences, strengthening their muscles in the fine motor area, creating rockpools, drawing fish, painting using the skills of Pointillism, counting shells to play a subitise game and moulding the playdough to create different characters from the story. Well done!
Year 1- Exploring 2D Shapes
This week in Year 1, we have had great fun naming, identifying and making 2D shapes. We have explored circles, triangles, squares, rectangles, pentagons and hexagons. We even took our learning one step further and were able to identify the 2D shapes that form the faces of 3D shapes. We know that cubes have square faces, cuboids have rectangular faces and can also have square faces, cylinders and cones have circular faces, triangular prisms have triangular and rectangular faces and square based pyramids have a square face and triangular faces. Well done Year 1- super maths!
Year 1 Maths- Exploring 3D Shapes
Year 1 have really enjoyed learning about 3D shapes in maths. They have been learning to identify 3D shapes by name and sort them into groups. They have focused on recognising cubes, cuboids, square-based pyramids, triangular-based pyramids, cones, spheres, cylinders and various prisms such as a triangular prism. They have also worked exceptionally hard to sort them in different ways. For example, we have had children sorting them into can and cannot roll, does have a circular face and doesn’t have a circular face, does have 6 sides and doesn’t have 6 sides, prisms and not prisms and so on… Well done Year 1! You’ve really impressed us with how quickly you've learnt the names of various 3D shapes and been able to recognise their features.
Reception - Christmas Challenges
Reception have enjoyed completing a range of Christmas challenges this week during their choosing time. They have been using strips of paper in the creative area to make Christmas tree pictures, ordering the gingerbread men from smallest to biggest, following instructions to draw a snowman and developing their fine motor painting skills.