In Maths today, we’ve begun our new topic – area. The children have learnt that area means the amount of space that something covers. We investigated the area of different shapes using counters and explained why it is important to use the same size counter when measuring the area.
This week in Reception, we have been learning about time. We have discussed what time means and why it is important. A girl called Elsa told us a story about how she is always late. We thought of different ideas to help her be on time. Bluebells have been learning Read more
Wow, What a lovely week we have had! This week we were reading ‘What the Ladybird Heard’ and did lots of activities surrounding the story. We painted rocks to make them look like ladybirds, made farms and maps and did some Maths sorting activities in the classroom. In the story Read more
This week, we have begun to look at order of operations and using brackets. We explored BODMAS and how there is a strict order we must follow. We also looked at how we could use brackets to change the outcome of a calculation in which the numbers and symbols Read more
Today in Computing we’ve been discussing how much time we actually spend using screens, during a typical week – that includes watching television! We created a collaborative database and watched Mrs Grindrod’s whiteboard as all the results from each class member started to be collated. We were really surprised at Read more
We took our Power Maths lesson outside today! Using the number square on the playground, Year 5 answered lots of questions regarding multiples and sorted themselves into different groups. They used their reasoning skills to explain some true and false statements, using the number square to help with their explanations.
This morning the children have learnt all about perimeter. We used metre sticks, tape measures and trundle wheels to measure the distance around the shapes we had drawn on the playground.
We had a lovely morning in Maths! We just started ‘subtraction’ and used every day word problems to solve the calculations. For example, Mrs Nuttall had 10 bananas and she ate 2. How many did she have left? Putting the calculations into real life problems help the children to understand Read more
We have been talking lots about growth mindset and Whizz has been busy this week working with children that have been pushing themselves and trying hard with their work. Here’s just a few of the children he’s been working with this week. Throughout the week he worked with Leigh, Riley Read more
Last year at Parents Evening, quite a few parents asked for useful links to help with their child’s learning, particularly for Phonics and Maths. I have copied and pasted a number of websites we use regularly at school to support your child’s learning. I hope these are helpful 🙂 Read more