Children worked hard today to make 2D and 3D shapes with Jelly Tots and cocktail sticks! They made squares, triangles, hexagons, octagons, pentagons as well as some 3D shapes like cubes and square based pyramids. They were asked “Can you make a circle out of the Jelly Tots and Read more…
Year 5 & Year 6 have begun a week long ‘Battle of the Bands’ on TT Rockstars. The children can earn points for their band each time they play. The two bands will be playing across the week, both at home and in school, to try to earn points which Read more…
This morning we have been breaking down a problem into simple steps to solve it. A number of people were living in a flat and we had to decide which one was their home from the information given.There was some great examples of perseverance and not giving up from the Read more…
This week we have been learning about 2D shapes looking at the different properties and drawing them on dotted paper.
In maths this week Year 1 have been using different methods to help us solve addition calculations: tens frame part whole method sentences writing our own story Have a look at some of our fantastic work!
Children in Year 1 Oaks have been working extra hard this week, solving tricky problems! They used cubes to help them split a whole number into 2 parts, using a special diagram to help them. They also used a ‘ten frame’, which is a frame of 10 squares, to Read more…
This week in maths we have been using Cuisinare rods to understand scaling and how it links to multiplication and division. We worked hard to find lots of different calculations and then explained our findings. 
Over the last two weeks, Year 6 have started using TT Rock Stars to help improve our table knowledge and recall speed. The children have all improved their baseline speed, some over 2 seconds quicker per times table when recalling table facts. The children have really enjoyed the Read more…
This week we have been using numicon to find the answer to addition number sentences.
Oaks worked hard splitting a whole number into two parts, preparing for addition work and number bonds to 10 later next week. Well done, everyone.
