This week, we had 2 special visitors from Natwest bank who came into school to talk to us about money. We completed three different activities. The first one was looking at ‘wants’ and ‘needs’—we discussed how we need to have food, water, clothes, and shelter and how other things are Read more
This week, Ms Ali from the NatWest bank came to talk to us about money. We discussed whether we like to save money or spend it straight away. Seventeen of the children in class said they like to save, three like to spend it, and ten like to do a Read more
During Finance week, we looked at ways to save money, whilst also saving the planet. We looked at what we used energy on every day and how we got this energy. We talked about fossil fuels and renewable energy, how to make better choices such as walking to the shops, Read more
This week we have been following Power Maths to add number bonds to 10 and add tens and ones. In our Number sense lessons we have been continuing to focus on facts to 10. We have been using the rekenreks to help us to add ones.
This week, Year 1 began a new maths unit ‘Position and direction’. Our first lessons were on full, half and quarter turns, and left and right. To improve our understanding, we headed outside for some practical lessons. We practised different turns with partners using objects and areas of the playground. Read more
Children used our display to figure out where each Roman numeral should go on our clock, ready to use them on Monday in our “Time” topic.
We have been working on our timetable skills. We have worked in teams to complete tasks which we needed to use our 3,4,6,8 times tables
Juniper have thoroughly enjoyed our Fun Maths Roadshow today. What excellent use they have made of their maths skills. Everyone worked really hard to complete as many investigations as they could. There was some great application of maths skills and fantastic teamwork, wonderful shows of resilience and all round enjoyment Read more
In preparation for SATs, Year 6 Rowan have been outside completing a scavenger hunt on fractions of amounts. They worked in groups and worked very well with each other. Well done.
This morning we were very fortunate to take part in a maths carousel in the hall with Mrs Grindrod and the Year 5 children. We were able to complete a wide variety of maths challenges within an allotted time. We used our mathematical knowledge to completed the questions. We thoroughly Read more