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…
Sometimes we can find some lessons challenging, but in Year 4 we know it is important to have the right mindset. Our class rabbit called ‘Work- at- it’ Wiz has a growth mindset; he believes that if you put in effort, you can get better at everything. Â He tries hard Read more…
We have been practising one more and one less and started by making numbers with cubes. Some of us went outdoors to use our 100 square to JUMP as high as we could to the next number. We had lots of fun and love learning outdoors!
For our Science lesson, we looked at similarities and differences between ourselves and our friends. We looked at our fingerprints and how they’re different from our talk partner’s finger prints. We then set up a bar graph with hair colour down the bottom and numbers along the side. They Read more…