This week in Nursery, we have been looking at the length of different things. We have started to use the vocabulary – shortest and longest. One of the activities [gallery ids="19505,19506,19507,19508"] was rolling out playdough into a caterpillar and then comparing the lengths of them with each...
This week in Year 4, we have been focusing on multiplication and division, exploring the relationship between the two. The children have been practicing their times tables and learning how multiplication and division are connected, using fact families to show how one operation can help...
In Maths, we have been learning to use a written method for subtraction. We have been practising exchanging tens and hundreds to solve different subtraction questions. We are really good at remembering that we must start our calculating in the ones column. Please ask us...
Last week we all took part in our Maths Rocks House Challenge. We had an exciting afternoon of maths activities centred around learning key maths facts such as number bonds and times tables. Some of the activities included number bond PE games, learning times tables...
It has been a busy week in The Meadow! Our Talk for Writing lessons have explored through sensory, the smells and feel of the farm. We have created the main character in clay and used our maths learning to count the legs. We have also...
Last week in the ARP, we joined forces with the pupils from Meadow Room and completed maths challenges for the Maths Rocks, House challenge. The pupils had to find numeral cards and then use their given number to complete a task. Examples included, throw two...
In Maths, we have been learning to add two three-digit numbers with exchange. We used place value counters or base ten equipment to practise exchanging ten ones for one ten or ten tens for one hundred. Please ask us to explain our learning as we...
This week, year 5 has been using the hands-on learning approach to understand equivalent fractions. We folded strips of paper into, halves, thirds, quarters, sixths, eigths and twelfths. We created a fraction wall using the strips of paper and used this to find as many...
This week in year 6, we have been practising multiplying fractions with whole numbers. We have also applied our knowledge of multiplying fractions to reasoning and problem-solving questions. In English, we have been analysing recount texts and have planned dour own recount based on the...
This week in Year 1 we have been exploring part-whole models. The children used stem sentences to explain how their number was composed. They enjoyed using practical objects to identify the parts and wholes and create their very own part-whole models. [gallery ids="17668,17669,17670,17671,17672,17673,17674,17675,17676,17677,17678"] ...