Blog by Tag: Maths

Year 3 were learning to read the time to the nearest minute today. It was very tricky. They used hand held clocks to help them and even matched analogue clock times to digital times. We hope to be experts by the end of next week. Any time reading activities you can do at home would certainly help.…

Year 2 are learning how to measure lengths and heights in centimetres and metres. Today they spent some time outdoors and in class measuring different lengths and heights to see if they were longer or shorter than a metre. They had great fun and were even surprised by some of their findings.

A huge congratulations to Year 5 for winning the Maths Whizz Trophy this week! After losing it last week for the first time since September, their determination to reclaim it was truly impressive. The competition is getting tougher, but with their drive and focus, Year 5 will hopefully keep up the…

In Maths this week Reception have been learning how to follow a three step instruction in order. They followed the instructions to get the toast, spread their chosen topping and then cut it. Lots of children were so pleased that they did this task independently and also they got to eat the warm,…

Year 2 celebrated the NSPCC Number Day by dressing in their own clothes or clothes with numbers on them. The explored the numbers that important to them in their lives and drew and wrote about them.

For NSPCC Number Day, we had lots of fun completing a number trail. We had to find a number and then create our own calculations that resulted in that answer. We also enjoyed a game of bingo where we weren’t given the numbers but just the calculations, and we had to figure out the…

Year 3 carried out maths activities, multiplication colouring and dressed in non-uniform number clothes. Happy Number day!t

Year 1 enjoyed celebrating Number Day by inviting Year 6 to play maths games with them. Everyone worked well together and had lots of fun. Year 6 were wonderful at supporting when needed. It was great to see all the maths being used. 

We have loved exploring the Numberblocks to celebrate NSPCC Number Day this year! 
we explored our Numberblocks shelf, including our Numberblock characters. We then had a go at making and decorating our own numberblock to add to the shelf. 
 

Reception Class enjoyed Number Day today. They all brought in a donation for this worthy cause. 

For NSPCC Number Day this year, Year 4 have enjoyed a Maths filled morning. We have played a carousel of different Maths games and have challenged each other to create our own. We’ve then explored a range of different online Maths games that we haven’t tried before. 
 

This week in Nursery we have been putting our maths prepositional skills into practise by building an obstacle course. The children placed planks on the tyres to balance and climb on. I modelled language like “on, up, over and under” to the children as they made their way along the different parts…