11
Mar
Subtraction in Year 2
This week we have been doing some really challenging maths! As a class we have found subtraction tricky but we have all persevered and now we’re subtraction super stars!...
Mathematics
04
Mar
Number towers in Reception
We have been looking at the composition of numbers and finding one more / one less of a given number. In this picture the children were building towers from a starting base of 5 blocks. They continued to add one more block after each turn...
04
Mar
Book Day maths investigation in Year 4
Year 4 looked amazing on World Book Day; we had a range of characters from Harry Potter to the Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo. In Maths, we took part in an investigation helping a school who had lost a golden envelope revealing the winner of...
04
Mar
Map skills in Year 6
We have been learning to read maps. Using the grid coordinates, we were able to find the four and six point grid references for different locations across London....
24
Feb
3D shapes in Reception
We have been exploring 3D shapes. We have been looking at what is the same and different between 2D and 3D shapes, and have gone on a hunt to explore these around our classroom! We discussed ways to describe them and used some ramps to explore...
24
Feb
Rekenreks in Year 1
In maths, we have used rekenreks to help us subtract. Why don't you ask us how they work!...
11
Feb
Exploring patterns in Reception
We have been exploring patterns! We used the story ‘Pattern Fish’ and ‘Pattern Bugs’ to name and continue a range of patterns. We discovered patterns can have more than two colours or objects in them and they can look very different. We even discovered patterns...
11
Feb
Making patterns in our Reception learning environment
We have been learning all about simple and more complex patterns. We have been making our own patterns and spotting patterns in books and body movement sequences. Additionally, we have been working together to identify the next steps in pattern sequences....
11
Feb
Using Maths manipulatives in Year 1
We learnt that our fingers are a brilliant manipulative that we can use to help us to solve equations. This week we have been focusing on subtraction. We learnt that other words for subtraction are decrease, take away and minus....
11
Feb
Missing number problems in Year 3
We have been solving missing number problems in our maths lessons. We have been rearranging the number sentences and also writing the inverse to check our answers!...