17
May
Year 6 Maths: Ratio and Measure
In maths this week, Year 6 used their mathematical knowledge of ratio and measure to bake a Rocky Road dessert....
Mathematics
04
May
Year 6 Mathematics: Ratio
Year 6 (Miss Mather's maths group) have been learning about ratio this week. We have used the terminology “for every” to describe the comparison of amounts within a ratio and discussed how this compares to how we describe fractions (as parts of a whole). We...
04
May
Year 6 Practical Maths Lesson: Unit Conversion
Year 6 concluded mock SATs week with a practical maths lesson, consolidating their understanding of unit conversion. Children worked in groups to determine how many 10ml syringes would be required to fill their 500ml beakers, before going head to head - in a timed relay...
29
Mar
Year 6: Adding and Subtracting Fractions
This week, Year 6 have been learning to add and subtract related and non-related fractions then write our answer in the simplest form. We then consolidated our learning by solving a series of SATs type questions....
28
Feb
Year 2 Maths: Multiplication
In Maths this week we continued our introduction to multiplication. We have been using the special maths vocabulary ‘factor’ and ‘product.’ The factors are the numbers which are multiplied together and the product is the whole. We learned that whenever one of the factors is...
28
Feb
Year 3 Maths: Using Concrete Resources to Support Addition
This week in Year 3 we have been working on column addition! We have been solving problems practically with deines and whiteboards before moving onto pictures and equations in our books. Using the deines helped us to visually see the amounts we are adding together and...
09
Feb
Year 3: Telling the Time!
In Year 3 we have been learning about time! We went outside and made a human clock and told the time in 5 minute increments. We used the whiteboards to check our answers. If you have a watch, try checking the time at different times...
09
Feb
Year 6 Money Maths Booster
In maths booster this week, the children were given money and asked to calculate the change due after each shop. Once they were fluent with the process of calculating change, pupils applied their knowledge to SATs style questions involving money....
02
Feb
Understanding Addition in Year 1
This week in Maths the children of Year 1 have been learning how to identify the addends and write the correct expression for what they can see (e.g. 1 + 2 = 3). Through the use of objects, the children noticed that if they swapped...
25
Jan
Year 6 Mathematics: Rounding
This week in maths, Year 6 have been rounding 7-digit numbers by identifying the previous multiple and next multiple of the value they are rounding to. Children were then able to apply this concept to various rounding tasks in their books to consolidate their learning....