Blog by Tag: Maths

As part of our new Science learning, children have been grouping and sorting buttons and play animals. The children then created Venn diagrams and Carroll Diagrams.  A very Science and Maths afternoon! 

In Year 5 today, we have been building on our fraction and multiplication knowledge by combing them together to multiply fractions.
 

The class worked so hard and combined their subject knowledge effortlessly! Well done year 5!

Year 3 have learning all about fractions of whole numbers this term. We have been using lots of manipulatives and practical resources to help us understand.

Year 2 have used balances to explore how to measure mass in grams and kilograms.

Knowledge: to use standard units of measure for mass.

Skills: to use a balance accurately.

Vocab: balance, measure, grams, kilograms. pans, mass, object

This morning, children in Year 4 have been using Numicon to support their understanding of adding fractions. 

Y6 were faced with a Design and Technology challenge: to design and make their very own playground!

They had to:

• Create five apparatus designs, applying the design criteria to their work.
• Make suitable changes to their work after peer evaluation.
• Make roughly three different…

In year 1 we are beginning to compare the length and height of different objects. We brainstormed all the words we could use to compare lengths and heights. 

Year 3 use manipulatives to multiply.