Blog by Tag: Maths

Year 2 have been revisiting number bonds to 10 in preparation for learning number bonds to at least 20.

Knowledge: to recall all number bonds to and within 10 and use these to reason and calculate bonds to and within 20.

Skills: to use ten frames to work our pairs of numbers to…

Children in Year 4 have been developing their understanding of 'exchanging' in column addition by using place value counters. 

Year 2 have been exploring different equipment to find 2 digit numbers.

Knowledge: recognise the place value of each digit in a 2 digit number

Skills: to use resources successfully to support me

Vocab: place value, tens and ones

 This morning Year 5 has been estimating the volume of shapes. We have used multilink cubes to assist us, each cube measuring at 1 cubic centimetre.

We even estimated the volume of our class which was approximately 123 cubic metres (or 123250000 cubic centimetres)!

Great estimating Year…

Children have been consolidating their learning of 'Rounding Decimals' by challenging their friends to a game of Gold Rush - who won the most gold?

Year 2 have been learning all about Fractions this week!

Knowledge:  To identify 1/2, 1/4 and 1/3 of a number or shape

Skills; to understand that a fraction is a part of a whole

Vocab: denominator, numerator, fraction, part

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