Maths

Maths: At this stage the children were comfortable with the concept of multiplication so they could now apply this to their times tables that they need to be secure with. Images were used to encourage children to count in twos as well as number tracks. Resources such as cubes and Numicon were important for the […]

Maths:  This week, the children expanded their knowledge of addition and subtraction strategies by specifically finding the difference between two amounts. Both counting on and counting were modelled in this step. The children discussed which was the most efficient for different questions. Later in the week, the children continued to build on their subtraction skills […]

Maths The children compared two different values in either pounds or pence. Examples were used with both pounds and pence, E.g. £3 and 10p > £2 and 10p. We spent time recapping comparing vocabulary such as greater/less than and also use the inequality symbols. The children then built on their knowledge of addition to add […]

In Maths this week, we have had fun investigating pentominoes. We learnt that they are 2D shapes which have 5 squares connected together with no gaps. We were challenged to draw the 12 possible pentominoes and we shared our answers as a class. Then we had to cut out our own pentominoes and arrange them […]