Year 2

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Maths: This week, we have moved onto Geometry: Properties of Shape. Before learning about their properties, the children needed to recognise and name both 2-D and 3-D shapes to be able to differentiate between them. They began to understand that 2-D shapes are actually flat and the manipulatives they handled in class are representations of […]

Maths: This week we have been continuing our division unit. At this point, the children were feeling secure with grouping and sharing. They used this knowledge to help them divide by 2. The children represented division as an abstract number sentence using the division and equals symbol. For example: Mo and Tommy have 12 sweets […]

Maths: Children divide by sharing objects into equal groups using one-to-one correspondence. They need to do this using concrete manipulatives in different contexts, then move on to pictorial representations. Children will be introduced to the ‘÷’ symbol. They will begin to see the link between division and multiplication.   Children divide by making equal groups. […]

Maths: This week the children have been recapping and consolidating their understanding of Place Value, Addition and Subtraction, Money and Multiplication. The children were able to answer a variety of problem solving and reasoning type questions involving each of the units studied thus far. Towards the end of the week, the children were introduced to […]