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Working with money - May 2022
Our year one children have been working with money and have been learning to not only recognise the coins but work out the different coins and quantity of coins that can be used to make different amounts. As we have noted that children have little experience at using coins, we would like to encourage families to provide opportunities for children to use coins to pay for things. We will be looking at ways that we can support with this at school as well.
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Using maths in Geography - April 2022
In Geography the children in Class Lowry have been continuing their work on climate zones and reading and presenting climate data. This week their focus was creating precipitation towers using rainfall data for some North American states. The children read rainfall charts and made bar graphs using blocks. They then, compared the data. One group discovered that opposite coasts are quite different with one having very little rainfall and the other having lots. Another group found out that the average rainfall in two states on the same coast were similar but the pattern of how it fell was quite different with one state having dry summers but heavy rainfall in winter and the other having similar rainfall all year round. Once they started the children quickly got very involved asking increasingly complex ideas and researching them by swapping data and using their precipitation towers and maps. Additionally, they have been reading, presenting and interpreting data by reading temperature tables and presenting the data in a bar graph.
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Using Multiple Methods
The children in Class Lowry have been using a variety of methods including apparatus, visualisations, reasoning and problem solving. They were then challenged to make a poster showing multiple methods for solving 6 x 7. Here are some of their posters. They really are experts at using a part-whole model or a bar model and can write number sentences using Roman numerals, word problems, visualisations or arrays.
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Subtraction with a number frame - May 2022
Our reception children have been working hard with their subtraction. Some great explanations were given to me when I visited.
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Working with Tens and Ones
Our year twos and have been using their knowledge about tens and ones to help them with their understanding when completing column subtraction sums.
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SATS Ready!
Our year twos have been working hard in preparation for their SATS and what a fantastic attitude they have.
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Working Together - May 2022
Some great maths discussion was taking place when I visited the year ones as they worked together to work on questions like the one in the picture.
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Great Strategies and Recording - May 2022
Year One have been finding half. Here they are sharing into 2 groups or groups of two to find half of a quantity - some great strategies being used.
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Cross-Curricular Maths
One of Class Newton's big projects this year has been working towards an experience outcome for creating a diarama including a "to scale" Anderson Shelter. Lots of maths skills were used as the children were given the old measurements in feet and inches which they then had to convert into metric cm, and for a final twist, they then can to convert this in 20:1 scale. It was great to see maths in practice with jottings, measurements and cutting lists. The children then had to follow their cutting list (and make sure everyone in the team has turn) cutting butt and mitre joints and securing with corner braces.
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Using practical resources
Class Lowry children have been using practical resources to support with adding and subtracting. They have been looking in particular at adding or subtracting with exchange. i.e. when crossing the 10's or 100's.
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Outdoor Maths
Practical maths outside ...
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Number Day
We enjoyed taking part in NSPCC Number Day. We all dressed up in number themed outfits and took part in a day full of fun number activities.
