This week we started looking at shapes and patterns and the symmetry within them. Of course at some point – the mirrors had to come out and these alone can provide a lot of entertainment! After exploring symmetry in ourselves, objects around us and in the class, we moved on to shapes and pattern
This week in maths, the children completed their unit on Position and Direction. The children have spent the week looking at lines of symmetry and how to reflect shapes across a mirror line. We explore the different lines of symmetry – vertical, horizontal and diagonal – and used the mirrors to help
This week, in maths lessons, the children in year 6 have been working on geometry. They developed their learning about circles so that they understand the words “radius”, “diameter” and “circumference”. Then, they moved on to looking at the connection between the radius and the diameter.
Year Two have been learning about statistics in Maths. First, they learnt about tally marks and how they can be used to help count up objects. They practised reading different tally marks and making them themselves. Then they were ready to put their knowledge into practise and make tally charts to c
The children have had a fun Friday morning. We have re-introduced the Maths game, 4 in a line which was also played during our Year 3 Maths workshop. It required the children to not only used their multiplication knowledge but they also had to think about their tactics of what multiplication calcula
This week, the children in Year 6 have been working on co-ordinates and translating shapes on grids. They have worked in the four quadrants and have considered when the co-ordinate needs to be positive or negative and have used the age-old memory aide “along the corridor and up/down the stairs.” Onc
The children have finished their measurement unit: Mass and Capacity. Since returning to school after the Easter break, the children have focused on volume and capacity. They have worked extremely hard to understand the meaning of capacity: the amount a container can hold and volume: the amount of l
Some of the Year Two children have been taking part in a Lego STEM club. Each week they have found out about a different STEM related career and then taken part in an activity to link to these careers. First the children found out about civil engineers and mechanical engineers and completed their ow
Year One have enjoyed learning to measure this week. We started off by investigating some items that are heavy and some items that are light. Next we used balance scales to compare the weight of two objects. We discovered that when we weighed a heavy object, the balance scale went down whilst a ligh
This week, the children have been learning how to measure the mass of an object. We started off looking at different divisions on number lines (0-100) and working out the sequence by dividing 100 by the amount of intervals the number line has. The children then looked at measuring in grams. They sta
