Year 1 - Fluency Bee -Finding Doubles
Year 1 have been using the Rekenreks to support their understanding of finding and representing doubles. The children used the Rekenreks to represent the double number and then we put this into a number sentence. The children also represented the double using their fingers.
Reception- Maths- How many ways can we make 10?
Our Reception classroom was absolutely buzzing today as the children got stuck into a making ten challenge. With piles of brightly coloured Numicon shapes scattered across the tables, there was a lovely sense of focus in the room. It was wonderful to watch them work it out for themselves. Rather than just looking at numbers on a page, they were using their hands to test their ideas—layering a six and a four or a seven and a three over the big blue 10 plates to see if they fitted. By turning maths into a hands-on puzzle, the concept of adding up really started to click. There was so much excitement as they swapped pieces and shared what they’d found with each other. It didn’t feel like a heavy lesson to them; they were simply playing their way towards a proper understanding of how numbers work.
Year 3 - Maths - Finding The Total of Coins
Hands-On Maths: Market Day in Year 3 Our classroom transformed into a bustling marketplace today as Year 3 students put their money skills to the test. Each student designed their own shop on their whiteboard, complete with a variety of items and price tags. Using a collection of coins, students took turns acting as both customers and shopkeepers. This activity provided a practical way to practice: Identifying coin denominations. Calculating totals for multiple items. Determining the correct change to give back after a transaction.
Year 5 Maths - Exploring 3D Shapes
Getting to Grips with Geometry: Year 5 Explore 3D Shapes! Our mathematicians have been busy transitioning from flat planes to the third dimension! After mastering the worlds of angles and polygons, we’ve levelled up our Shape unit by investigating 3D solids. This wasn’t just a lesson from a textbook; it was a full "hands-on" investigation. We filled the classroom with physical shapes, allowing the children to handle, rotate, and examine them from every angle. What we’ve been investigating: Naming Names: We’ve been identifying everything from cubes and cuboids to various pyramids and prisms. The Big Three: Using our tactile models, we’ve been counting and recording the faces, edges, and vertices of each shape. Real-World Connections: Learning how these geometric properties help us understand the world around us. It was brilliant to see the children’s 'aha!' moments as they felt the sharp vertices of a pyramid or traced the long edges of a prism. The level of focus was fantastic—it’s safe to say our students are shaping up to be excellent geometricians!
Nursery/Pre-school- Maths- My Pattern
In Maths this week the children have been working on an arrangement of Patterns. Working on patterns helps children understand simple pattern routines which this later translates into spotting patterns in numbers (like the 10s times table ending in 0) and recognising the structure of phonics in reading.
Year 3 - Maths - Finding Unit Fractions Of Amounts
Year 3 have been smashing their fractions unit this week. We've been mastering finding fractions of amounts by using our times tables knowledge.
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Year 2 - Maths - Finding Half
In our latest Year 2 maths session, our young mathematicians turned their whiteboards into "fraction stations" to explore the concept of finding half of a quantity. By using a fraction bar to represent the whole, the children carefully shared out physical counters into two equal groups, ensuring they understood that halving is the same as dividing by two. This hands-on approach helped the pupils move from concrete objects to abstract thinking, as they visualised how 1/2 of a set of items can be calculated quickly and accurately. There was a fantastic "lightbulb moment" across the classroom as they realised that for the groups to be fair, each side must hold the exact same number of counters!
Year 6: Maths - Geometry
This week year 6 are continuing their unit on geometry. They have been focusing on understanding angles in triangles, vertically opposite angles, and how to apply their previous knowledge to new contexts.
Year 4 Maths - Tenths and hundredths on a place value chart
It's been a challenging return to school, working through our Maths Decimal topic. But Year 4 have worked hard! We have used counters on a place value chart to represent decimal numbers and help our understanding to be able to complete our classwork independently.
Reception- Maths- What Time Is It Mr Wolf?
The Reception class enjoyed a lively game of “What Time Is It, Mr Wolf?”, which gave them a fun and purposeful way to practise counting beyond ten. As the “Wolf” called out times like thirteen or fifteen, the children counted aloud together, taking one careful step for each number. This combination of speaking, listening and movement really helps to strengthen their understanding of number order and one-to-one counting. Moving across the space while working through the “teen” numbers made the learning feel exciting and meaningful. It was great to see their confidence grow as they became more comfortable counting larger numbers in such a playful and engaging way.
Nursery - Maths - Number Hunt
This week, the children in Pre-school have been sharpening their number recognition skills through a high-energy "number hunt" around the classroom. We hid twelve little chicks, each marked with a number from 0 to 11, in various spots for the children to discover during their play. The activity began during independent learning time, where the children enjoyed spotting the chicks at random. This initial phase allowed them to practice recognizing different numerals in a relaxed and exploratory way. During our focused lesson, the challenge was increased as the children were tasked with finding the chicks in the correct numerical order. This required the children to think carefully about the counting sequence, identifying which number would come next before scouring the room to find the matching chick. There was a wonderful sense of excitement throughout the lesson, and it was lovely to see the children's joy as they successfully located the next number in the sequence. This hands-on approach effectively combined physical movement with sequential thinking and purposeful number recognition.
Year 3 - Maths - Measuring Volume
Our Year 3 mathematicians have been following the White Rose Maths small steps this week, moving from "Measuring Volume" to "Measuring Capacity." We’ve been busy building our fluency by reading scales and comparing amounts using l and ml The classroom has been a "hive of heuristics" as we used concrete resources to visualize exactly what 1,000ml looks like compared to a single litre. We’ve even been practicing our bar models to help us add and subtract volumes like pros!
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