Year 5 Maths: Identifying Multiples and Factors
This week, Year 5 focused on Multiples and Factors in Maths. We started today's lesson with a consolidation activity identifying multiples of various numbers, then challenged ourselves to find the factors for those multiples. This practical exercise solidified the children's understanding of the two distinct concepts. This week's learning has successfully set the stage for finding common factors—a crucial skill they'll use throughout Year 5 and in future mathematics.
Year 4 Maths - Adding and Subtracting
Year 4 have been extending their knowledge of adding and subtracting numbers and have worked really hard when exchanging, or needing to change the place value of the numbers within their sums. We have also been practising making sure that we have set out our problems correctly to ensure the correct answer is obtained. Lots of counting skills have been displayed and Year 4 have demonstrated their skills well!
Reception Maths – Repeating Patterns
Our Reception children have been exploring repeating patterns through hands-on activities linked to White Rose Maths. They worked together to spot, copy, continue and create their own patterns using everyday objects. The children loved working practically – sorting, building and chatting about what they noticed. These activities not only help develop early mathematical understanding, but also encourage turn-taking, reasoning and careful observation. Learning through play is such a big part of our EYFS curriculum, and it’s lovely to see the children so engaged and confident as they explore new mathematical ideas!
Nursery - Maths - Categorising By Size
In this engaging maths lesson, the children focused on the concept of size by helping our book character, Lulu, with her birthday presents. Their initial excitement involved giving the wrapped gifts a good shake and guessing what might be inside! The main objective of the lesson was categorization by size. The children actively helped Lulu sort all the gifts into two distinct piles: big and small. Taking turns, each child eagerly chose a present and correctly placed it into the appropriate category. To support their learning and vocabulary acquisition, we utilized sound buttons and Widgit visual aids. These resources were instrumental in helping the children differentiate clearly between the terms "big" and "small." The children demonstrated a brilliant understanding of size differentiation and did an excellent job accurately sorting all of Lulu's gifts. This hands-on activity provided a fun, tangible way to reinforce early measurement concepts.
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Year 1 - Independent Challenges
We have had a fantastic week so far completing independent challenges! These vary from completing a 'colour and write' phonics challenge, to building a school using lego!
Nursery - Maths - Capacity, Full And Empty
In our maths lesson this week, the children engaged in a hands-on and sensory-rich exploration of capacity. Using a variety of different-sized jugs, along with water and pompoms, they had the opportunity to physically investigate a fundamental mathematical concept. The children enthusiastically scooped up both water and pompoms, which allowed them to learn through different textures. They quickly discovered that filling a jug with liquid was different from filling it with solid objects. As they worked, they were continuously testing their knowledge of full and empty. They had to decide when their jug was full and what to do when it was still empty.
Year 6: Maths - Understanding Common Factors
Year 6 have been using their times tables knowledge to find factor pairs of increasingly large numbers. This will help us when we move on to looking at written methods for multiplication and division.
Year 2 - Maths - Flexible Partitioning
Year 2 have been busy in maths, extending our knowledge of partitioning numbers! We've moved beyond just tens and ones to discover that there are so many more ways to split a number. This is called flexible partitioning. Instead of only thinking of 23 as 20 and 3, we now know it can also be 10 and 13, or even 15 and 8. We're getting much more confident with this new skill, which helps us with our mental maths and problem-solving!
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Year 1 - Phonics and Maths
Year 1 have been busy using this phonics knowledge to match letters to images to create the correct words and practicing number formation in provision!
Pre-school-Maths-Counting through song
In maths this week, we have been singing nursery rhymes such as Five Little Ducks, Five Speckled Frogs and Five Cheeky Monkeys. The children enjoyed acting them out as they sang. They also had the chance to practise recognising numbers 1 to 5 using flashcards.
Reception - Maths- Matching
The children had a wonderful time in maths today, going outdoors to find different natural objects in the gardens. The children selected leaves and sticks of all different shapes and sizes. When we got back to Reception, we looked through what we had found and started to put some order to them. We were looking for objects that looked the same. Did it have the same colour? Was it the same size? Did they look the same? The children pointed out that the leaves looked the same colour but they were a different size. Sticks matched in length and colour. Working together we matched a lot of the objects up and made groups.
Year 5 Maths - Place Value with Gattegno Charts
Year 5 students have been exploring the fascinating world of place value! Using Gattegno charts, they've been busy mastering how numbers change when we add or subtract 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000, or even 100,000. These charts have been a fantastic visual tool, really helping the children grasp the true value of each digit.
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