In maths, children have continued to develop their mathematical vocabulary for positional language. Reception gathered to enjoy the story titled, ‘We Are Going On A Bear Hunt’ by Michael Rosen. Children performed the actions of swishing and swashing like the long,...
Maths
Maths Challenge Day – The Tomb of Genghis Khan
On Friday afternoon last week, 4 children from Year 6 walked down to Riverside Academy Primary School to take part in a Maths Challenge Day called 'The Tomb of Genghis Khan.' We were greeted by Mrs Johnson who told the children how the afternoon was going to work. She...
Addition and Subtraction
Our new Maths topic is Addition and Subtraction. At the start of the week, we focused on adding two 1 digit numbers. Red Group used a number line to help them find the number at the start of the number sentence, then looked at the second number to add on the correct...
Comparing in Maths
This weeK reception have been comparing sizes, mass and capacity. Earlier this week, we had a delivery from the zoo, the animals were inside different boxes. Reception ordered the boxes from smallest to largest. Reception had a shock when Mr Stamp was hiding in one of...
Working Together in Maths
In Maths this week we have focused on Number Lines. We have looked at starting and end points of number lines and learnt how to work out how much each interval is worth. In today's lesson, the children worked in partners to complete missing number lines. The first...
Colours in Nursery
In Nursery we have been learning all about colours. We have used the stories ’The Colour Monster’ by Anna Llenas and ’Elmer’ by David McKee to help us recognise and name different colours. We helped the colour monster on a colour hunt around Nursery and created our...