Maths

Through the study of mathematics, our pupils will develop confidence and fluency in their understanding of concepts in order to reason and problem solve beyond the mathematics curriculum. They will become more prepared for the challenges presented in the world around them (for example in order to become financially literate).

Children will learn subject specific vocabulary relating to their year group, this can be accessed by clicking on these documents:

Nursery Vocabulary
R to Year 6 Vocabulary

Multiplication and Division

Multiplication and Division

In Maths, our new topic we will be covering is ‘Multiplication and Division’. Last week, we focused on multiplication, where the children first learnt how to multiply 2 digits by 2 digits, before multiplying 3 and 4 digits by 2 digits. This week, the children have...

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Measuring in m, cm and mm

Measuring in m, cm and mm

This week in Maths, Year 3 have been looking at measurement. After learning about metres, centimetres and millimetres, we had a go at measuring different items in the class and around school. We started off by thinking about which unit of measure would be the most...

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Addition and Subtraction

Addition and Subtraction

In Maths this week, we have started our new topic ‘Addition and Subtraction’.  The children added and subtracted 5 digit numbers by 3 and 4 digit numbers, before doing the same with 5 digit numbers, once they were more confident. Some of our calculations had us...

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Maths In Reception Class

Maths In Reception Class

In maths we have been looking at how we can sort objects. Today we sorted animals and buttons. We looked at all the different ways we could sort the buttons. We sorted into colours, size, shape and the number of button holes. We continued our sorting in our continuous...

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Our First Week in Year 5…

Our First Week in Year 5…

What an amazing start to our new year group we have had! It has been such a busy, hard working and extremely fun start to our year. On Tuesday, myself and Mrs Bullerwell had a lovely day getting to know our children in class. We spent the day creating our Year 5...

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Our Week in Nursery…

Our Week in Nursery…

We have had another fun-filled, busy and exciting week in Nursery. Our focus story this week was ‘Pirates love underpants’. “These pirates SO love underpants. They’re on a special quest to find the fabled Pants of Gold, for the Captain’s treasure chest.” On the Art...

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Maths – Capacity

Maths – Capacity

In our Maths lesson this week, we have been learning all about Capacity. Our first activity was making sweet and delicious lemonade! First, we washed our hands, then began cutting some lemons in half. These lemons were then put into a bowl and left to the side. After...

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Spreadsheets – Maths Game Challenge

Spreadsheets – Maths Game Challenge

Today Year 4 were challenged to create their own multiplication game using the skills and tools they have learnt with Spreadsheets. The children were able to successfully use and include the following in their game; the timer, the random number selector, the spinner...

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Our First Week Back in Nursery…

Our First Week Back in Nursery…

We have all had a fabulous, busy first week back after half term! In Maths, we have learnt about the number 4. We showed representations of number 4 on our fingers, on domino cards and numicon. We also made our own number blocks man by joining together blocks of 1 up...

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Goldilocks and The Three Bears

Goldilocks and The Three Bears

This week in Nursery we have read the story ‘Goldilocks and The Three Bears’. In and around the classroom we have took part in lots of activities based on the theme of the story. Instead of water in our water area, we played with porridge oats. We enjoyed filling and...

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