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:
Stay and Play
Nursery and Reception had a lovely morning at our Easter stay and play, enjoying various Easter crafts and activities we even made some delicious chocolate nest cakes, thank you to everyone who came along to spend time in our early years setting.
Shape in Maths
In maths, we have been learning about shape and angles. We have been identifying different types of angles and used protractors to measure and draw angles in degrees. Then we calculated missing angles on a straight line, in triangles and quadrilaterals using our...
Weight
Today in Maths, Year 5 out that they would be covering a new topic; ‘Kilograms and Kilometres’. In our lesson, the children looked at grams and kilograms. They were shown different weights; 1g, 10g, 500g and 1kg. They then used these weights to compare how light and...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...