We’ve been back exploring 3D shape this week and we enjoyed building some of our 3D shapes out of playdough and lollipop sticks. So many good discussions about the difference between rectangles and cuboids and how best to support the ‘struts’ of our structures. Is it a cone if there’s nothing supporting the base?

In our revisiting of 3D shapes and as part of our traditional tales exploration we used different shapes to make Rapunzel’s tower. We only managed to get to 15 cubes, cuboids and a cone as a whole class but one group managed 18 shapes in their later provision exploration. Lots of good discussions about rolling on curved surfaces and stacking. When comparing ‘cones’ and ‘pyramids’ it helped us to think about which one might be nicer to eat an ice cream out of!

Year 5 were treated to a very exciting, hands-on afternoon today coordinated by Mr Magnall our sustainability lead and Aqua Consultants (engineers) as part of our 18-month Royal Society biodiversity project. The children worked on 4 projects across the afternoon: building hedgehog houses, bird boxes, insect hotels and composting. There was plenty of opportunity to get involved with the power drills, hammers and saws and the children were fantastic at following instructions and working collaboratively. Who knew there was so much Maths in building… from measuring, angles, shape, depth we discussed so much throughout the afternoon.

Reception have been very busy sorting triangles and circles in their Maths lessons. The children collaborated to create this fantastic Art piece inspired by the well known artist Wassily Kandinsky.

Mrs Woodthorpe was very impressed with her Year 3 group this week who were working hard to get to grips with place value.

We loved welcoming lots of families and children in this evening to play some Maths Games with us at games night. So many smiling faces and pride when they received their certificates at the end! We played lots of games with a focus on subitising, dice patterns, number bonds, part-part-wholes and measuring. Thank you to all those who came along!