Today in Maths to finish off our unit on Addition and Subtraction (for now…) we have been working in groups to solve some word problems or ‘number stories’ using the reasoning line to scaffold our thinking.

In year 1 the children have been really hands on with their learning. We have been using our double sided counters to support our learning surrounding part-part-whole. We have also been using our hands to show one part, another part and bringing them together to show the whole.

Riley in 4SH has produced an amazing first entry in his class’s Everyday Maths journal. With all the talk of a new monarch recently Riley clearly decided a trip to London was in order! See below for all his fantastic costings and inventory!

Today at Tykeoons club we have been learning about commodities, goods and services and we have been thinking about the value of these different things.

We also thought about the fact that there are things that money cant buy such as friends and happiness.

Tonight was the first meeting of our Year 3 ‘Business, Economics and Finance Club’ in Mrs Tatam-Hall’s classroom.

We were trying to understand the question ’What is Economics?’ through the concepts of scarcity and opportunity costs!

In Year 4 Maths this week we’ve been very busy getting to grips with our place value up to 10,000. We’ve been using Base 10, place value counters and blank counters to help us really get to grips with the value of different digits.

EASTER BATTLE OF THE BANDS COMPETITION

We are challenging you to compete in a BATTLE OF THE BANDS competition!

You will be representing your class as you rock your way to success against other classes in your year group. The class that scores the most points wins!

Earning points in a battle

• Every correct answer in any game type is worth 1 point towards your team’s score. In other words, you can play in Garage, Rock Slam, Soundcheck, etc and earn 1 point per correct answer.
• ? Don’t confuse Battle points with coins! Coins are separate. You still earn 10 coins per correct answer in the Garage, 5 per correct Soundcheck answer and 1 coin per correct answer everywhere else.

When can I play?

Starts: Friday 1st April at 3:10
Ends: Monday 18th April at 3:00

You can only play between 9am and 3pm each day.

There will be certificates for the highest scoring players – Good luck!

Declan has been busy grouping soldiers into armies and then adding the groups together to find out the answers to times tables questions. Mr Arnett was very pleased with your Maths skills during this task and shared your success with me straight away.

Great work Declan!

Mr Kay

Reuben used his Maths skills to bake some rolls a few weekends ago. He had to take the original quantities in the ingredient list and double them because of the number of people in his family. Reuben carefully measured the ingredients out, which were mainly measured in grams and ounces.

The rolls looked delicious – please do ask Reuben about these if you would like to take on this challenge yourself!

Year 2 have been adding two-digit numbers where they have had to cross the tens barrier. They have used base ten and then began to use the column addition method. Children impressed their teachers by coming up with various different methods to represent their answers.