Reception are concentrating on their numbers up to 20 with careful counting and number formation. They will be learning to play Take Down the Wall game. This is a game played in pairs wall by removing one or two bricks at a time. The winner is the person who takes off the last brick.

To win at this game, you want to ensure it is your opponents turn when there are three bricks left. The strategy can be worked back from this to pinpoint key numbers. You might like to have a go at this at home?

Year One pupils are concentrating on measurement for the next two weeks, particularly looking at capacity. They will be using the vocabulary of most, least, more and less. They will also be introduced to units of measurement for capacity – litres, centilitres.