Today in Year 4 we started our new unit, looking at perimeter and area. We discussed that perimeter is the total of the boundary of a shape and that we need to add up each measurement to find the correct perimeter. We then explored creating our own shapes in chalk and measuring these with our meter sticks. The children did very well and showcased a great understanding of perimeter!
This week, Year 6 continued to look at Time tables and more specifically this week at their Year 7 time tables. The children explored the different codes on the time tables and learnt about how most schools run on a two week time table. The children then created their own questions and asked the class a question about the time table and the children had to use their skills of skimming and scanning alongside statistic knowledge to read the time tables accurately.
Today, Year 3 have been estimating and measuring how long different activities, such as building a tower with cubes, takes to do. They have been practicing measuring accurately in minutes ad seconds using a stop watch.
This week in Maths we looked at a range of different Secondary School time tables. This has helped us prepare for next year and get a taste of what school will be like.
Today Year 3 have been taking part in different activities to understand how long a second, minute and hour is. They then sorted different activities according to whether you would measure the time taken to complete them in seconds, minutes or hours.
Today in Year 4 we continued our learning on converting measurements. The children used their prior knowledge on converting between metres and centimetres and converting between litres and millilitres to help us to convert between kilograms and grams. We then discussed what equivalent measurements were and how we can recognised these. The children spent the remainder of the lesson working in pairs to match equivalent measurements together.
This week, Year 5 have been adding, subtracting and multiplying decimals to solve word problems. The children were able to apply their known facts to derive new ones, to solve a problem.
In maths today, Year 3 estimated the capacity of different containers. They then measured the actual capacity and found the difference between the two.
Today in Group 4 we looked at estimating the length, mass and capacity of different objects. We discussed how we can make sensible estimations as we know that we would not measure the Eiffel Tower in millimetres. We then estimated the weight and length of different classroom objects such as pencils, rulers, books, dictionaries and pencil cases. We then measured and weighed these objects to see if our estimations were correct. The children did very well and made some excellent estimations.
Today in Maths, Year 5 were learning about decimals. We used our knowledge of place value to represent decimals. The children were able to use dienes, part whole models, place value charts and words to represent each decimal.
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