Category: Maths

Happy Friday, Phase One! I hope you’re all well and ready to complete some maths learning at home – Do not forget to upload any photos of your work or additional learning onto tapestry.

We also like to see and hear what you have been up during the half terms – feel free to upload those too.

This week, Reception children have been focusing on sequencing and ordering along with exploring time. We have sung nursery rhymes and sequenced them by using the language of ‘first, next, then, after and last.’ Try and make a sandwich of your choosing (with your grown up of course!) and see if you can explain which order you completed the task – what did you do first? What did you do next? What did you use? This is an excellent opportunity to work on a variety of skills – cutting, spreading, naming foods, communicating, following instructions and of course the reward of eating something you have made is always fun.

This week we also explored various ways to measure time and guessed if certain activities would take you longer or shorter than a minute to complete. What can you do at home that takes longer or shorter than a minute? You could record your findings by drawing, writing them down or you can take a photo, along with your comments?

Every day, we practice remembering the days of the week and reciting them in the correct order. We have tried really hard to also speak in full sentences to explain ‘today is Friday, yesterday was Thursday and tomorrow will be Saturday.’

See if you can continue with this learning during the half term by talking about your days and activities, also try asking what day it was yesterday or asking your child to recall what they have done.

Year Ones have been working on their addition and subtracting skills along with working out the differences which could be more/less or fewer.

Take a look below and see if you can work out these equations by applying your number bond knowledge-these are 2 numbers that make a pair to make an equation – it could equal to 10/20/30 etc.

If Year Ones would like a super tricky challenge take a look below and see if you can complete the tasks and then explain how you worked out the answers.

Have a wonderful half term – look forward to seeing you all back on Tuesday 1st March.

LO: To further explore properties of 3D shapes

– I can identify 3D shapes

– I can discuss the properties of 3D shapes

– I can discuss similarities and differences

Following our last lesson, we got creative with 3D shapes today. We identified a range of 3D shapes and discussed what was similar and different. We thought about faces, edges and vertices and also identified the apex of a cone and pyramid.

We used the shapes to see if they would stack or roll – we thought about what might happen and made a prediction and then tested our theory. We used our knowledge of round/ straight and curved/ flat to help us predict and reason about what we had found out.

During Maths this week reception children will continue to explore sequencing and measuring time. We will be looking at sequencing nursery rhymes such as; Hickory Dickory Dock, Humpty Dumpty and many more. Make sure you practice singing or listening to these at home, ask your child what happens first, then, next and last. Can they retell it in the correct order? Challenge them by asking what came before or after a specific part?

We will also be identifying what we can use to measure various times such as, seconds, minutes, days of the week and years. Ask your child if they can explain what they can use to measure the minutes or months?

We will be looking at our Hickory Dickory big picture, this is where children are invited to come up the front of the class and share ‘what they can see’. We speak in full sentences using our star maths words – look at the star words we will be using this week. Ask your child to explain each star word and even ask them to use it in a sentence.

Year One’s continue to learn about addition and subtraction and the various strategies they can use in order to find the difference.

Take a look at the picture below and see if your child can work out the answer. Ask them how did they work out their answer, can they explain and prove it to you?

Watch this video all about ‘the differences’ – there is a catchy song which may help you. To challenge yourself, think of all the ways you can make the difference by using any two sets of numbers (grown ups play along, don’t forget Maths is always fun when there’s more than one!) As always, any additional learning can be shared on Tapestry, golden tickets are awarded for your child’s hard efforts to continue their learning from home.

NOT THIS TIME! wELL DONE EARTH, AGAIN!

A special well done to those ‘Rockstars’ listed below – TOP FIVE PLAYERS.

A new battle has begun – Who will win this week? Get playing now, especially if you are at home in isolation.

If you have lost your username and password, then contact Mrs. Peyyeti (ppeyyeti@st-pauls.gloucs.sch.uk), or your class teacher.

During our Maths lessons this week we shall be exploring comparing two sets and find the difference in a range of contexts, using the language of ‘more, less, fewer’ in order to work out the ‘difference’. We shall also be learning about when seasons change and during which months special occasions happen, it maybe a religious festival, birthday or special date which has personal meaning. Try practicing the days of the week and months of the year at home?

Ask your child, what days do they attend school? Which days do they partake in a club or activity outside? ‘I have swimming lessons on a Friday, on Saturdays I play football’. We will be looking at ordering the days of the week and also answering such questions as ‘if today is Tuesday what day will tomorrow be? If today is Monday what day was yesterday?’ Try and practise this at home.

Along with our seasonal learning, we will also be looking at comparing two sets and comparing the difference. Take a look at some of the ways we can compare two sets –

Maybe try and create your own ‘find the difference’ questions – remember to capture any home learning via photographs and upload into Tapestry.

WATER – 2ND AGAIN!

A special well done to those ‘Rockstars’ listed below – TOP FIVE PLAYERS.

A new battle has begun – Who will win this week? Get playing now, especially if you are at home in isolation.

If you have lost your username and password, then contact Mrs. Peyyeti (ppeyyeti@st-pauls.gloucs.sch.uk), or your class teacher.