Eastgate group 1 have been learning to count in 5s and 2s. They are getting very good at them! We played a game where we had to pass five to the next person as we high fived them. Why not practise counting in 5s and 2s at home?
Today, Group 3 explored sharing and grouping strategies and used them to solve division word problems. The children then made links between multiplication and division and used the inverse calculation to check their answers.
Today Year 4 focused on adding fractions greater than one. We built upon our previous knowledge of adding fractions within one and applied this knowledge to our new learning. Using a range of pictorial representation year 4 learnt effective ways of adding fractions before having a go independently. Well done year 4!
Today in Maths, Year 5 were comparing and ordering decimals up to three decimal places. We used our knowledge of place value to help us identify smaller and larger decimals. We played a game in partners where we used a dice to create a decimal, we then used our star words to compare the size of these decimals.
Home Learning – Wednesday 7th February 2024
This Wednesday afternoon we would like you to complete some of the following tasks.
When you complete a task from the list below, you should upload it to your portfolio on your dojo account or you can bring in anything completed on paper into school tomorrow.
Reading:
Can I remind parents and children that we expect three signatures a week from parents in your child’s reading record to show that children have read at home either to a parent, a sibling or independently.
Book Review
If you have read a good book recently and you’d like to recommend it to others, write a book review which we can share with the rest of Westgate.
Maths:
To support your child’s learning please use the following links
Y5: Please continue to practise your understanding of fractions. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zhdwxnb/year/zhgppg8
Y6: This week, we will be learning about measure, reading measurements and converting measure. To consolidate your understanding use the following link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z4nsgk7/year/zncsscw
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z9sfr82
Please use TTRS to practice your times tables: https://www.ttrockstars.com/login
You can also use arithmequiz 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 to practice a variety of arithmetic style questions to improve your fluency. Please focus on adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing fractions.
https://www.candomaths.org/arithmequiz1.html
https://www.candomaths.org/arithmequiz2.html
https://www.candomaths.org/arithmequiz3.html
During half term…
Tuesday 13th February – Shrove’s Tuesday.
Write instructions on how to make a pancake. Take photos of your pancakes and upload them to your portfolio.
Wednesday 14th February – Valentine’s Day.
Write a Valentine’s Day card or poem and share it with someone you love. Create a Valentine’s Day drawing.
Spend time with your family this half term, if you do anything interesting that you’d like to share with us you could write a diary entry, vlog it, write a letter or take photos (get creative). You can then upload it to your portfolio. Thank you for your cooperation,
Miss Taylor and Miss Southam
Today we have been grouping numbers into tens and ones. The children have been so clever and represented their numbers using cubes, tens frames and bead strings! Have a look at these pictures to find out more!
This week Year 6 have been consolidating their understanding of area and perimeter. The children went outside and measured the perimeter of different rectangles on the playground. The children used a variety of strategies to help them calculate perimeter. l+w x2, (lx2) + (wx2) and l+l + w+w.
Today in Maths, Year 5 were looking at improper fractions. We know that an improper fraction is where a fraction has a greater numerator than denominator. We then learnt how to convert them into mixed numbers using different strategies. The children worked really well in their talk partners to then convert fractions from improper to mixed number, as well as represent them pictorially.
This Wednesday afternoon we would like you to complete some of the following tasks.
When you complete a task from the list below, you should upload it to your portfolio on your dojo account or you can bring in anything completed on paper into school tomorrow.
Reading:
Can I remind parents and children that we expect three signatures a week from parents in your child’s reading record to show that children have read at home either to a parent, a sibling or independently.
Maths:
To support your child’s learning please use the following links
Y5: Please continue to practise your understanding of fractions. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zhdwxnb/year/zhgppg8
Y6: This week, we will be learning about measure, reading measurements and converting measure. To consolidate your understanding use the following link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z4nsgk7/year/zncsscw
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z9sfr82
Please use TTRS to practice your times tables: https://www.ttrockstars.com/login
You can also use arithmequiz 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 to practice a variety of arithmetic style questions to improve your fluency. Please focus on adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing fractions.
https://www.candomaths.org/arithmequiz1.html
https://www.candomaths.org/arithmequiz2.html
https://www.candomaths.org/arithmequiz3.html
Art:
We have been learning about how artists influence society and how they influence other artists. Create a piece of art with the intention of influencing… could it be focused on getting more people to recycle, brush their teeth, exercise… The more creative the better!
Internet Safety
Next week, we will be looking at online bullying. Create a poster about how to deal with online bullying.
Thank you for your cooperation,
Miss Taylor and Miss Southam
This week year 6 started their measure unit in Maths.
The children used different units of measure and different equipment to measure objects of their choice.
Mrs Bevan also asked us whether our arm span was the same length as our height?
The children investigated this and discovered that for most people their arm span length was either exactly the same or very close to their height!
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