Today wasn’t an ordinary arithmetic lesson… We played KABOOM! We were placed in groups and had to take it in turns to take a stick out of a pot. The stick had an arithmetic question on it. If we got it right we got to keep the stick for the Read more…
In Reception we have been learning about money in maths. We are becoming familiar with the different coins and amounts, by the end of the week we will be solving problems involving money and learning how to use it in context.
As we continue to learn about measures in year 2, we have been thinking about how to read different scales. We worked in small groups to carefully weigh different things like rice and pasta and we learned how to read different scales carefully. Have a look at our video. Look Read more…
This afternoon 5 members of Year 6 took part in the annual Mathletes tournament held at Siddal Moor. In the first round they competed against St. Luke’s. Heap Bridge were the opposition in the semi-final. We played against St. Michael’s in a tense final, winning by just one point. A Read more…
This week as part of our measures learning journey we have been learning how to measure capacity. We made predictions about how much water the different containers would hold then measured in millilitres using a measuring jug. Finally we compared the capacity of each container using the greater and less Read more…
These problems are SO tricky as there are so many clues ( both independent and dependent). They tested our strategies and we needed our positive mindsets! Well done everyone, some great discussion and use of strategies- especially checking at the end!
In Class 2 we have been looking at problem solving and reasoning. We have been following instructions and exploring all the possible different ways of moving the animals on the shelves using positional language.
In Maths today, Class 9 had to search high and low to find different measuring cylinders – each one contained a key ingredient for a potion that we are currently planning in our English work. The children needed to measure the quantities of each ingredient and convert these measurements from Read more…
In the Nursery we learn through play! It helps us to understand the world around us and encourages us to develop as individuals in a variety of ways. This includes our confidence, imagination, communication and social skills. Play is important as it supports early brain delevopment and because it’s fun Read more…
Year 6 have been learning how to find the area of rectangles and triangles. They had fun investigating!