Over the past two weeks, Owls have been thinking carefully about comparing numbers in Maths. The children were introduced to 3 important signs to compare numbers and objects, greater than, less than and equals. Yesterday the children worked in teams to order objects from either the smallest number to the greatest number or the greatest … Continue reading
Today we were looking at our solar system and the planets that reside in it. We discussed how far the planets were away from the sun and the distance between the them. We also investigated the sizes of these planets in relation to the sun. Our activity was to attempt to recreate the distances from … Continue reading
We have been estimating and measuring this week and are able to measure in m, cm and mm! Have a look at some of the children in action:
This week in maths we have returned to measuring in cms and mms. We chose whether to use a ruler, a metre stick, a tape measure or even a piece of string to measure certain objects. We can also draw straight lines with a ruler in any direction including vertical, horizontal and diagonal. We know … Continue reading
Today Duckings created their own bar graphs to show different types of vehicles. We then took a walk to a grassed area, set up camp and watched the traffic from a safe distance. We used our graphs to count and record the different vehicles that we saw. We saw lots of cars and vans, only … Continue reading
Congratulations to Reef for coming 1st with time spent learning this week in Year 4, Missy 1st in Eagles and Mbaling 1st in Year 5.
This week Yr 4 have been using a new Numeracy website we have access to. The children seem to be really enjoying the games based maths learning resource, they know their log ins and can also play at home. It is a fun way to improve Numeracy skills.
On Monday and Tuesday in Owls Class we have been learning about capacity. We have learnt about how different containers of different sizes hold different amounts of liquid. We were able to go outside using the water table and had to use the terms ‘Full’, ‘Nearly Full’, ‘Half Full, ‘Nearly Empty’, and ‘Empty’ with lots … Continue reading
For the last two weeks we have been looking at statistics and data in Maths and the information that needs to be added to a graph. First we looked at a Tally, which we are all quite confident in doing as we use a tally for our house-points. Then we looked at Pictograms and Bar … Continue reading
As it is currently the time for our national census, we have been thinking about the census, data and various types of graphs. The children have created vertical and horizontal bar graphs, block graphs, line graphs and pie charts on a computer, as well as completed tally charts and coloured the rainbow on the census … Continue reading
This term the children have been looking at the Folkestone Triennial. Each class has been…
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Today we celebrated Harvest Festival in church. We learnt about how lots of food is…
