Blog by Tag: maths
Length order
We kicked off our Maths today by looking at long and short. Lots of you have been busy ordering things around your home into length order, from longest to shortest or shortest to longest.
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Ordering the Months of the Year
This week we have been thinking about time in Maths and as part of this, have had to order the months of the year and think about what special events may happens in each month. It has been wonderful to share your videos, photos and writing.
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Thinking about time- Day and Night
In Maths today, the children have been sorting their daily jobs, routines and activities into things they do during the day and at night. What things can you think of that we do in the morning and at night?
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Subtracting Teddies
As part of subtraction in Maths today, we were looking at different ways to subtract from 5, taking away practically and then writing a number sentence. I love Thomas's challenge at the bottom, too.
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Positional vocabulary
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In Mathematics this week we will be learning all about prepositions or positional vocabulary. We worked with our talking partners today to put our bears in the correct position when the teacher called out a position word such as behind, beside or above.
Our cheeky elf is also finding himself in…
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Estimating
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We have been learning what estimation is in maths. We tried to estimate the number of Christmas baubles and then checked by counting. We discovered that it is easier to estimate when there are fewer objects.
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Outdoor Maths
This week we have been looking at shapes in maths and have been learning about 2D and 3D shapes. We have explored their properties and found various shapes in our outside environment.
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Addition everywhere
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We have continued with our topic of addition this week with a wealth of independent opportunities for the children to show what they can do on their own. Whether indoors or outdoors, the children can demonstrated their super addition skills.
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Shape Robots
In the sunshine last week the Ducklings enjoyed using the large glitter shapes to create their own robots. They are super at naming the 2D shapes now!
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Busy learning at home
Look how creative the Ducklings are at learning their tricky words, making patterns and naming shapes!
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Practical Addition
We have introduced the concept of addition this week as part of our remote learning. The children have blown us away with their response to finding everyday objects to group and add together, finding the total.
Just look at this super work.
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Repeating Patterns
The Ducklings have applied their knowledge of 2D shapes to continue a preset pattern or to create patterns of colour and shape of their own.
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