Today we have been checking that we remember our 5 timetables so we did some practising on the board.
Magic Maths
Category : Maths
Maths in Crew Frost
The children in Crew Frost have been working extremely hard to unpick the number 7. They used cubes to find the different number bonds to create 7 and then used this method to complete their own part, part whole model.
Writing Money as Decimals
Crew Hamill kick-started their money unit by exploring different amounts of money and ensuring we knew how to write them correctly with a pound sign and decimal point. We took part in a carousel of activities:
- Table 1 – Select a card, write the amount on the card in decimals.
- Table 2 – Money problems – choose a question, solve, repeat.
- Table 3 – Physical money – dip your hand into the box to pull out 3 amounts (coins or notes). Write your total in decimals.
Fact Families
In magic maths, we have been focusing on fact families so we worked as a small group matching the multiplications and divisions.
Pancake day came early to Crew MI
As it was Mrs Ibbotson’s last day in Crew MI today, we had a pancake party! We linked this to our work around measures and fractions in maths. We throughly enjoyed the eating part.
Exploring Equivalent Fractions
We loved our fraction lesson today where we found equivalent fractions using a fraction wall. We then started to investigate what patterns we could find.
Working on reading pace
LT: To read with increasing speed
Y5 had a challenge to read and understand a short text in under 60 seconds, then they had 4 questions to read and record their answer within 3 minutes. We had great discussions around unknown vocabulary and how to unpick what the unfamiliar words might mean.
Dividing in Y2
LT: To divide into equal parts
In this lesson, we used the cubes to help us divide amounts equally into different groups. We then had to read worded questions and some of us used our whiteboards and counters to help.
Working on our Heat Maps
Crew Hamill were inspired by last week’s TTRS battle for NSPCC in which they came first in the school and earned themselves some scooter reward time. Since then, we’ve worked hard to improve our times tables and have tried our best to improve our heat maps. We’re excited to see if we can use our new times table knowledge to beat Mrs Ibbotson in today’s times table battle!
Multiples of 50
In magic maths this week, we have been practising counting in multiples of 50. In small groups, we ordered the number and then practised reading them.
