Category: Maths
Year 6 Measuring Up
Are Year 6 just having a rest in the sunshine? No, this was one of our Maths lessons this week. We were testing the idea that you were as tall as the span of your arms. Each child had their span measured, then we compared it with their height. In nearly every case, these measurements were…
Little Lyndhurst – Positional language
In Pre-Reception in Little Lyndhurst, the children have been learning about positional language in maths. They worked together as a class to work on – on/ under, in/ on and in front and behind. The children then got to put their bear in the location given to them. They enjoyed putting their bears in the…
Little Lyndhurst – Capacity
Nursery and Pre-Reception in Little Lyndhurst love playing with water and they were very excited to learn all about capacity using different amounts of water. They had lots of fun ordering the bowls from full through to empty.
Little Lyndhurst – Weighing scales
In Nursery and Pre-Reception in Little Lyndhurst, they have been enjoying looking at balancing scales as part of their maths activities. All the children have enjoyed estimating what object they think is heavy and light. They all had the opportunity to use them independently and see whether their guess was right.
Little Lyndhurst – Measurements
In maths, Nursery and Pre-Reception in Little Lyndhurst have been working on tall and short. The children enjoyed working in groups and individually at ordering objects from tall to short. The children then went on a mission to find objects around Little Lyndhurst’s building that were taller or shorter than their mop poles. They had…
Reception Number bonds disco
Reception had lots of fun taking part in a number bonds disco. They had to pair up the right partner to make number bonds to 10. There was some great dancing and some brilliant maths work getting the number bonds to 10!
Year 3 Measurement
Year 3 have been learning all about measurements. The children have learned the equivalency between mm, cm and m and used it to add and subtract measurements. The children enjoyed putting measuring into action by measuring each other to see how tall they were.
Little Lyndhurst – Maths Carousel
During maths this week we have been splitting the children around three tables to form a carousel. On table one, they had to add the correct number of spots to the caterpillars body. Table two had to choose a card and add that number of counters. Table 3, had to roll the dice and quickly…
Little Lyndhurst – Number Five
During our maths sessions in Pre-Reception, they have been working on the composition of five. Using counters to separate and describe what they can see for example, I can see 2 and 3, and getting them to understand it makes 5 altogether. The children have also been doing some great counting out to match to…
Little Lyndhurst – Puzzle Workshops
We were delighted to welcome back The Problem Solving Company for their fun and engaging puzzle workshops. For the first time the whole school were able to experience the delights of collaborative puzzle solving from Pre-Reception to Year 6. Pre-Reception and Nursery enjoyed working together to solve different puzzles. Their first challenge was to match up different…