Getting Stuck into Learning in the Maple Class Digging Area!
Maple Class have had an absolute blast getting their wellies on and exploring our brand-new outdoor digging area! The children have dived straight into hands-on learning, making the most of every muddy corner.
What We've Been Exploring
- Capacity & Maths: Using plant pots, the children…
Outdoor Maths: Taller and Shorter in EYFS!
Our EYFS learners took their maths outdoors today for a giant investigation into height and comparison!
Using our outdoor area, the children were challenged to build stacks and towers that were taller or shorter than a target height!
Hands-On Building Materials
The children worked in…
Outdoor Maths: Exploring Teen Numbers and Partitioning!
What a wonderful, hands-on maths lesson we had today! Years 1 and 2 took their place value learning outdoors to consolidate their understanding of teen numbers using natural materials and physical movement.
Using our natural surroundings, the children represented the place value of each teen…
Fantastic Fraction Finding in Year 1!
Year 1 have been busy mathematicians this week as we explored finding quarters of a quantity!
We started by reminding ourselves that a quarter means 4 equal parts. To help us understand this practically, we used 4 paper plates to represent the 4 parts and carefully shared counting animals…
Exploring Heavy and Light in Reception
Reception have been busy exploring weight this week through lots of practical, hands-on maths activities!
We started the week outdoors by becoming weight detectives. The children searched the outdoor area for different objects and worked together to sort them into two groups: heavy and light.…
Building, Counting and Creating 9 and 10 Everywhere
We’ve been busy mathematicians in EYFS this week as we explored the numbers 9 and 10 in lots of exciting ways!
The children have been finding and making 9 and 10 using a wide range of resources, both inside the classroom and out in our outdoor area. It was wonderful to see them taking their…
Maths Challenge: Building Sausage Dogs!
In our EYFS maths lessons this week, the children took part in a fun building challenge inspired by Pig the Pug.
The children were introduced to Trevor the sausage dog from the story and were given a special maths challenge:
- Can you build a sausage dog that is shorter than…
Little Learners Measuring Big Ideas!
Our Reception mathematicians have been busy exploring length and height in their maths learning!
Last week in continuous provision, the children used playdough and pipe cleaners to create beautiful flowers. They carefully compared their creations to mine, proudly explaining whether their…
Leaping into Learning: One Less with Our Speckled Friends!
Reception have had a "toad-ally" awesome time in maths this week! Our classroom has been filled with the sound of music and splashing as we dived headfirst into the world of subtraction using one of our favourite nursery rhymes: Five Little Speckled Frogs.
Introducing the concept of "one less"…
Tower Power & Brilliant Bonds!
We’ve had a "number-tastic" week in Reception! Our current obsession with Numberblocks has taken our maths skills to new heights!
Building Up Our Skills
Inspired by their favourite blocky friends, the children set to work building number towers. We practised:
- Constructing towers from 1…
Addition Fact Families
Today in Year 1 Maths, we had a fun, practical lesson revisiting Addition Fact Families using paper plates! We learned that a Fact Family uses the same three numbers to create different number sentences.
The Fact Family
- We picked a set of three numbers (like 5, 2, and 7) and moved their…
Making 5 in Lots of Ways!
During Busy Bee time, our EYFS children explored patterns and shapes using colourful Multilink cubes. They looked carefully at pictures and worked hard to copy the designs, making sure each one used 5 cubes.
Once they had built their patterns, the children counted carefully to check there were…
