Maths
Making beanstalks
After listening to the story Jasper's Beanstalk, the children in Nursery used a range of resources to create our own beanstalk. First, we used pipe cleaners, twisting them around and attaching them to each other to make a giant beanstalk. Adults modelled new...
What is happening?
In the week where the weather brought us sun and rain we used mathematical vocabulary when investigating ”what does half mean”?
Using bar models to find fractions of numbers
We’re going on a length hunt…
We enjoyed measuring different items around the school, both indoors and outdoors using cubes as our non-standard unit of measure. We worked in teams to help us count, because some of the lengths were almost 100 cubes!
What is symmetry?
In maths, we have been learning about symmetry. Using mirrors and folding pieces of papers, we have explored what symmetry is and how to find lines of symmetry.
Measuring capacity
We have enjoyed learning about capacity, measuring different amounts into the bottles, using the language ‘full, half full, empty, nearly empty and nearly full’. We also learnt how to measure liquid using non standard units of measure, finding how many cups of water...