Blog by Tag: Maths

Today we started our new maths topic (Decimals, Fractions and Percentages) by making jewellery. We each cut up a whole straw (worth one) into ten equal pieces (worth a tenth) and made this into a tenths necklace. Then we took a tenth piece of straw and cut this up into ten equal pieces (worth a…

We also looked carefully at the 3D shapes and drew around each face.  This helped us to see the shapes of the different faces.

We also used the polydron shapes to make our own 3D shapes.  This helped us to really think about the shape of the different faces on the shapes.

We are learning about 3D shapes in maths.  Here we are making some using cocktail sticks and marshmallows. This helped us to think about how many vertices in each shape.

We made 2 digit numbers using a range of resources and compared them using greater than and less than. 

We used lots of resources to show how we can make 2 digit numbers by partitioning into tens and ones. We used straws, ten frames, numicon, number lines and bead bars. We enjoyed exploring different ways. 

In maths we have been investigating patterns in different multiplication tables. We looked at the digital roots of the different tables and drew the shapes that these made onto circles. We were amazed by the different shapes that were created. We tried to work logically and carefully so we could…

We sorted the 3D shapes into colours and shapes.

“We’ve made a tower bigger than us using 3D shapes!” 
They named which shapes were good to build towers with. 

This week we have been looking at 3D shapes and their properties. 

In Year 4, we are working hard to learn our times tables. Using our knowledge of the tables we have learnt, we have been making our own Factor Bugs. 

We have been using Base 10 and place value counters to help us multiply 2 digit numbers. Using this apparatus meant we could see when exchanges needed to be made.