Dreaming of Division!

30th January 2022Miss K. Wilkinson

Year 4 have been working so hard this week on division in maths. They started using their times table knowledge to divide, then looked at dividing using counters and finally moved on to using short written methods.

Here they are using counters to divide (in their favourite way – writing on the tables). The children worked to divide the counters into equal groups of either 2/5/4/8/3 to answer the questions. Things got particularly tricky when we had to exchange a ten counter for ten ones.

They’ve worked so hard, I’m sure they will be dreaming of division this week!

Year 4 children working on division using place value charts and counters Year 4 children working on division using place value charts and counters Year 4 children working on division using place value charts and counters Year 4 children working on division using place value charts and counters Year 4 children working on division using place value charts and counters Year 4 children working on division using place value charts and counters Year 4 children working on division using place value charts and counters

Gorillas in the Mist

30th January 2022Miss K. Wilkinson

Our new Commando Joe is following the adventures of ‘real life Lara Croft’ Kira Salek.

We started our journey working together to rescue baby gorillas that had been captured.

The children worked in small teams to build something to rescue the gorillas but carefully so they didn’t harm them. They worked well as a team and the children realised that good communication was key to being successful!

Year 4 children taking part in this week's Commando Joe mission Year 4 children taking part in this week's Commando Joe mission Year 4 children taking part in this week's Commando Joe mission Year 4 children taking part in this week's Commando Joe mission Year 4 children taking part in this week's Commando Joe mission Year 4 children taking part in this week's Commando Joe mission Year 4 children taking part in this week's Commando Joe mission Year 4 children taking part in this week's Commando Joe mission
 

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

28th January 2022Miss K. Wilkinson

Year 6 have been learning the song Swing Low, Sweet Chariot as part of their Dimensions topic on Culture.

Here is their final rendition.

I have a dream…

28th January 2022Miss K. Wilkinson

To finish their ‘I Have a Dream’ Culture unit, Year 6 have written speeches and shared them with the whole school as part of their class assembly.

I’m sure you’ll agree that their perfect worlds sound just incredible. Well done Year 6!

A year 6 child's I Have a Dream speech A year 6 child's I Have a Dream speech A year 6 child's I Have a Dream speech A year 6 child's I Have a Dream speech A year 6 child's I Have a Dream speech A year 6 child's I Have a Dream speech

Article of the Week (Week 4)

28th January 2022Miss K. Wilkinson
UNICEF Right of the Week

This week’s Articles of the Week are: Articles 2, 13 and 17!

Article 2- You have the right to protection against discrimination.

Article 13- You have the right to find out things and say what you think, unless it breaks the rights of others.

Article 17- You have the right to collect information from the media and to be protected from information that may harm you.

This month is LGBT History Month. Perhaps you can reflect upon why it is important to listen to, learn from and celebrate people’s differences in school and in our community.

Dividing 2-digits by 1-digit

27th January 2022Miss K. Wilkinson

This week Year 3 started their new maths concept of division.

They used the place value counters to practically create a 2-digit number and then divided it by a 1-digit number.

They drew their own place value charts on the tables in pairs (which made it very exciitng!)

They had to remember to make sure their groups were equal and to share out the tens first and then the ones.

Children solving division problems using place value charts on the tables Children solving division problems using place value charts on the tables Children solving division problems using place value charts on the tables Children solving division problems using place value charts on the tables Children solving division problems using place value charts on the tables Children solving division problems using place value charts on the tables

A Gift

26th January 2022Miss K. Wilkinson

Design Technology provides children with unique opportunities to develop skills, knowledge and understanding of designing and making functional products for particular purposes and uses. The children in Year 2 are choosing one of the famous people they have studied and design and make a gift for them. As part of this task, they have the opportunity to stretch their imaginations, to design and problem solve and to understand the needs of other people.

Year 2 children working on their DT projects Year 2 children working on their DT projects Year 2 children working on their DT projects Year 2 children working on their DT projects Year 2 children working on their DT projects Year 2 children working on their DT projects Year 2 children working on their DT projects Year 2 children working on their DT projects