{"id":425,"date":"2026-01-07T14:34:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T14:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/fenwickprimary452526\/?p=425"},"modified":"2026-01-07T14:34:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T14:34:41","slug":"p4-5-numeracy-number-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/fenwickprimary452526\/2026\/01\/07\/p4-5-numeracy-number-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"P4\/5 &#8211; Numeracy &#8211; Number Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week in Number Talks, we have been revising all the different addition strategies we have learnt.\u00a0 We selected a chilli challenge calculation and then completed the addition calculation using 4 different strategies &#8211; adding in chunks, vertical calculations, place value and compensation.<\/p>\n<p>We had great discussion about which strategy we preferred.\u00a0 We also recognised that sometimes our favourite strategy might not always be the quickest or most efficient.\u00a0 Great work, P4\/5!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-426\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary452526\/uploads\/sites\/20812\/2026\/01\/07143351\/IMG_0625-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary452526\/uploads\/sites\/20812\/2026\/01\/07143351\/IMG_0625-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary452526\/uploads\/sites\/20812\/2026\/01\/07143351\/IMG_0625-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary452526\/uploads\/sites\/20812\/2026\/01\/07143351\/IMG_0625-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary452526\/uploads\/sites\/20812\/2026\/01\/07143351\/IMG_0625.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-427\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary452526\/uploads\/sites\/20812\/2026\/01\/07143354\/IMG_0626-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary452526\/uploads\/sites\/20812\/2026\/01\/07143354\/IMG_0626-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary452526\/uploads\/sites\/20812\/2026\/01\/07143354\/IMG_0626-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary452526\/uploads\/sites\/20812\/2026\/01\/07143354\/IMG_0626-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary452526\/uploads\/sites\/20812\/2026\/01\/07143354\/IMG_0626.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-428\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary452526\/uploads\/sites\/20812\/2026\/01\/07143356\/IMG_0627-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary452526\/uploads\/sites\/20812\/2026\/01\/07143356\/IMG_0627-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary452526\/uploads\/sites\/20812\/2026\/01\/07143356\/IMG_0627-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary452526\/uploads\/sites\/20812\/2026\/01\/07143356\/IMG_0627-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary452526\/uploads\/sites\/20812\/2026\/01\/07143356\/IMG_0627.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-325\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary452526\/uploads\/sites\/20812\/2025\/11\/20142322\/art-12.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"295\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-67\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary452526\/uploads\/sites\/20812\/2025\/09\/05135520\/art-28-230x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary452526\/uploads\/sites\/20812\/2025\/09\/05135520\/art-28-230x300.png 230w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary452526\/uploads\/sites\/20812\/2025\/09\/05135520\/art-28.png 274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-68\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary452526\/uploads\/sites\/20812\/2025\/09\/05135522\/art-29-225x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary452526\/uploads\/sites\/20812\/2025\/09\/05135522\/art-29-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/fenwickprimary452526\/uploads\/sites\/20812\/2025\/09\/05135522\/art-29.png 269w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week in Number Talks, we have been revising all the different addition strategies we have learnt.\u00a0 We selected a chilli challenge calculation and then completed the addition calculation using 4 different strategies &#8211; adding in chunks, vertical calculations, place value and compensation. We had great discussion about which strategy we preferred.\u00a0 We also recognised &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/fenwickprimary452526\/2026\/01\/07\/p4-5-numeracy-number-talks\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">P4\/5 &#8211; Numeracy &#8211; Number Talks<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26660,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[60,30,31,28],"class_list":["post-425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-article-12","tag-article-28","tag-article-29","tag-numeracy","eportfolio_category-none"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/fenwickprimary452526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/fenwickprimary452526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/fenwickprimary452526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/fenwickprimary452526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26660"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/fenwickprimary452526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/fenwickprimary452526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":429,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/fenwickprimary452526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425\/revisions\/429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/fenwickprimary452526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/fenwickprimary452526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/fenwickprimary452526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}