September 2020 – P6.24 Blog 2023/24

September 30, 2020

HTU thinking

Here we are outside getting into our shape for the week, a pentagon. We used shells to help us get organised correctly.

We spent lots of time practising making numbers using the rainbow sticks and enjoyed competitions making the largest and smallest numbers we could.

We also enjoyed some problem solving as we worked out all the different numbers that we could make with our selected sticks depending on which colour was which value. The second picture shows a set of sticks that could only make one three digit number no matter what value each colour was.

September 16, 2020

Outdoor mental maths

Learning outdoors was great fun today even though it was a little chilly.

We started by playing a logic game in our shape of the week, a square. After that we moved on to revising and practising some of our mental maths strategies by playing a team game using number stones. All we had to do was organise the numbers into the best pairs or groups to help us add them together in our heads. Finally we played a mapping game with, cones, numbered balls and maps.

What a busy afternoon! 😊

September 9, 2020

Orienteering

Everyone did really well today learning how to play a new orienteering game. During this game we revised how to read the o’clock time on an analogue clock, using phonics to help read and write new words as well as matching and sorting – all whilst being outside in the very mixed weather!

September 2, 2020September 16, 2020

Outdoor learning

What a day ! To say we got a bit wet would be an understatement!

We got ourselves outside and into our shape for this week, a triangle, as we planned our learning together.

The rain came down in buckets as we learned all about maps and how different objects can be symbols to represent different things on a map. We decided that grass could represent grass, leaves could represent trees and sticks could represent the pitch.

We were covered in grass once we got back to the school door, so Frank helped some of us dance it all off before we trailed it all inside!