We decided to go outside to learn while it was still cool in the morning. We painted our words with water on the ground and on the walls; we used up our energy on the adventure playground ( we we had been sitting for a long time at the Talent Show) and we went into the Outdoor Classroom to do some oral maths. 😎☀️☀️☀️
Category Archives: Numeracy & Mathematics
Just Another Fun Packed Day in 1.3
It’s another day in 1.3 learning through play. Some people built towers and measured each other. Some people did maths with the ducks. Some people sang “5 little ducks”. Some people were creative with the play doh and some people drew pictures with wonderful stories. Mrs Arbuckle read a story , which led to a discussion about astronauts that she hadn’t even dreamed about this morning! Mrs Arbuckle doesn’t ask them to do these things…. it all happens naturally. 😁
Maths and Language Play
Our maths and language today was about using different games and taking turns and cooperating . There was an immense sense of pride when they completed their tasks.
Right Angles
Some of us had to on a hunt for right angles. We knew to look for the “L” shape, where to straight lines meet. There were lots around our room.
“We haven’t done any work today!”
When we review our day, Mrs Arbuckle is often told “we haven’t done any work today!” This makes her smile. Play makes us learn so much, but we don’t realise it’s work! Balancing nuts and bolts? That will be maths. Building a den? That will be STEM. Looking at our plants with magnifying glasses? That will be science. Touching the meteors and the moon rocks? That will be STEM. Reading stories? That will be literacy…… and so it goes….😁👍
Busy As Ever
We learn something new every day in 1.3. The children often use their imaginations and do things that Mrs Arbuckle had never even thought about! Great learning!
Sumdog
We love Sumdog in 1.3. It is such a good way to learn numbers, addition and subtraction. We use it as part of our homework every other week and we look at the number of questions each child has answered when we are altogether in class. We use it for our iPad sessions in class just now. The chat about numbers is brilliant! 😁
Maths In Action
Today, there was a lot going on in maths. Some were making pictographs; some were learning about greater then and less than and some children were learning about different ways to record numbers. We all learn in different ways.
STEM Fortnight
Our STEM Fortnight was launched on Friday at a whole school assembly, led by Mrs MacGregor, who has coordinated our events. Our guest speaker was Heather Reid MBE, (aka “Heather the Weather”) who was a BBC weather reporter and is a very clever meteorologist.
We have lots of STEM activities planned and lots of visitors coming in to our school. We also have a STEM Showcase evening on 21st March at 6pm – 7.30pm for pupils and parents, with lots of things to see and do.
Our activities will be on the blog. We are looking forward to it.
Problem Solving
We had problem solving maths session today. We had to work together to discover who fell into different categories. We had big discussions with lots of children helping each other and it was a lot of fun.
