Last week P1 were very excited to take part in Maths week. We began investigating symmetry and used lots of practical resources to create symmetrical pictures. Drawing in the other half of the picture was tricky but we tried our best and didn’t give up! Creating patterns with the peg boards was great fun – we even asked Miss Paisey if we could do it again tomorrow! Numicon once again proves to be the most versatile maths tool and we loved using this to create symmetrical patterns.

At the end of the week we discovered that Miss Morgan had planned an exciting surprise activity – water balloon splat! Numbers 0-20 were chalked on the ground and Miss Paisey asked us questions, such as what is 5 add 3 or what number comes between 15 and 17? We used the water balloon to ‘splat’ the correct answer. It was lots of fun and a little bit wet!