This week in P4a the children have been working very hard in our Maths and Numeracy lessons. Some children have been learning how to estimate the area of an irregular shape, others have been concentrating on number processes and  the Triangles group, who will feature in the blog this week, have been learning about multiplication.

They have carried out practical tasks using concrete materials to develop their understanding of their table facts. There was some excellent team work shown by the Triangles group, as seen in the photographs attached, when they worked together to display and record the 3 and then 4 times table.

      Team work!           

The children are becoming more confident with multiplication.

In Health and Wellbeing we have continued to explore strategies to develop resilience. We have looked at the positive impact that exercise can have on our bodies and minds and we also have explored how having FUN can have a positive impact on us too. The children have worked extremely hard this week in all areas of the curriculum so when we were discussing ‘fun’ on Wednesday we thought it would be a good idea to plan some Friday Fun to allow the children to build relationships and spend time doing things that they enjoy. The children came up with a good list. Some of the ideas included; listening to music, creating art, drawing, rehearsing a play, playing board games and using digital technologies to play Maths games. We had a wonderful afternoon!

We have really enjoyed the class discussions (blethers!) that we have had during our Health and Wellbeing time and the children have said how much they have enjoyed involving family at home in the discussions too…so thank you for joining in.