LI: We are learning to explore and understand numbers in our environment.

SC: I can find numbers around the school and playground.

SC: I can discuss the purpose of different numbers in my environment.

Primary 1b became number detectives this week. We explored our school and playground to look for numbers. We discovered that they are all around us and they have lots of different purposes.

There are lots of numbers in our classroom and playground for us to learn and play with:

“In school you can see numbers everywhere! We use them for counting and trying to recognise what                               number it is.”     Lucas

Daniel found numbers on our classroom date chart and Oscar found numbers on the clock in the infant department. These numbers help us to know what date and time it is. We also found numbers which help to organise lists, numbers which tell us how many points each house has, and numbers which help us to keep track of library books and story sacks.

As we hunted outside, we noticed numbers on the cars in the school car park. Finlay told everyone that these help us to know whose car it is.

We also shared some numbers we see outside of school. Isla MacKinnon, Aimee, Finlay and Brandon told us that the numbers on the front doors of their homes help them and the post man to know whose house it is. Kaitlyn has also noticed numbers on shop doors. These numbers sometimes help us to know what time shops open and close.

We are looking forward to hearing about all of the numbers the children find at home this weekend!