Tuesday 12 June

Today we looked at groupings on numbers (multiplication). We thought this was fun because we only need to learn half of out multiplication facts then we know the corresponding facts. We also tested and now Harley and Sapphire are also on stage 5 knowledge facts!

Monday 11 June

It feels like we haven't has maths for ages! All that snow put us a little bit behind but we are still doing a fantastic job! Today we revised all of the strategies we have been taught so far. Thomas was really good at the jumping to a tidy number strategy. Lily was too quick with both tidy number strategies and once again Harley and Sammi liked using place value. Today we did a multiplication hundreds square, this was a bit scary and showed us we have lots to do still! We all need to know our 2s, 5s and 10s by now!

Thursday 31 May

Today we did a lot of knowledge testing. Sapphire and Harley are one away from moving on to the stage 5 knowledge questions! Cassie was really quick to complete the place value questions and Thomas demonstrated tidy tens for us.

Wednesday 30 May

Today Thomas and Harley got 100% in the hundreds square for the third day in the row! We revised the jumping to a tidy number strategy. Lily, Liam, Sammi, Harley and Sapphire were so quick with this! They are experts at it now. Here are some to try at home.

47 + _ = 93
66 + _ = 85
126 + _= 153

Cassie and Thomas did some special hundreds work and are getting very fast at recalling these facts.
Next week I hope that everyone will have finished their stage 4 knowledge sheets. 

Tuesday 29 May

Today we did some revision of the strategies we have been learning. We talked about tidy tens, up tens, place value and tidy numbers. Most of us are jumping with a tidy number. Sammi was so quick and got every question correct. Liam was very clever, suggesting different ways for us to solve problems. Tomorrow we will talk about tidy numbers some more because some of us still find them confusing!

Thursday 24 May

Today we did some revision. We also talked about our tidy numbers strategy which is still a bit tricky for some of us. Sammi and Liam were very accurate with this strategy. Lily caught on to this and she wasn't even here when were taught it! Please make sure that you are still practicing those knowledge questions from the sheet I gave to you. Harley and Thomas got 100 on the 100's square again!

Tuesday 22 May

Today we have been learning about the jumping up a tidy number and back a small number strategy. This is where we jump up a tidy number e.g. 46 + _ = 83, we would jump from 46 to 86 (a jump of 40), then we would jump back 3 to get to 83. So we take the 3 away from 40 to get our answer. Once again Harley and Sammi were really quick to pick this strategy up, and once Lily and Sapphire and Liam caught on they were quick too. We hope Casie is back soon! Thomas got 100 in his 100's square again!