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Numbers - we have been learning about our numbers to 10 using the song 1,2,3,4,5 Once I caught a fish alive.
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In our Maths this week we completed our work on addition and subtraction skills, before progressing to begin to look at place value with up to 3 digit numbers. We composed 100 in 10s and 1s before looking at how it is made up of 50s, 25s and 20s also. The class were quick to spot patterns to support with their recall of key facts.
Our children have been working incredibly hard in Maths this week! We have been developing our number fact skills by exploring doubles, near doubles and ‘first, then, now’ stories. We have also investigated commutative addition, discovering that we can add numbers in different orders and still get the same answer. The children have shown fantastic enthusiasm and resilience with their learning!
In Maths we have been practising counting to 100 and recapping our counting skills such as tagging when counting.
In Maths, Reception have been practising subitising amounts to 4 and beginning to explore the composition of numbers.
Year 1 started our unit on counting within 100. This week, our focus has been on counting forwards and backwards within 10. We have also looked at 1:1 correspondence and the cardinal principle. In our Mastering Number sessions, we have been exploring the composition of 5. In our group times this week, we are singing different counting songs to support our early Mathematical development. We will be focusing on "5 Little Speckled Frogs" and "Five Little Ducks" and the children will be counting the frogs or ducks, showing the amounts on their fingers and finding how many are left.
In our Maths and water areas, we have books and props of these songs so the children can practise their learning as they play. In order to help pupils improve their times-table skills and speed we are launching a three week times-table challenge. Pupils will be completing a times-tables race every day in school for the next three weeks. After each race, pupils will have a new target to try to beat the next day.
We will also be sending home a tables’ race every day. At home, pupils need to complete as many times-tables as possible in 10 minutes. Many thanks for your continued support. In Maths this week we have been comparing and ordering unit fractions. We initially began by comparing unit fractions when the whole is the same, before extending our learning to begin to order a number of unit fractions where the whole is equal. The class grasped this concept quickly and were able to show confidence in this. We then looked at what happens when the whole changes and the fact that when the whole is not the same. We discussed what were fair and unfair representations before finishing the week by solving problems related to this.
In Maths, Year 1 solved subtraction problems using our knowledge of ‘10 and a bit’, explored odd and even numbers within 20, doubled the numbers 6–9 and halved the results while explaining what doubling and halving mean, and used our knowledge of addition facts within 10 to add within 20.
Some of the activities in maths this week have been based on using rekenreks. Rainbows first had to orientate them correctly and understand how they work. They know there are ten beads on the top line and ten on the bottom and that there are 20 altogether. They know on each row there are five white beads and five red beads. When using the rekenreks the children need to subitise rather than count one bead at a time.
The Rainbows have been practising moving a set number of rekenreks at once to the other side of the line by subitising. They have begun to identify how many they have moved and how many are left at the other side. This is supporting their recall of number bonds to 10. |
Subject LeadMrs L Firth, Mrs D Bamforth and Mr C Holmes Archives
September 2026
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