Maths @ St John's
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Maths News
There has been lots of great Maths learning happening across the school over the last couple of weeks.
The Prep students have been exploring Mass and Capacity through engaging, hands-on activities. The students have learned how to use hefting and balance scales to determine whether an object is heavier or lighter. They have also discovered that capacity refers to the amount a container can hold, such as identifying whether a container is full, half-full or empty.
In Year 1/2, the students have been beginning their Maths lessons with a range of games to practise fluency with basic number facts.
Here the students are using their number knowledge to work out the number on their card by asking questions e.g.
- Is my number an odd number?
- Is my number a 2-digit number?
- Does my number have 3 tens?
Have a go at playing this game at home too!!!
Over the last few weeks, the students in 1/2 have been learning about multiplication (grouping) and division (sharing). They have explored different ways to represent multiplication and division problems by skip counting, using repeated addition and subtraction, making arrays and modelling problems using concrete materials.
They used think boards to display their thinking and the strategies they used.
STEM News
Next week, we will be celebrating STEM Week across the school.
The students will be engaging in a range of STEM activities through the use of literature, various games, quizzes, tasks and investigations.
MATHS ON FOOTY DAY
On Friday 20th September, we will be celebrating Footy Day!
The students will be involved in different physical activities as well as maths and literacy activities in the classroom.
Why wouldn’t we use any fun opportunity to apply and strengthen our skills in Maths?!
FAMILY MATHS CHALLENGE
LAST WEEK TO ENTER!!!
….brought to you by our new Maths Leader, Liam!!
WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT MONDAY’S ASSEMBLY!
There are 73 pieces of chocolate in the bag. How could you sort them out to make it easier for someone to count them?
Extra challenge: How many ways can you sort them out?
Anna Hendy
St John's Mathematics Leader