Subtracting mixed number fractions with numicon
Today in maths, Miss Alexander’s group were learning how to subtract mixed number fractions. We used numicon to help us build the fractions and convert them to improper fractions before […]
Category Archives: Key Stage 2
Y5 Away from the desk maths
This week, Year 5 have been building on their place value work in maths by multiplying numbers and amounts by 10, 100 and 1,000. We took our learning outside this […]
Y5 Poetry
This week, Y5AM explored the features of poetry as part of their work in literacy. Together, we unpicked the language features used, finding examples of figurative language including personification, similes […]
Y5 Water Resistance
This week in science, Year 5 used their knowledge of forces to investigate the effects of water resistance, a slowing-down force. The children took part in a range of experiments, […]
World Mental Health Day
In Y5/6AM we are kick starting world mental health day with some mindfulness and breathing exercises
Fantastic Forces at Gulliver’s Theme Park!
Off to a good start at Gulliver’s! We’ve experienced a fascinating tour of the theme park, where we identified the different kinds of forces used in each ride. We are […]
Y5/6AM Website design
Today in Y5/6AM, we learnt about the features in Google Sites, as well as what makes a good website, then had a go at using the features to practice creating […]
Cookies at cooking club
This afternoon at cooking club we baked chocolate chip cookies. We were so busy concentrating on accurately weighing and measuring that we didn’t have time to take many photos. Here […]
Place value practise
Y5/6AM have started the year with practising and furthering their place value knowledge. We have been using resources to read, write, partition and represent numbers all the way up to […]
Book signing
After his visit yesterday, Peter J Murray and his wife returned to school this afternoon with a range of his books for sale. He spent time chatting to the excited […]
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