Author: Mr Roundtree

Ordering Numbers

In today’s maths session, the children were ordering numbers to 10 from greatest to smallest using cubes.

Then, the children were asked to demonstrate their understanding of numbers to 10 by choosing three numbers and completing the sentences stems.

Ridiculous rhymes

We’re very excited to welcome the CBeebies Rhyme Rocket team to Moortown Primary School on Tuesday 15 October.

They’ll kick start their visit with a whole-school show: The Ridiculous Rhyme Show. After that, for children in Y5 and Y6, they’ll lead on a TV workshop, where older children can find out more about what it’s like to work in the media world.

Read more about the performance and workshop.

Please support this exciting trip. We ask you make a voluntary contribution of £2.50 minimum for the show.

Times Tables

0, 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 33, 36

We’ve moved on to the 3 times table this week. In class, we have explored patterns in the three times table:

  • It goes odd, even, odd, even
  • If you add the digits together (15… 1 + 5 = 6), you always get a multiple of three
  • The ones column goes back to 3, 6, 9 once you get to 10 times 3 or 20 times 3 or 30 times 3
  • What arrays can we make?

We talk about how we can use facts we know to work out fact we’re less confident with:

I’m unsure about 8 x 3 but I know 5 x 3 and 3 x 3 so I can add them together to get 8 x 3.

Rather than just answering questions or reciting the times table at home, see if you can explore the times table like we have in class.

04 October 2019

This week’s homework is Talk Time and is due on Thursday 10 October.

Is it ok to cut down trees to build more houses?

Around the dinner table, in the car, over breakfast or before bed, see what different people in your family think about cutting down trees to build more houses. Let other people know your opinions and see whether you can come up with some strong arguments to back your opinion up.

In your homework book, note down some key bullet points from your discussion so that we can discuss this together in class.

04 October 2019

This week’s homework is Talk Time.

Is spending lots of time on a computer, iPad or tablet a good thing?

In our topic sessions, we are designing and making a new product. Computers, iPads and tablets are very popular products with both children and adults. They help us to learn lots of new things. However, it’s a good idea to limit screen time. With your child, discuss the pros and cons of spending time on computers, iPads or tablets.

The homework is due on Thursday 10 October.

04 October 2019

This week’s spelling activity focuses on the ‘ue’ sound and the alternative graphemes for them: ue, u-e, ew.

Think of ten words which include the ‘ue’ sound and list them here:

  1. ____________________________
  2. ____________________________
  3. ____________________________
  4. ____________________________
  5. ____________________________
  6. ____________________________
  7. ____________________________
  8. ____________________________
  9. ____________________________

Now place your words into the grid which is in your homework book. They can be horizontal, vertical, diagonal, backwards, criss-crossing. Fill in the blank space around your words with random letters and challenge someone to complete your word search during homework review on Thursday 10 October.

Comparing Objects

In Year One, we have been developing a good understanding of how to compare two groups of objects using the terms more than, less than and equal to. In the pictures below, the children are working in pairs to demonstrate their understanding of this.

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