Maths | Plover School

Magic Maths

23rd November 2022Joshua Meade

Making number bonds and finding one or two more or less. #LovePlover

Maths Week – Friday’s Solution

19th November 2022Stuart Longley

How many texts?

Pete, Sarah, Matt, Amy and Luke are all friends.
Each of them sends one text message to each other person. How many messages are sent in total?

Answer = 20

These past two weeks 3B have beeb grappling with a new math concept of column addition and subtraction. All have worked super hard and the progress made has been amazing! Also we now have some fabulous coaches who are a wonderful help.

Big shout out to Bahman and Olivia for doing some extra maths work out of school! Vivan has also brought in a lovely poem made at home too.

Keep up the great attitude to learning!

Miss Brown

#LovePlover

Expeditionary Maths

18th November 2022Stuart Longley

As part of the expedition – Regs to Riches: What lies within the castle walls? we have been designing and making catapults.

After successfully building two different kinds, we decided to use our maths skills and measure how far each catapult could fire the projectile.

First, we discussed how to make this a fair test.

I can make 5 and record in different ways.

18th November 2022Mrs Price

This week we have been making 5 in different ways. The children have been challenged to record what they found out. Over the week they have drawn Numicon, beads, used a part whole model and today they used numbers alongside manipulatives including their fingers. Some children are able to say number bonds without using manipulatives.

I am looking forward to next week when we learn greater and less than.

Mrs Price

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Maths Week Challenge – Friday

18th November 2022Stuart Longley

**How many texts?**

Pete, Sarah, Matt, Amy and Luke are all friends.
Each of them sends one text message to each other person. How many messages are sent in total?

Share your answers with your teachers tomorrow and check back in tomorrow for the answer

Thursday’s Maths Challenge Solution

Space Mission

A rocket blasts off from Earth heading for Mars, getting faster as it travels. In fact, the rocket’s speed doubles every week that it’s in space. If the rocket lands on Mars in week 12, in which week was it halfway there?

Answer: week 11

Maths Heroes

17th November 2022Stuart Longley

This week Year 2 have been working hard to improve their subtraction skills.

We have been looking at subtracting within and across 10. We have been really impressed by the attitudes and ‘can do’ approach towards some tricky questions. Well done!

Maths Week Challenge – Thursday

17th November 2022Stuart Longley

**Space mission**

A rocket blasts off from Earth heading for Mars, getting faster as it travels. In fact, the rocket’s speed doubles every week that it’s in space.
If the rocket lands on Mars in week 12, in which week was it halfway there?

Remember to share your answer with your teacher. Check back tomorrow for the answer.

Wednesday’s Maths Challenge Solution

World Cup Puzzle

There are 6 teams in a group. Each team plays every other team twice. How many games are there in total?

Answer = 30 games

Making 5

16th November 2022Amy Wood-Samways

This week we have been looking at what makes 5 in maths. Some children independently recording their learning on to the large sheet during provision, as well as using manipulatives to show their workings.