Finchampstead C of E (Aided) Primary School
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Outdoor learning to support our statistics in Chaffinch.
Year 4 supported their work on the properties of 2D shape by making examples with natural materials outside. This was a great way to reinforce our learning.
Problem solving has been tricky in year 2 so we took our learning outside to help us.
Chaffinch enjoyed making clocks in the playground to support our learning on time.
Bullfinch were exploring equivalent fractions. Is 1/2 the same as 2/4? Great investigative skills.
How long is Bullfinch classroom? Definitely longer than we estimated!
Year 3 were investigating unit fractions by making fraction strips. We investigated language such as denominator, numerator, equal parts and equivalent.
February 2025: the year 5s have been using place value grids to find equivalences between decimals and unit fractions.
Working on squared paper and with rulers to perfect our shape outlines.
Learning our multiplication facts
After chalking our number lines we enjoyed the autumn sunshine to record our learning
Year 4 maths: learning how coordinates work
Capacity was proving a difficult subject in y3/4. Reading scales and estimating were especially hard. A practical lesson made all the difference - and was a great deal of fun! Our governors enjoyed it too.
May 2023: Year 3 have been challenged to tell the time to the nearest minute so we 'unwound' the number line on the clock face and made our own copy. Now we can see how the numbers 1 to 12 relate to 5 to 60 using the 5x tables. We also folded it into halves and quarters and thought about 'to' and 'past' the hour.
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January 2023 Y5 Maths: we have been using Cuisenaire equipment to find the equivalence between mixed numbers and improper fractions. Using the concrete equipment helps us to understand the maths behind the written methods.
Year 2 have been exploring 3d shapes, finding out about faces, edges and vertices. After all our hard work, we created some magnificent structures!
Autumn 2022: Busy Bullfinch worked in the environment to harvest acorns. We then estimated, counted in tens and thought about place value before working on our number formation and ordering.
Summer 2022: cross curricular maths today as we looked at how much a holiday to our chosen European country would cost. We researched alternative travel and accommodation options then used rounding and column addition to work out the total cost.
Summer 2022: we were so pleased to be able to send teams to the Y6 Eagle House Maths Challenge and the Y5 Luckley School Maths Challenge. They were excellent ambassadors for our school.
June 2022: Year 5 have been learning to draw, measure and calculate angles. How would you draw an angle of 280 degrees if you only have 180 degrees on your protractor?
Year 3 and 4 : today we made number lines to help aid our understanding of time. We divided a '60 whole' into halves and quarters , then 12 equal parts so we could work out time intervals. We also looked at the concept of to and past the hour. This hands on learning has helped a lot of us to embed our knowledge of time and has helped others to start exploring more about duration, analogue and digital.
Year 6 have been investigating the different dimensions of cuboids with the same volume.
We investigated shape by making shapes with acute, obtuse and right angles. We also made patterns with one, two or four lines of symmetry. It's great to get big!
Accurate measurement with a clear purpose
Goldfinch: 'Dino-Week' - We continued our celebration of all things dinosaur with our Family Learning event. We scaled up dinosaur footprints; everyone was astounded at the size of an ultrasaurus footprint.
Goldfinch: we had to work in teams to figure out how we could use a pencil and a trundle wheel to work out the height of the trees at the park. How would you do it?
