In Maths this week we have been concentrating on using our times tables and being able to write numbers as words. We used Discovery Puzzlemaker to create our own crosswords to practice these skills.
Maths Crosswords September 17, 2009
Revision – boring? April 27, 2009
Last week in school we continued to work our hardest towards the SATs tests that we will be taking in a couple of weeks. However if you read the blog regularly you’ll know that we tend to do things a little differently in Year Six.
This week it was the turn of something called ‘Spaced Learing’. The ideas comes from neuroscience research on how the brain learns. The research suggests that the brain creates memories in short sharp reapeated blocks with gaps in between – that’s where the spaced name comes from. Pupils at Monkseaton School have been at the forefront of putting this idea into the Secondary classroom and some classes of GCSE students have achieved amazing results as a result. If it’s good enough for them…
Revision?
We built our session around solving maths problems. Everyone had to complete two sides of revision questions (about 10 mins work) and then go outside and take part in a hula hoop challenge. Then they came back in and did some more maths and another challenge. We did this about 3 or four times.
And the square root of 49 is...
Only time will tell how effective this has been, but we can say that it was a great session that had us all in fits of laughter at points and really brightened up our revision for the day!
SATs Challenge Day 9 April 14, 2009
Hope that you all had a lovely weekend and got lots and lots of Easter eggs! Here’s todays challenge.
This is a great way to get you thinking about shapes. It’s an ancient Chinese type of puzzle called a ‘Tangram’. The aim of the game ise to rotate and position the individual shapes so that they all fit inside the bigger shape. Once you get the hang of it the game is very addictive! Have a go!
SATs Challenge Day 7 April 10, 2009
Have a look at the new sidebar on our site. Its shows a collection of videos that I’m putting together on MrKp’s Useful Videos. There are some really useful short videos to help you remember things and longer ones to help you with how to do different calculations.
Today’s challenge is to try and learn one or even two of the songs that are on here. Keep checking it out – we’re going to be adding to it ourselves as part of our SATs revision when we get back.
SATs Challenge Day 3 April 8, 2009
Here’s another video to help you with your maths. This time its how to use the grid method to multiply numbers. The example here is multiplying a 2 digit number by a 2 digit number, but remember that you can use this for any size number including decimals.
Watch the video then have a go at some of the examples.
SATs Challenge Day 1 April 6, 2009
Hello Year Six and welcome to the first of the daily challenges that will help you get even more prepared for your SATs. The first challenge is for everyone who stuggles doing divisions. This method is called short division or ‘the bus stop’ method. To be able to do this you need to know your times tables well.
Have a look at the video below (don’t worry about the last example with decimals) then have a go at the examples below. If you become confident with this then it will really help.
Short Division | 3s 4s 6s | no remainders
Revision Tips Numeracy. March 24, 2009
Here are some fantastic websites for you to have a look at Year Six for when you are practicing for your SATs over the next six weeks. Click on the links and have a look around the sites – print off some practice questions and have a go.
REMEMBER – A LITTLE AND OFTEN is t he best way to revise.
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Past papers This is a fantastic resource for year Six courtesy of Cottam Primary School. The teachers have organised the past papers into all the different areas of the curriculum. Print off the questions that you need and have a go! There are even answers provided.
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Numeracy Revision Once again from Cottam Primary School this set of homework revision sheets provides a really simple revision program for all the key areas of Numeracy. Use this to practice your skills before trying out the past papers.
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Things you find difficult If you know that you find one part of Numeracy difficult then have a look at this site from the amazing Coxhoe Primary School. This has every possible link that you might need to practice any area of the Numeracy curriculum.
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Use your booklet to look up any of the skills that you need to brush up on.
Measuring in Year 1 March 2, 2009
Look how tall it is!
Some Year 1 children went outside this morning to measure things in and around school. We learned how to use the words ‘length’, height’ and ‘width’ and also how to compare things as ‘longer/wider/taller/shorter’. We had great fun! We recorded our results in a diagram.
Skipping Maths February 3, 2009
Today I watched our children in set 5 using skipping to learn their 2, 5 and 10 times tables.
Mrs Ferry and Mrs Phillingham swung the skipping rope and each child had to skip while everybody chanted. It was a great lesson and everyone really enjoyed themselves.
