This week in Maths we are learning about division. We have practiced sharing counters to divide and then moving to the pictorial version of this by drawing circles to share sticks into in our books.
We are now moving on to recognising the link between division and multiplication. We can’t wait to show our parents what we have learnt next week!
In Maths we are exploring multiplication. We practiced sharing twelve counters into equal groups and finding different calculations.
Today we continued learning about the place value of numbers. We started with a paired challenge. Miss Williams gave us the number 54 and we represented it in lots of different ways.
Today in Maths we began exploring place value. We represented our numbers using dienes and practiced writing them and drawing them.
Today in Maths we started learning about place value using counters. We practised making different three digit numbers using them. We even had a try with numbers containing a zero. We had a very good first try!
During this afternoon’s Computing lesson with Mr Baddhan, Year 2 Toucans used Purple Mash’s 2Go to create different shapes using directions.
They were challenged to create two shapes, square and a rectangle, using different line colours. They used many right-angles for the square and rectangles.
Toucans already know that a right angle is an angle of 90°, as in a corner of a square.
Don’t forget Toucans; you can access Purple Mash at home using your login.
In Maths we have been learning about a new fraction this week – one third. We have used counters and cups to practise sharing into thirds and whiteboards to draw sharing circles.
We are now working on writing and solving our own fraction calculations.
In our Computing lesson this afternoon we practiced using 2Count on Purple Mash to make our own pictographs. We then had to use our Maths vocabulary to write facts about the graphs we made. It was great fun!
We have had a very busy week this week in Toucans class! We have continued with our research about the North Pole and are ready to write back to Professor Pole now. We have used atlases to find different countries in the North Pole and found out more about the temperate and landscape.
English
In English we have been reading lots of books by Hans de Beer. He has written a series of books about a character called Lars who is a little polar bear. We have enjoyed them all and made book reviews.
Maths
In Maths we have been learning about 2D and 3D shapes. We have learnt some new vocabulary including vertices and quadrilateral. We have learnt to name and describe shapes and even had a go at making shapes from nets.
Today Toucans had a wonderful Maths workshop! Parents were invited in to see how their child had learnt about multiplication and division.
The children were very confident at explaining the Maths they had learnt and the parents were very quick learners!
Parental feedback was very positive and we truly thank you for your comments. Here is some feedback from the evaluations parents completed:
Thank you to all the parents who attended – the children really enjoyed it.