by Tim Harrington | Oct 16, 2024 | All Classes, Maths, Maths Leaders, News, Newsletter
Last week, children throughout the school focussed on the strategy ‘working systematically’, to solve problems with unfamiliar contexts. Children are linking their learning dispositions such as resilience and articulate to explain their mathematical...
by Syeda Ferdush | Oct 14, 2024 | All Classes, articulation, Delaunay Class 2024/25, Maths, Problem Solving, Tagore class 2024-2025
On Friday the children had a fantastic experience using dominoes as a hands-on tool for problem-solving. Working in pairs, they explored various patterns and sequences, thinking critically about what would come next in each domino arrangement. It was wonderful to see...
by Tim Harrington | Oct 9, 2024 | Maths, Maths Leaders, News, Newsletter
This week children throughout the school developed their strategies to think of rules that always enable them to win the game of Nim-7. Teachers and support staff also enjoyed exploring strategies during maths meeting this week. Other year groups engaged with problem...
by Syeda Ferdush | Oct 4, 2024 | Delaunay Class 2024/25, Maths, Problem Solving, Tagore class 2024-2025
In today’s problem-solving maths lesson, the children had a fantastic time playing a game of Tug of War! They worked in pairs, with one child as “Add” and the other as “Minus.” The goal was to see who could reach the finish line first,...
by Tim Harrington | Oct 1, 2024 | All Classes, Maths, Maths Leaders, Newsletter
Children have continued to focus on developing their exploring and noticing skills in maths this week with Problem Solving. It has been wonderful to hear children explain their thinking and justify their reasoning throughout the school. Here are just a few of the...
by Syeda Ferdush | Sep 29, 2024 | Delaunay Class 2024/25, Maths, Problem Solving, Tagore class 2024-2025
This Friday was Problem Solving Day, and our Year 2 children had a great time becoming mathematician detectives! They loved exploring different challenges and finding patterns in the puzzles. Not only did they solve the ones given to them, but they even created their...
