by Syeda Ferdush | Nov 21, 2025 | Articulate, articulation, Hepworth Class 2025/26, Hokusai Class 2025/26, Learning Dispositions, Problem Solving
This Friday, our Year 3s took on a fantastic strategy challenge: a game called Nim 7.At first glance it looks simple—just a row of counters and the chance to take one or two at a time.But very quickly, the children realised… this game is full of surprises! The room...
by Tim Harrington | Oct 23, 2025 | All Classes, Maths, Problem Solving
Lansbury Lawrence are part of the Nrich Problem-Solving Schools initiative (Problem-Solving Schools | NRICH) which encourages children to apply different strategies to solve unfamiliar problems in maths. This half term, our strategy focus is Exploring and Noticing....
by Syeda Ferdush | Oct 17, 2025 | articulation, Hepworth Class 2025/26, Hokusai Class 2025/26, Learning Dispositions, Problem Solving
In today’s maths lesson, Year 3 worked incredibly hard as we revisited an activity we first tried at the beginning of the year- Strike it Out! This exciting game from nrich.maths.org helps us practise our addition and subtraction skills, while also challenging us to...
by Syeda Ferdush | Oct 10, 2025 | Curious, Hepworth Class 2025/26, Hokusai Class 2025/26, Learning Dispositions, Maths, Problem Solving
This week in maths our Year 3 classes enjoyed investigating number patterns using two yellow dice and one white dice. The children began by rolling the dice, adding the numbers on the two yellow dice, and then subtracting the number shown on the white dice. For...
by Syeda Ferdush | Oct 3, 2025 | articulation, Curious, Hepworth Class 2025/26, Hokusai Class 2025/26, Problem Solving, Reflective, Resilient
This week in Year 3, our maths lesson turned into a brilliant game of strategy and teamwork! We played noughts and crosses but not just for fun. The children were challenged to work in teams of three to discover if there’s a way to play so that you never lose. They...
by Syeda Ferdush | Sep 12, 2025 | Articulate, Curious, Hepworth Class 2025/26, Hokusai Class 2025/26, Maths, Problem Solving
Today in maths, Year 3 had a fantastic time putting their problem-solving skills to the test with a game called Strike it Out! Using a number line from 0 to 20, the children worked in pairs, taking turns to cross out numbers and circle either the sum or difference of...
