New Maths Challenges to try!

Well done to all the boys who completed last week’s challenges.  Here are some more!

1. 50p + 30p =
2. 25p + 40p =
3. 85p + 25p =
4. 65p – 60p =
5. 95p – 15p =
6. There are 30 boys in each class and 3 classes in total.  How many boys are there altogether?
7. There are 5 puppies in a basket and 6 baskets altogether.  How many puppies are there in total?
8. Make number bonds to 30:        25 + ? = 30, 18 + ? = 30, 21 + ? = 30
9. Make number bonds to 50:        45 + ? = 50, 10 + ? = 50, 38 + ? = 50
10. How many days in a fortnight?
11. How many days in a year?
12. How many weeks in a year?

Extra Challenges!

13. £1.20 + 80p =

14. £2.50 + 70p =

15. There are 8 kittens in a basket and there are 6 baskets altogether.  How many kittens are there?

16. There are 9 boys in a team and 5 teams in total.  How many boys are there altogether?

Fun in the snow!

This week in Literacy the boys completed a comprehension activity. They enjoyed finding the answer in the text to solve the questions. The boys has lots of fun learning about similes and thought of some lovely ideas!

In Maths the boys have been solving lots of different problems using money. They started the week with discussions around money. Where does money come from? Do we need money? The boys practised to identify all the coins and their value. They created a display and used their addition skills to find totals.

1G had fun in the snow!

The boys have been exploring around the School collecting materials. They divided the materials into groups.

The boys painting the Titanic. We are looking forward to seeing all your wonderful creations of the Titanic room you were given!

 

Our week in Year 1

This week the boys listened and joined in to the story of the Gruffalo. They completed a book review about the story and created some paintings of the characters. We will be focusing on the Author Julia Donaldson and her stories over the next few weeks.

The boys display about the fours seasons looks wonderful. Please come into our cloakroom to have a look!

In Maths this week the boys have been learning about place value focusing on tens and ones. They moved onto adding two double digit numbers.

The boys have been learning about capacity today in Topic Maths. They were focusing on a litre and carried out some measuring activities.

The boys have been working hard and filled up their marble jar. They had an icing party today to celebrate. They had lots of fun! Well done boys!

Have fun with our Maths Challenges!

1. What is double 12?
2. Find half of 22.
3. Continue the pattern: 3, 6, 9, 12, ? ? ?
4. If it is 3 o’clock now, what time will it be in half an hour?

This week we have been learning how to add and subtract 10.  Can you answer the following questions:

5. 25 + 10 = ?

6. 37 + 20 = ?

7. 40 + 30 = ?

8. 12 – 10 = ?

9. 58 – 10 = ?

10. 60 – 20 = ?

Extra Challenges!

11. What is double 15?

12. Calculate half of 48.

13. Continue the pattern: 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, ? ? ?

14. What is a quadrilateral?

 

Happy New Year!

 

In art this week the boys looked at work created by artist based on the theme seasons. They created a whole class piece of Art work to represent the four seasons. Each group worked on a different season. They began using tissue paper to stain a blank canvas.

     

The boys sorted out the buttons into different colours. They discussed which colours would be most suitable to represent each season.

     

 

In Science this week the boys enjoyed exploring materials and where they come from.The boys begun by naming different materials. They found objects in the classroom made from the different materials. Presented with a variety of materials the boys sorted them into the different categories based on where they came from. If they didn’t know the answer they asked each other, looked in books and used the internet.