In maths we have been adding 1, 10 and 100 .
Category Archives: Maths
Angles
Kestrels have been looking at angles in their latest maths topic; they are quite the experts now at naming, measuring and drawing angles such as acute, obtuse and reflex angles. The topic ended today with an exercise in 3D shapes. The shapes we have in school came in very useful to help them identify the edges, vertices and faces. Take a look.
Square and Cube Numbers
This week, Kestrels have been learning about square numbers and cube numbers. They made good use of the multilink cubes to discover how a number can be cubed. It really helped with their understanding and the lesson was a real success!
Polygons



Fun with Fractions!
What a wonderful start to the week Kestrels had!
Year 5 absolutely powered through there fractions work, they made light work of multiplying fractions. Last week they looked at unit fractions (fractions that have 1 as the numerator) and this week they looked at non-unit fractions.
The whole class could see clearly that a simplified way of completing these multiplication questions was to multiply the numerator with the number stated:
For example, 1/4 x 3 is also the same us 3 lots of 1/4, which you can do as 3×1. So, the answer is 3/4. Last week they had also seen that it can also be done as a repeated addition of 1/4 + 1/4 + 1/4, which again is 3/4. This is a good way to check answers.
Well done Kestrels.
Area


Perimeter


Ed Shed and TTRS
Pi
Amaya and Lexi have learnt a song that teaches them the numbers of Pi.
No spelling mistake….I did mean Pi and not Pie…Hee hee.
But what is Pi?
Succinctly, pi — which is written as the Greek letter for p, or π—is the ratio of the circumference of any circle to the diameter of that circle.
It is a very long number indeed as you can see. Not a big number, but a very long number as it is a decimal number.
And what is the point of pi?
So there you have it. Pi.
Have a look at Amaya and Lexi singing Pi.
Amazing girls, well done!