Maths Overview

Learning about TIME

For our last weeks we have been learning about TIME.

Please revisit Days of the week and months of the year.  Talk about the date each day and you could even link to the seasons and the weather to add in some Geography.  We have also talked about what we do at different times of the day, morning, afternoon, evening, nighttime and ordered events. 

In time we have been learning the analogue clock and telling the time on the hour - o'clock and half past the hour.

We have talked about the minute hand and hour hand and where each needs to be to read/tell these times. 

We have played What's the time Mr Wolf using the clock and have fun exploring.  

Money Money Money!

Finding out about money.  Hope you enjoyed making your shop and using pennies and pounds.  Your children have been learning about this in class and developing their knowledge of coins and notes and using that knowledge to solve simple problems. 

POSITION and DIRECTION

We are beginning to explore this in maths.  Please explore this language with your children when you are about next term. Use your knowledge of fractions to help and begin to explore time as a way of looking at movement round the clock.  

FRACTIONS

We have recently completed our learning about fractions.

We have been exploring halves and quarters of objects and numbers. See below the language we use to discuss the fraction. 

We share into equal groups - see picture below for example. 

When you are eating dinner at home with the family think about how you can use your knowledge of fractions to solve problems. 

Counting in Groups and introduction to multiplication and division.

This term we have started exploring counting in groups.  We have recalled counting in 2s, 5s and 10s and using this knowledge to count in groups of these to solve a problem.

Children are learning to identify:

How many groups there are?

How many are in each group?

How many altogether?

We have used repeated addition as you see above to begin our multiplication and division journey.

We have been learning about using 'arrays' - a way to organise and sort objects to help us count quickly and in groups of.

Have a go at home making and 'array' and creating a repeated addition. 

Measures

We have just completed exploring measures with Year 1.  We have been learning about measures in practical ways as you will have seen through the photos we post.  

Please continue to explore these objectives when home baking, getting feet measured and thinking about any home improvements .

We have used bucket balances, measuring cylinders and rulers to explore standard units in weight, length and height.  For example centimetres, meters, millitres, litres and grams.  We have also talked about non-standard measures, such as; hand and feet and we have estimated measures.  

Here is some key vocabulary we have used.

We are currently exploring numbers to 50.  

Children need to know how to partition the numbers into tens and ones.  They also need to be able to order, count and identify one more and one less than in numbers to 50.

We use a 50 rectangle and a numberline to support our developing mathematical understanding.  We also partition using part, part whole method. 

We are also continuing to practise our addition and subtraction skills to 20.  We use numberlines, numicon, tens frames and part part whole strategies to support us.  Ask your children to tell you about these methods and practise at home. 

Please use the number rhymes below to help your child practise writing their numbers. 

We follow the Mathematics National Curriculum and the NCETM Mastering approach in Year 1.  Click on the link below to find further information.