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In Nursery, we have been exploring Cuisenaire Rods to help us build walls for our two little dicky birds and Humpty Dumpty. We used Cuisenaire Rods, comparing different lengths and heights. We learned some new vocabulary such as longer, shorter, bigger and smaller.
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Year 6 have been getting their teeth into spine-chilling suspense stories. We watch ‘Alma’ and became mesmerised by how the main character was turned into a doll! We wrote our own versions, ranging from retellings to character innovation. As an extra challenge, some children narrated the story from the point of view of the dreaded soul-stealing shop.
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In Year 5, we have been learning how to multiply fractions. We have been using number rods to help us understand that multiplication is repeated addition. We used our stem sentences to help us – To multiply a fraction by an integer, I multiply the numerator by the integer and the denominator remains the same.
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Technology and the internet are part of our daily lives. It’s almost impossible for our children to avoid coming into contact with the online world. From social media apps to messaging services to online gaming, it’s important that we, as trusted adults, help to protect them from harm. But it’s just as important that they
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In Year 3 we have been learning about length. We used the Cuisenaire Rods to compare lengths and solve problems.
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Year 6 have been tackling some challenging missing number percentage problems! We used bar models to help us find the answers; using number rods allowed us to manipulate parts of the model and understand each question more easily.
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This week we’ve been comparing amounts and said whether someone had more/fewer objects than the other. Then, we used number rods to help us make equals!
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