As part of the KS1 maths morning 1L were learning about halving. We had a busy morning as we rotated in our maths groups around various halving activities in the classroom. the activities included:
- Learning about the halving function. We used halving machines and worked any any tricky questions using multilink blocks to count and divide into two equal groups.
- Playing a game of Stars and Moons where the idea was to find the exact half of each number.If you found the correct answer you kept the counters which were added at the end of the game.
- We learned how to find half of a length by folding it and keeping the ends level. We then cut various strips of paper string, ribbon,wool and pipe cleaners exactly in half and recorded the 1/2 symbol on out page.
- We also played a quick halving game against the clock on the interactive white board which the children loved.
- Finally we rolled out play dough and cut out a chosen 2D shape. We then cut the shape exactly in half and labelled the two halves. We thought about shapes which were difficult to halve and not symmetrical.
Lots of parents came along to hear all about Maths in KS1 and to join in with our maths sessions in the year group. We also had some classes doing takeaways , addition and the basics of multiplication. it was a really busy morning in Year 1 and we were thrilled to have so many visitors today.
A huge thank you to all the parents who were able to join us in 1L for our maths lesson today.
