Maths fun for this term and the week of 2nd - 6th November

Welcome back everybody. We hope you all had a truly wonderful week and are ready and eager for the work ahead!

There is going to be LOTS of maths this term and the children will be learning all about volume and capacity as part of their unit and will also touch briefly on data handling when carrying out surveys, collecting data and recording their findings. Most of the stand alone maths will be focussing on multiplication and division and will look at how these are connected. We will also be continuing our work on number facts (number bonds, times tables, doubles and near doubles) and will practise counting forwards and backwards in different steps - counting backwards is really hard!

This week we start by looking at the vocabulary of multiplication and how the children feel about multiplication and division. We will then set some class goals and begin to look at fact families - hopefully you will hear the phrase 'three for free' lots over the coming weeks! We will also be modelling arrays and exploring if multiplication is commutative (3x4 and 4x3).

As you can see there is lots to do! Please feel free to contact us if you have any queries about the maths and how you can help at home.

Many thanks.