Maths

Maths

We spent the first two weeks of the term looking in depth at some addition and subtraction strategies to help us easily compute simple and complex sums.

We have just begun a unit on money. We have our own little shop set up. The children will have a turn at being the shop keeper and the shopper. They are given an amount of money to spend and they can purchase whatever they want. They have to check their change from the shopkeeper though. You can’t be too careful at the checkout, as we adults all know! Thank you to those parents who allowed their children to raid the cupboards for old packets for our shop. We are insisting on best manners at the checkout. Shopkeepers are encouraged to wish their customers a ‘lovely day!’

 Alisina - "I liked shopping because you can buy food."

Isabel - "I liked choosing what food I was going to buy."

 Natasha - "I liked buying chips, milk and orange juice and giving the money to the shopkeeper and getting my change back."

 Sahar - "Our shop is fun to play with and you learn a lot about money."

Charlotte - "I liked being a shopkeeper because I liked adding up the money for the change." 

 Money Lotto