This relates to the Year One curriculum outcome of :
Recognise, model, read, write and order numbers to at least 100. Locate these numbers on a number line. (ACMNA013)
The children found out that place value means the value of a digit within a number, for example we found out that the number 64 was made up of 6 tens and 4 ones. We even had some very clever people who made some numbers over 1000!
We explored this concept using online games, songs, manipulative materials and then attempted to consolidate our learning with some Mathletics activities.
Below are some photos of the children exploring numbers using flash cards and white boards. The children could move and manipulate the cards and had to look really closely as some of the numbers were trying to be a bit tricky! Luca wasn't fooled when he found some numbers with the same numerals but with different values. They were 226, 262, 266, 662...what a clever cookie! Below are some pictures of the children working on this great skill!
Walking in circles...or are they?
We also were introduced to the concept of unplugged coding featuring directional language. You might have seen the funny looking grids appear on Friday morning. These were the basis for our unplugged coding. In small groups, the children had to pick a secret picture on the grid and then guide one of the children through the grid using directional language to get to their secret picture.
The children had such fun sending children though their maze and even had a go at writing down their directional language on a white board. Below are some pictures of the children working through their grids
Miss Prowse
