Year 6

... Rockstars – TTRS IXL – one Maths and one Literacy objective to be practiced daily Weekly spelling list PE Children in Year 6 have PE every Wednesday and must bring in their PE kit to school. Breakfast Please ensure your child has breakfast before coming to school as it can affect their foc...

About our Curriculum

...use of our bespoke handwriting book. Maths Arithmetic: Arithmetic is taught daily in all year grou......ssom Federation, we follow White Rose Maths to ensure that all children have access to apply their s...

Assessment

...ar. Teachers use SATs papers in Reading and Maths to help assess whether the children in their class......ading, Spelling Grammar and Punctuation and Maths show whether the children have achieved the nation......nce. Teacher assessments in Reading, Writing, Maths and Science are submitted to the DfE at the end ...

Maths

...ong love and confident use of Maths. We aim to develop lively, enquiring minds encouraging pupils to......e ready for Secondary School. Maths is an integral skill that will support children’s readiness fo......ially, we want children to love Maths. Aims Ensure that the Maths curriculum equips teachers with ...

Literacy

At Daubeney we are committed to raising standards in Literacy and follow the National Curriculum in order maintain accurate coverage across the year. In order to maximise opportunities to develop literacy skills, we make cross curricular links wherever possible. In Early Years we follow the Early...

Year 2 - Add by making 10

This week we practised adding two single digits together. We made each number on a tens frame and then moved some counters to make a ten frame full. We thought about the new number sentences we could write and how this could help us add numbers easily

Year 2 Maths - Shapes

...ines of symmetry....

Year 2 – Maths and Spanish joint project. Shapes

...bjects, supporting then their Maths learning....

Duckling Class - Ordinal Numbers

This week, we have been learning about ordinal numbers in maths. We have been reading about Chinese New Year so we have been talking about racing. We had our own running races with each other, and had to use ordinal numbers to help us present our winning rosettes. We had so much fun!

Year 2 Maths- Measuring

...andard unit....

Year 2 - Maths: Time

This week we have been focusing on time in our maths lessons. We started by making our own clocks, thinking carefully about where the numbers go and what each hand measures. We then used them to show a range of times including o'clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to

Year 2 Maths Partition with Bar Models

This week Year 2 have been focusing on partitioning numbers into parts. We split the numbers into either 2, 3 or 4 parts and discussed if we had made equal groups. We identified that two equal groups would show half and that four equal groups would give us quarters

Year 3 - Outdoor Maths

Today the children in Year 3 enjoyed their outdoor learning in the Adventure playground where they looked at time

Year 3 - Maths: Time

Today 14-05-2024, the children in Kingfisher enjoyed their Math lesson out of class in our Music room. The children looked at telling time and finding time difference

Year 3 - Maths in Adventure Park

Today the children in year 3 enjoyed their math lesson in the Adventure Park. They matched analogue and digital times

Nurture Group - Pizza Pizza Pizza

...ing in halves and quarters....

Year 2 - Comparing numbers

This week in maths we have been comparing and ordering numbers up to 100. We have been using the less than and greater than symbols and using this vocabulary when discussing numbers

Year 2 Maths - mass

Today year 2 explored mass using scales. We chose objects from around the classroom, predicting which would be heavier or lighter before using scales to determine if we were correct

Reception Duckling Class - Sharing

This week in maths, we have been learning about sharing! We have been talking about what equal means and how we can make sure things are 'fair' and the 'same'. We used gingerbread men to help us practice our sharing and we shared out counters

Year 3 - Maths September 2023

... Toucan Class had an exciting Maths lesson today. The children worked in groups and pairs and had a peer tutor to guide them....

Year 5 - Maths: Comparing calculations

We are pretty confident at using greater than, less than and equal to signs but how do we use them when we aren’t comparing numbers but whole calculations? This was the focus of this lesson!

Year 2 - Column Addition

This week we have been learning a new method in maths called column addition. This helps us to add together two 2-digit numbers easily

Year 2 Maths - Subtract across 10

...e been learning new skills in Maths to help us with our arithmetic. We focused on subtracting across 10 today, identifying how many counters we need to take away to get down to 10, and then working out how many we still needed to subtract, using our number bonds to help us....

Year 2 Maths - Addition across 10

This week we have been learning about adding across a multiple of 10. We have been using our number bonds to help us and thinking carefully about the steps we need to take. Ask us how we would work out number sentences such as 35+8!

Year 5 - Maths: Subtraction

We practiced subtraction today in maths and even completed some word problems! Look at our amazing work!!

Year 5 - Maths: Rounding

In this lesson, we recapped rounding and discussed the steps to do it. We then put our knowledge into a real life situation by rounding the average salaries of jobs that we might be interested in

Year 5 - Maths: Place Value

We have been learning about numbers up to 1 MILLION! In this lesson, we imagined that we were teaching Mr O’Flynn how to find a number on a number line

Year 2 - Maths Partitioning

For this maths lesson, we took our learning outside. We worked in partners to partition a number into its tens and ones. We then wrote out number sentences down on our whiteboards and thought about other ways we could partition the number

Year 3 - Outdoor Maths

The children in Kingfisher and Toucan class had an exciting math lesson today in the playground searching for parallel lines, perpendicular lines, right angles and polygons

Year 2 - Maths Number Lines

We practised ordering numbers by creating a human number line. Each child had to find their place on the number line and think about what number comes before and after them

Reception - Week 6

...learning about measurement in Maths. We have been comparing objects to see which is taller, shorter and longer. We have also enjoyed Drawing Club this week, focused on the Colour Monster. We drew our own colour monster, traps and maps! Last but not least, we went on our first school trip! We v...

Reception - Colour Sorting

...lls to sort them!...

Year 5 - Trip to Bank of England Museum

Today we spent our morning at the museum! We learnt lots of money related facts and we even got to see some real money! This helped see our recent maths learning of place value and rounding in action!

Year 5 - Our second week in Year 5

This week was full of exciting activities, from Mapping Skills Day to a practical maths lesson. We even created posters and researched the author of our new whole class reader, Michael Morpurgo. Have a look at our fun week!

Reception - Our First Week

We have loved our first week in Reception at Daubeney! This week, we have been exploring our new classrooms! We have been reading in our garden themed reading are, making Play-Doh faces, playing in our home and our doctors' surgery, as well as exploring our maths and writing areas. We have been...

Year 6: Maths - Multiplying

We learnt how to multiply 4 digit numbers by 2 digit numbers. We practiced this skill with our partners

Year 5: Maths - Decimal sequence

Outdoor learning? Year 5 truly love learning outdoors ! The learning outcome for maths: was to understand decimal sequences. This was achieved through fun and exciting ways; some children jumped to identify patterns and others played Hopscotch. Overall, the cohort had an amazing time at Daubeney...

Year 3 Maths

Today, 7-09-2023 the children in Year 3 Toucan and Kingfisher class enjoyed their introduction to this terms maths objective. They played a game which helped them with learning Place Value and identifying which digit changed when adding and subtracting. We hope the pupils enjoyed playing their...

Nurture Group - Shopping Trip

This week in maths we have been learning about money. We wrote out our shopping list and headed off to the shops. Today we are making fruit kebabs and chocolate Rice Krispies. We bought the ingredients and looked at how much each item will cost and what coins we will need. Finally, we worked out...

Nurture Group - Play Dough

We made play dough for both playgrounds for lunch time play. We used maths to work out the measurements

Maths with Year 5

Today, Year 5 went on a treasure hunt to see if we could remember mathematical vocabulary such as prime numbers, square numbers, factors and multiples. ‘I liked solving the maths puzzles’ - Katie ‘I liked that we got to go outside and run around and we were learning all at the same time’ -...

Year 1 - 1L Shape Hunt

This week we have been learning about 2D shapes - we can name each shape and describe how many sides and corners each shape has. We went on a shape hunt around the school to see which shapes we can find in our environment!

Nurture Group - Shapes in the Environment

We went to the park to look for some shapes. We drew some shapes in the sand too. We got to have a little play after all our hard work

Year 5 - Maths - Multiplying 2 Digit Numbers

We are learning to multiply 2 digit numbers by 2 digit numbers and to help us understand what we are doing, we used dienes and worked with our partners to answer questions together

Year 5 - Maths Outdoor Learning

To start off our long division topic in Year 5, we took our learning outdoors and thought about how we could divide large numbers. We spent the morning drawing out our learning on the playground in chalk!

Year 1 - 1L Numbers to 50

We have been exploring numbers to 50 in our maths lessons recently. We thought about how many tens and ones each number has, as well as how we could show the number using dienes. We also identified what is one more and one less than a given number

Year 5 - Maths: Rounding Decimals

Do you find decimals difficult? We've learnt a super easy way to make sure we can always round decimals to the nearest tenths and whole number. We'll be putting our learning into action in tomorrow's lesson!

Nurture Group - Maths: Adding

We did adding using hoops, cubes and number cards! We also had sums with missing numbers

Year 1 - Maths: Multiplication

... about making equal groups in Maths and have been introduced to the times symbol 'x'. They thought carefully about how many groups they had and also how many items were in each group. They wrote fabulous number sentences to show their learning!...

Year 5 - Maths: Drawing Lines and Angles

Today in maths, we put our knowledge of angles into use and drew angles using a protractor and ruler

Year 5 - Maths: Coordinates

Today, we started off our topic of position and direction by recapping our previous learning of describing position and drawing on a grid

Year 5 - Maths: Reflection

To end our topic of position and direction, we learnt about reflection. Some of us got confused when reflecting whole shapes but it became much easier when we just reflected each point of a polygon. Next lesson, we’ll be thinking about reflection with coordinates

Year 1 - Computing - Week 3

...d Chromebooks to practise our Maths skills, sequencing numbers from 1-100. We thought about how to navigate a website to get to the page that we need and how to accurately use the touch pad....

Year 5 - Maths: Measurement

Year 5 displayed their measurement knowledge today until identifying mm and cm in rulers and comparing measurements. They also looked at objects in our class and decided if they should be measured using kilograms or grams!

Rainbow Room - Maths: Counting Blocks

Children in the Rainbow Room were engaging in a fun and interactive exploration of numbers. They began by identifying the numerals on the dice, carefully rolling the dice on the floor and saying the saying number name aloud. After each roll, children counted the blocks in various number orders as...

Year 6 - 6M ICT: Maths and Coding Skills

The children in Year 6M used their ICT skills today (6th July 2022) to develop their maths and coding skills

Year 5 - Numbers to 1000000

Today in maths, we reviewed our understanding of place value and learnt about numbers up to 1000000. We practiced by reading place value charts and making our own representations

Year 4 - Roman Numeral Clock

... children in Year 4 had a fun Maths lesson where they made their own Roman numeral clocks. They have been learning about Roman Numerals this week and used their Design and Technology skills to create a Roman Numeral clock....

Year 5 - Maths Outdoor Learning

Year 5 improved their mental addition and subtraction in maths by using a range of strategies to answer one step problems. This included compensation, adjustment and finding connections between numbers

Year 4 - Concrete Maths

...11-10-2022, Mr Matvad and his Maths group used concrete resources to help us add and subtract 4 digit numbers. We created our own place value chart and used this to help us solve different calculations. Tomorrow we will be adding and subtracting with exchanging....

Year 4 - Outdoor Maths

Today, 3-11-2022, the children enjoyed their math lesson in the playground. They continued with their focus for this week, addition and subtraction

Year 2 - National Outdoor Learning Day

Year 2 spent time in the Hop Garden doing some outdoor maths as part of National Outdoor Learning Day. It was raining a little and a bit cold, but the children enjoyed it

The Nest - Literacy and Maths

Our week of fun literacy and maths in The Nest

Year 5 - Maths: Fractions of Quantity

This week in Year 5 has been full of fractions. We've spent time multiply unit and non unit fractions with integers, multiplying mixed numbers with integers and finding the fractions of a quantity. Here is us recapping some work and learning some new things!

Year 6 - DT: Frames and Structures

As part of their DT unit, Year 6 researched shelters, planned out the materials they would use and annotated their design. They included measurements in order to make the most of the materials they had. They then used their maths skills to measure, and saws to safely cut the wood before putting it...

Year 4 - Maths Club

...nesday, 22-02-2023 the Year 4 Maths had a full house. The children enjoyed playing Times Tables Rock......s, Hit the button, MTC games, Maths on Purple Mash and many more Maths games. Every Wednesday the ch...

Year 5 - Maths: Perimeter

Today Year 5 had fun with a variety of 2D shapes. The aim of this lesson was to understand what perimeter means, measure accurately using rulers and calculate the total length of the chosen 2D shape

Year 5 - Maths: Angles in real life

aving focused on angles for the last few weeks, we thought it was time to take our learning into the outside! We took our protractors with us to investigate different types of angles that we could see in the playground

Math - Adding decimals with different decimal places

Year 5 learnt about adding decimals with different decimal places. A strategy we consolidated was column method which was utilised to solve an array of mathematical problems. They completed their tasks outside whilst enjoying the lovely weather

Rainbow Room - Maths

In the Rainbow Room, children engaged in hands-on learning by practicing counting from 1 to 5 and 1 to 10 with colorful domino cards and small counters. As they matched the dots on the dominoes to the correct number of counters, they reinforced their understanding of numbers and sequence....

Year 5 - Maths: Multiplying 2 - digit numbers

To begin our topic of multiplication and division, we learnt about multiplying 2-digit numbers. As this was completely new to us, we worked in partners and practiced the method on large grid paper

Year 4 - Improper Fractions and Mix numbers

The children in Year 4 had a fun lesson making their own Improper fraction and Mix number dominoes in maths today. They had to convert the improper and mix numbers, then find the equivalent fractions

Year 2 - Maths: Add by making 10

In today's practical lesson, we practised adding single digit numbers by using tens frames to make a 10 so it would be easier for us to find the answer

Year 4 - Outdoor Maths - Autumn 2 2025

The children had a fun math session today consolidating addition and subtraction. They measured different parts of the playground and used their addition and subtraction skills to find the answers

Rainbow - Maths Learning

Wow! Our pupils are awesome mathematician because they were exploring mathematics in many and fun ways. Children were able to use numbers puzzles by placing them in the correct order from 1- 10 by following the number sequences and they counted animals that was representing each of the numbers....

Year 2 - Maths: Column Method Addition

To introduce ourselves to the idea of column method addition, we spent the lesson representing this using our dienes and working in pairs. We are beginning to look at what column method means

Year 4 - Brain Buddies 2025

The children enjoyed their last Brain Buddies session today focussing on Problem Solving Choices

Year 4 - Group Maths 2025

The children enjoyed working in groups today completing their maths and solving reasoning problems

Year 1 Peacocks - Naming our shapes!

...hapes to make other things....

Year 4 - Spanish: Times Tables

Year 4 have been strengthening their times tables by practising multiplication in Spanish! Through quick-fire games, and chants, pupils are building confidence in both their Spanish vocabulary and their maths fluency. A fun and lively way to reinforce learning across subjects!

Year 1 Peacocks - Tens and Ones

...at tens and ones this week in Maths. We have been grouping together 10 and counting how many of those groups are in a bigger number....

Year 4 - Outdoor Maths 2026

The children in Year 4 enjoyed their outdoor math lesson today where they measured and converted using cm and mm

Rainbow Room - Teddy Bear Maths

1, 2, 3 — let’s count! Our pupils enjoyed a maths learning experience where they explored numbers through hands-on activities. Using concrete objects such as teddy bears, the pupils developed their counting skills and deepened their understanding of number representation. They practised adding...

Rainbow Room - Maths (Measure)

Using Numicon Cubes, pupils measured a range of objects by placing the cubes next to them and comparing their sizes. This hands‐on approach helped pupils see which items were taller, shorter, longer, or smaller. They pupils recorded their measurements on their worksheets by using Numicon Cubes to...

Tenerife - Day 3

...school taking part in French, Maths, English and Art lessons. At the end of the school day, we painted a Cesar Manrique fish with our new Spanish friends! After school, we visited the town centre and treated ourselves to souvenirs and ice creams!...

Year 2 - Math: 3D nets

We explored 3D shapes and used nets to create a variety of objects!

Year 4 Boys - PurpleMash

The boys in Year 4 today had a fun maths session using PurpleMash to consolidate their learning around rounding. They can log on at anytime from home to practice their math skills

Year 2 - Maths: Division sharing

To help us understand how to divide by sharing, we worked with our partners share out numbers equally on our whiteboards

Year 2 - Maths: Finding thirds

Now that we know what a third looks like in shapes, we learnt how to find a third of a number using counters

Year 2 - Maths: Measuring in CM

We use rulers all the time to underline the date but do you know how to measure in centimetres? We went around the classroom to measure a variety of objects (and people) using our rulers

Year 2 - Maths: Money

We explored money touching realistic play money as well as labelling the notes and coins that we have in the UK

Year 2 - Maths: Multiplication arrays

We have been learning about multiplying! To help us understand what this means, we built arrays using counters to solve multiplication questions

Year 2 - Maths: Partitioning 2026

As we start our fractions topic, we remind ourselves of how to partition but this time we do it using a bar model

Year 2 - Maths: Recognise quarters

What is a quarter? We spent the lesson familiarising ourselves with what this looks like in shapes

Year 4 - Maths with Money

The children today had the opportunity to buy a selection of items and find the correct change. They used their problem solving skills and found the change showing the amount using the money resources

Rainbow Room - Maths: Adding & Subtracting Coins

Our pupils were fully engaged in exploring different ways of using 1p coins as part of their learning about money. Through a range of practical, hands-on activities, they were encouraged to recognise, count, and manipulate coins in meaningful and purposeful contexts. They demonstrated growing...

Year 2 - Maths: Clocks

To get us ready for our time topic, we looked at clocks and learnt about the different parts of the clock. Then we designed our own clocks - the hands even spin!

Rainbow Class - Exploring Subtraction (Maths)

Pupils were able to explore simple subtraction problem-solving activities by counting objects, crossing out the required number, and identifying how many remained by using a house-themed. They were able to select and match the correct numeral on the door, window, roof and other parts of the house...

Rainbow Class: Maths (Shapes)

...solving skills....

Rainbow Class: Maths (Shapes Matching/ Shapes Names)

...lving skills....

Rainbow Class - Maths: Colouring & Tracing 2D Shapes

As part of our maths learning, pupils were engaged in tracing and colouring the 2D Shapes to develop fine motor skills and shapes formations

Rainbow Room - Autumn Maths Learning

Wow! We Have Fantastic Mathematicians. Our pupils had a fantastic time exploring autumn-themed maths activities! They practised number formation on the interactive board and enjoyed tracing numbers on pumpkins and acorns in their worksheets. This supported their number recognition and helped...

Year 2 - Maths: Greater than, less than or equal to

Today we learnt about the symbols for greater than, less than and equals to and found out what they mean. Then, we came up with lots of different numbers with our partners and decided which one was greater or if they were the same

Year 5 - Outside Classroom Day

For Outside Classroom Day, Year 5 became factors and multiples for maths. We also planted seeds - just like the main character Joe in 'The Extraordinary Gardener'! We can't wait to see our plants grow and grow and GROW! "It was great, I really enjoyed Outside Classroom Day!" - Utku "I really...

Rainbow Room - Chalk Butterflies Drawing

As part of our captivating social story, "The Very Hungry Caterpillar," children immersed themselves in a artistic experience. They enthusiastically engaged in colouring and drawing their own spring butterflies, using chalks. With each stroke, they brought their imaginations to life, crafting...

Rainbow Room - Attention Bucket with Maths

As part of the Attention Bucket, the children had the opportunity to engage in a creative activity where they used 2D shapes to design and create their own shape stamps. Children worked together to figure out how to combine and position different shapes so this helped them practice spatial...

Rainbow Room - Number Day (Part 3)

The children engaged in an maths activity where they rolled a dice and matched the numbers with corresponding number cards. This helped them recognize numbers and improve their counting skills. They also counted cubes by matching the quantities to number cards as they were exploring quantities in...

Year 2 - Exploring Money

To start our new maths topic of money, we spent some time identifying coins and notes. We discussed their values and compared their worth. We also began adding some coin values together using our addition skills to help us

Year 2 - Lines of Symmetry

... to check if we were right!...

Year 4 - Numbers Day

Hornbill Class enjoyed doing a variety of maths activities to celebrate Numbers Day. We got creative with our number-inspired outfits and had fun playing 'Who Wants to be a Mathionaire'

Year 2 - Numbers Day - Spring 2025

Year 2 had lots of fun dressing up for numbers day! So many children were very creative with their outfits! We had a great time playing lots of maths games today

Year 5 - Maths Challenge

On Monday, four Year 5 children were invited to go to Guildhall to take part in a maths challenge lead by the students of Christ’s Hospital. The children took part in 5 challenging activities for 8 minutes each. Well done to all who took part!

Year 5 - Numbers Day

To celebrate numbers day, we dressed up as numbers and also did some fun activities during our maths lesson!

Year 2 Maths Arrays 2025

...k out the answer....

Rainbow Room - Numerical Hearts

We had fun exploring numbers on heart shapes in the tuff tray, matching them to develop our numerical understanding. We also practiced counting and number recognition with interactive actions like jumping

Year 3 - Kingfisher: Concrete Maths

The children in Kingfisher class started their Fraction unit with a practical lesson. They used concrete resources to solve various fraction of amounts. The children using their resources have now understood how to find a fraction of an amount

Year 3 Kingfisher - Maths: Equivalent Mass

The children in Kingfisher enjoyed their math lesson identifying equivalent mass

Year 5 - Maths: Percentages as decimals

We have gotten pretty good at understanding what percentages are and in this lesson, we spent our time learning about how decimals have equivalent percentages

Year 4 Maths - Peer Tutoring

Year 4 classes are working together to improve their mathematical skills. Peer tutoring is a great way to make sure concepts are embedded in the minds of everyone

Year 4 Maths - Fractions and Decimals

"Today we had so much fun enjoying our learning. We now understand how to work with hundredths as fractions and decimals. Some parts were challenging but we love challenges in Hornbills class."

Year 4 - Maths - Roman Numeral Clock

The Year 4 children had fun in their maths lesson today making a Roman Numeral Clock

Year 3 - Angles

This week, we began learning about angles by using maps and toy animals, giving directions using degrees and compass points. In our maths lesson, we also created origami to explore different types of angles, as well as shapes, edges, and vertices—setting the stage for our upcoming sequence on...

Year 4 - Boys Guided Maths Session

The boys had a guided maths session today focussing on numbers up to 10 000. They also had an opportunity to play each other on TTRS

Year 2 - Maths: Partitioning in different ways

We started the lesson by practising partitioning our tens and ones. Then we moved onto think about how we can partition a number in different ways! So we know that 45 is made of 40+5 but we also know that 20+25 is 45

Year 4 - Concrete Maths

The children in Year 4 enjoyed exploring Place Value through games and activities

Year 2 - Maths: Partitioning tens and ones

In this lesson, we recapped what tens and ones looked like in different ways. Then, we used dienes to practise partitioning my two digit numbers into tens and ones

Year 2 - Maths - Week 1 2025

To get us back into the swing of things with our amazing maths, we spent the first week reminding ourselves of what numbers up to 20 look like and what tens and ones look like

Year 1 Parrots - Our First Week in Year 1

Parrot class have been very busy doing maths, literacy, phonics and geography. Take a look at our amazing work!

Rainbow Room- Patterns Arrangements

We had an amazing time exploring different pattern arrangements using colorful lollipop sticks. There was an opportunity for us to challenged ourselves to try memorize the colours sequences as we carefully placed the lollipop s sticks on the paper, matching each stick to its corresponding colour in...

Maths Team Trip to Museum of Brands

We enjoyed a lovely day out to the Museum of Brands in West London, where we learnt about market research and unique selling points. We then designed and priced our own chocolate bars!

Rainbow Room - Shapes ( Maths )

As part of their math learning, children engaged in exploring 2D shapes by learning their properties, including their appearances. They were introduced to a fun shape memory game where they matched the shapes on cards to those on a template. Some children even named the shapes, such as circles,...

Year 3 - Maths: learning about time

In our math's lessons, we’ve been learning about time—hours, minutes, and seconds. To put our knowledge of converting minutes to seconds into practice, we created a circuit in the KS1 playground. We timed each other to see how long it took to complete the course—and had lots...

Rainbow Room: Buttons Maths

Children were actively engaged in a math activity that involved using buttons for counting. They placed the buttons on circles numbered from 1 to 10 and then recalled the names of the numbers. Additionally, the children used a whiteboard to practice simple addition. They placed buttons under the...

Year 2 Maths - Measuring: June 2025

Year 2 had fun learning how to measure objects around the classroom and identifying units of measure. Year 2 used scales to measure mass of items around the classroom, identifying the units used

Year 5 - Maths: Regular and Irregular Polygons

We learnt about regular and irregular polygons by creating flash cards and testing ourselves with them! We even played games with them with our partners

Year 5 - 3D Shapes - May 2025

We recapped the 3D shapes and their properties then drew our own 3D shapes on isometric paper

Year 6 - 6M Outdoor Learning

On Thursday, 4-11-2021, the children in 6M enjoyed their maths lesson in Daubeney fields. They created and identified different angles, measured and estimated various lengths and also enjoyed a reading session in Hackney Marshes

Year 3 - Outdoor Learning Day

In Year 3 we got our coats on and went outside for some outdoor learning! We used outdoor resources to solve maths problems in Mabley Green. After, we went to Daubeney Fields and linked it to our whole class book for literacy

Year 3 - Outdoor Maths Lesson

In Year 3 we have had an outdoor maths lesson on Mabley Green. The children investigated many of the mathematical concepts from the Year 3 curriculum. They made arrays with leaves, used natural objects to create symmetrical patterns and took measurements of towers that they built

Year 4's Maths Tricks

In Year 4 we have been using our 'tricks' to help us work out challenging problems! Have a look at some of the examples where the children used their knowledge of patterns to extend their learning. "For 375 + 200. My trick is that if I know 3+2=5, then I also know that 300+200=500....

Year 3 - Federation Maths Challenge 2017

A team of 5 pupils from each of the Year 3 classes took part in the event. They working through a variety of problem solving and reasoning activities collaboratively. They took part in relay races, cross-number puzzles and worked systematically through a variety of investigations. Daubeney did very...

Year 3 - First Week Back At School

...h we would find in a comic....

Year 3 - Work Week

This week, year 3 are learning all about how money is dealt with in the adult world. Today (27th March 2019) we brought Hackney's Mare Street into our classroom! The High street included a Cinema, Post Office, Bank and a Supermarket! Pupils all got their own wallet which included some money,...

Year 3 - World Maths Day 2019

...e problems....

Year 3 and 5 - Magic Maths

This morning (19th October 2018) 5M were pleasantly surprised when a young mathematician from 3G paid them a visit. The young maths master showed the class a range of math tricks, math magic and number patterns using his times tables knowledge and calculator skills. The entire class in 5M were...

Year 3 Maths Workshop

... learning....

Year 3 Numeracy - Autumn 2015

In numeracy we have been focusing on subtraction and addition via column method, partitioning, and using a number-line. We have also been doing weekly multiplication test and mental maths test to improve our at home learning

Year 4 - Designing Bridges

Year 4 have been learning about how maths and literacy are important in the world of work. In maths this week, Year 4 were designing their very own bridge, just as an architect would! They then used their design to create a model of it. Mikey said "I loved building the model, it was so much...

Year 4 - Maths: Graffiti Art

Year 4 had a fun maths lesson creating graffiti art. Each table had a different reasoning problem and the children worked in groups to find a solution using numbers and drawings

Year 4 - Wahaca

...en on!" Gabriel "Maths is very important if you want to want to work as a chef" - Anesi...

Year 4 Return to School 2017

Year 4 have had a great return to school. The children are bursting with energy and ready for all challenges thrown at them this year. 'I feel great being back at school. I look forward to doing tests and seeing my results.' Brian - 4C 'I'm happy to be back because I like Year 4....

Year 4 Trip to Masala Zone

4K went on a trip to Masala Zone in Islington were we thoroughly enjoyed tasting dishes from the Indian cuisine as well as learning about the different jobs in a workplace. We learnt the importance of maths in the workplace by calculating a customer's bill. We then made delicious healthy...

Year 4 Visit Wahaca in Liverpool Street

Year 4 were lucky enough to visit the famous Wahaca restaurant in Liverpool Street. They learned that maths and literacy are both very important in the workplace. First they used their maths skills to add up a customer's bill. Then they made some delicious guacamole and ate it with chips!...

Year 5 - 3D Nets

The children in Year 5 today (20-11-2018) had a practical maths lesson where they constructed 3D shapes using nets. The children then made their 3D shapes and listed the properties of the 3D shapes

Year 2/5 - Developing Literacy Skills Using Brackets

It was a very special morning today, Friday 8th December 2017, for two special young stars from 2K, who came to 5M to enhance their learning. In the session, our two young stars developed their literacy skills by using brackets, to add more details about their subject. In maths they answered Next...

Year 5 - 5M Developing Mathematical Skills Using IXL

The children enjoyed their session today when they used online learning tool to develop their mathematical skills. The children logged on to IXL and practised the objectives that we visited in Autumn Term. Children are encouraged to keep practising their maths skills at home using IXL

Year 5 - Celebrating World Maths Day

...re excited to celebrate World Maths Day by solving a range of puzzles and problems. The children formed groups and partners to help each other solve the puzzles and problems. The class had so much fun, solving the Maths puzzles using their mathematical skills and knowledge. 'Uniting the world...

Year 5 - Distance Time Graph

Today (7th March 2019) the Year 5 pupils had a challenge in their maths session. They were given a graph showing time versus distance. the children had to interpret the data by reading and understanding the graph, then they created their own questions about the data

Year 5 - Finding a Fraction of an Amount

Today (11th February 2019) the Year 5 children had an exciting maths lesson using concrete and visual resources to help them find a fraction of an amount. The children watched a video prepared by the teachers, then used the concrete materials to help them solve the calculations. After, they used...

Year 5 - Finding Percentages

In 5C we have been taking advantage of this great weather and having our lessons in the Hop garden! We focused on finding percentages of an amount which we felt so confident with that we used our reasoning skills and came up with different methods of working questions out!

Year 5 - Fractions

Today (5th February 2019) the children in Year 5 added and subtracted fractions with unlike denominators. First, they had to identify the lowest common denominator, change the fractions to have like denominators then add the numerators. It was amazing to see the children understand the concept and...

Year 5 - Junior Maths Team

The junior maths team were in action today (5th February 2019) working across the Year 5 classes. Some children from 5M were working alongside groups in 5Mc, supporting and teaching the pupils methods to convert seconds, minutes and hours. They helped the children to extend their learning by...

Year 5 - Measure and Mass

Today (10th December 2018) the children used scales to measure the actual weight of everyday items around the classroom. They had to first estimate the weight, then measure their items. The children measured some interesting items

Year 5 - Measurement in Maths

Today (12-12-2018) the children in year 5 had an amazing maths lesson where they made slime. The children had to use various measuring equipment, measure actual ingredients and then after mixing it all together produced SLIME. The children enjoyed the lesson and asked, "Could we do this...

Year 5 - Money, money, money!

The Year 5 children enjoyed their practical maths lesson today, where they used coins and notes to make various amounts. The children added different amounts, found the change and also used different coins to make different amounts. Children should encourage parents to allow them with their next...

Year 5 - Our Very Own Kandinsky

On Thursday, 23 March 2017 the Year 5 children truly enjoyed their Cross Curricular maths lesson, where they experimented with shapes, angles, lines, art and religious studies. The children looked at different religious symbols and works of art which uses shapes. A child from 5M created a wonderful...

Year 5 - Science and Maths

Today (30th April 2019) the Year 5 pupils used their science and maths skills (cross curricular links) to draw a bar graph in order to present their data from the friction fair test carried out last week. The children used their data, and constructed a bar graph to show the effects of friction on...

Year 5 - Solving Word Problems

Today (17th January 2019) the Year 5 children worked in pairs and groups to solve a variety of mathematical word problems. They used their efficient methods and skills to help them solve the calculations. The Year 5 children are now encouraged to use their IXL maths program to continue practising...

Year 5 - Team Teaching, Team Learning

Year 5M and 5F enjoyed learning maths together today. We learnt how to calculate a percentage of an amount and applied our knowledge to solve word problems involving percentages. It was fun learning together as a team!

Year 3 - Estimating in Maths

In Year 3 today the children have been using resources to learn about estimating in maths. The children had to make reasonable estimates of the amount of objects their partner was holding. They then had to check their estimates accurately to find out how close they were

Year 2 - Maths: Adding Using the Column Method

... fabulous week of learning in Maths. Year 2 have been learning how to add using the column method; regrouping in ones. They practiced with dienes where they learnt how to 'Stop and Swap' moving the 1 ten in the tens column....

Year 5 Maths Workshop

Year 5 took part in a maths workshop last week where they had the opportunity to use their problem solving skills to solve real life problems!

IntoUni Graduation

...ject areas including English, Maths, Music and Art. The week culminated in an amazing Graduation at the prestigious University of East London....

1A - Odd and Even Numbers

In maths we have been learning about Odd and Even numbers. We sorted numicons into odd and even

1FA - Maths Week

... and problems. It was fun!...

1P Class Update

What a fantastic few weeks we have had in 1P! Lots of writing and maths. We have been continuing with free flow time but focusing on writing about the gingerbread man in literacy and odd and even numbers in maths

6D - Globe Theatre

...ject areas including English, Maths, Music and Art. The children were treated to a visit to the Globe Theatre and the week culminated in an amazing Graduation at the prestigious University of East London ....

Exciting Maths in Year 2!

Here are some photos of Year 2 learning maths

First Week in Year 3

...e been getting up to in their Maths and Literacy lessons this week: In one of their Literacy less......e questions creatively! In Maths, they played a place value game with their partners. One partner...

IntoUni

...ject areas including English, Maths, Music and Art. The children were treated to a visit to the Globe Theatre and the week culminated in an amazing Graduation at the prestigious University of East London....

Junior Maths Team - Multiplication and Division Facts

... Junior Maths Team!......eak to a member of the Junior Maths Team!...

Year 2 - Maths Workshop with the Happy Puzzle Company

Year 2 took part in an exciting maths workshop with the Happy Puzzle Company. We developed our team work skills whilst solving challenging maths problems!

KS1 Parent Maths Workshop - 29th September 2017

...arers who attended our Parent Maths Workshop. We hope that you benefitted from finding out more about how Maths is taught at Daubeney and that you feel better equipped to support your child at home. As always, should you have any further questions please don’t hesitate to contact Mr Ainsworth ...

Maths Family Workshop KS1

...ney held its first (Autumn 1) Maths Family KS1 workshop.The attendance was amazing and the parents a......p was very positive. Parent Maths Workshop...

Maths in Nursery

We are excellent mathematicians

Maths Junior Team Coding Club

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Maths Parent Workshop

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Maths Parent Workshop - Autumn 2 2018

...in their learning. The Junior Maths Team helped in setting up and the delivery of the workshop. They organized free resources which were handed to each parent to take home and discussed with these parents how the resources could be used with the children to develop mastery. The feedback at the end w...

Maths Times Table Challenge

Children from Year 3 to Year 6 participated in a times table challenge. The children were extremely excited and enthusiastic to take part and pit their speed and accuracy skills against their peers. The children received team points, certificates and mathematical games and puzzles as reward for...

Maths Week 2016

...eek 2016....

Maths Week in Nursery

The children in Nursery have been very busy this week using and applying their maths skills. We have been creating beautiful pattern necklaces and 2d shapes out of straw!! The children also went on a number hunt and buried through the sand pit to find them

RRS: 'The Right to a Full and Decent Life' Assembly

...porating, Geography, History, Maths, PHSE, RE and of course the Rights of a Child....

Year 1 - Odd Numbers

...about odd and even numbers in Maths. We sorted numicons into odd and even. Dexter said “Even numbers always have a partner but odd numbers always have ne left out”....

Year 1 - World Maths Day

...xplain our thinking.......ay we took part in a range of Maths activities. We had fun exploring shape and numbers, whilst worki...

Year 2 - 2C World Maths Day 2019

...rywhere around us!......py World Maths Day! For World Maths Day, we spent the afternoon problem solving and doing interestin...

Year 2 - 2K World Maths Day 2019

...y (12th March 2019) was World Maths Day!! It was a fun day as 2K enjoyed taking part in different Ma......oyed taking part in different Maths activities. They enjoyed working in groups; whereby each child c......thods. It was such a fun day. Maths can be an investigation not only calculation. Please take a look...

Year 5 Maths Masters

On Friday the 15th of January 2016, Mr Naidoo cam to visit the Year 5 classes to look at how we can round any given number to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000. Mr Naidoo showed us how to spot patterns and howe can use the rules to help us round. The class were excited to learn new skills and become...

Year 6 - Business Enterprise

Year 6 have been developing a business enterprise in school. So far this year the business enterprise has been a tremendous success. The children are very excited about being part of the business and love to see profits being made, this is helping children with their maths skills in the playground...

Year 4 - 4S Outdoor Maths Session

For outdoor classroom day, we focused on equivalent lengths. 4S had a wonderful time measuring their best jumps in the playground and they enjoyed recording, comparing and converting data

Nurture Group - Reception: Cooking

This week in Nurture we have been reading the book Owl Babies. We were lucky enough to do some 'cooking' and make some owls on toast. We were able to practise our cutting skills. We also developed our language and maths skills by practising doubles

Year 4 - Battleships Co-ordinates

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Hello to 3G

Hi 3G, I wanted to check in with you all and I hope you are doing ok? I can see that so many of you have been doing lots of your home learning which is great. Do not forget to look after yourself in other ways too, exercise is very important as is your mental wellbeing. Remember the breathing...

First Week in Year 6 - Autumn 2020

The children have all settled in fantastically to their new classrooms. We have already begun working on maths, spelling & handwriting and literacy. We have started our class reader 'Under the Lights' so make sure to ask the children what is happening in the story when they get home....

Year 1 - Maths in 1L

We have been practising our counting and exploring place value to 10. We have been using concrete materials such as cubes, counters and numicon to help us count accurately and represent numbers in a range of ways

Year 3 - Maths Word Problems

In maths, Year 3 have been solving word problems using the addition and subtraction skills they have been learning

Year 3 - Maths: Multiplication

Today in maths Year 3 have been learning about multiplication. We started by using repeated addition. The children used place value counters and charts to show their work

Nurture Group - Year 1 - National Outdoor Learning Day

On National outdoor learning day we went to Daubeney Fields. We did some fine motor skill activities, cross circular and some maths. "I loved it today" "My favourite part was the walk in the woods" 'My favourite part was making bubbles and catching them"

1L Maths

In Year 1 we have been exploring the part-part-whole model recently. We have used it to help us add numbers and subtract numbers. We worked hard to complete whole fact families using the model!

Year 4M Class Assembly - 17th November 2020

Today 17-11-2020 the school council members led our class assembly in 4M. They discussed the role of a school council member and took ideas from the class to make our class even better. It was really nice to have the children leading an assembly and our next assembly will be led by the junior...

Year 4 - No Pen Day Maths

Today 25-11-2020 Mr Marshall created a fantastic multiplication game for the children in Year 4 to play and learn their times tables. The children had so much fun playing and learning their times-tables. It was a fun lesson

Year 6 - No Pens Day Wednesday

Year 6 had to get creative with their maths today when we had no pens day. We took part in a variety of games which challenged our times tables, our quick number fact recall and our oracy skills. One of the games we had to talk for 60 seconds about one number without any erms or pauses. Try it -...

Year 1 - 1S Back at School!

...atting and PARTYING! Today in Maths, we played snakes and ladders, counting our spaces and racing to get to 100!...

Year 1 - 1L Maths: First Week Back

1L had lots of fun playing maths games and practising addition and subtraction during our first week back together! We focused on working together with a partner and using mathematical language to explain our work!

Prime Numbers with Year 5

Today we learned about prime numbers! We learned that prime numbers only have 2 factors and that numbers with more than 2 factors are composite numbers!

Nurture Group - Year 1: Cooking

This week in Nurture we have been reading the book Owl Babies. We were lucky enough to do some 'cooking' and make some owls on toast. We were able to practise our cutting skills. We also developed our language and maths skills by practising doubles

Year 6 - Tycoon Team in Action

The Year 6 Tycoon Team have been developing a business enterprise in school (change challenge). So far this year, the business enterprise has been a wonderful success. The children are very excited about being part of the business and love to see profits being made, this is helping children with...

Nurture Group - Number Formation

In maths we were writing our numbers and practising number formation using paint. We finished the session by mixing the colours together to see what other colours we can make. 'This feels great!'

Nurture Group - Year 1: Maths - Doubling

We used finger paint to make doubles

Year 1 - Outdoor Learning

1A really enjoyed doing outdoor learning this week as part of our mental health week. We had literacy, maths and story time outside. We also did meditating in the hop garden. It made us feel calm and relaxed and we were able to concentrate and focus better

Year 4 - 4M: Peer Tutor Award

...for supporting and developing Maths with his peers. Our young peer tutor worked hard to help his pee......p their arithmetic skills and Maths knowledge. Well done to our young STAR!...

Nurture Group - Year 1 - Maths: Number Formation

We used concrete materials to help form our numbers correctly

Year 4M - Outdoor Maths

Today, 20-5-2021, the children in 4M had a practical fraction lesson outside in our Hop Garden. The children were asked to make themselves into different fraction amounts

Year 1 - 1A Maths: Using Positional Language

1A had a really fun superhero maths lesson today. We went outside to find our superhero friends. They were hiding in our playground. We had to use positional language to describe where they were hiding. Take a look at what fun we had!

Nurture Group - Maths: Money

In maths we are learning about money. We created a supermarket so we can go shopping and buy some groceries. We worked in a group. One of us was a customer and the other a shopkeeper. We chose what to buy then paid with the right amount of coins

First Days in Year 5

We have had so much fun in our first two days back after the summer break! We’ve already begun working on our maths and we’ve submitted our entries for the logo completions for our new federation name “The Blossom Federation”. We’re very happy to be back!

Year 5 - Maths Outside

Today we took our statistics learning outside! We created a tally chart by noting down all of the different types of vehicles that passed us. We saw way more vehicles than we predicted we would find!

Year 5 - Maths: Making Graphs

Today we made bar graphs and created questions about the data that we collected yesterday. "It was really fun because we all worked together to create our graphs and questions" - Elijah "I really liked making graphs today because maths is my favourite subject" - Rachel

Year 1 - 1L Take Maths Outdoors

Today 1L went to the Hop Garden to practise our addition skills using the part-whole model. We used hoops to create the part-whole diagram, and then chose leaves from around the garden to help us count!

Year 1 - 1S Outdoor Learning

Today, 1S took their learning outside! We did some part whole maths in the hop garden, using autumn leaves to help us add with hoops!

Year 4 - Distributive Law

...learn the Distributive Law in Maths....

Year 6 - Maths: Arithmetic Questions

Today in maths we did our arithmetic a little bit differently. Instead of working independently, we worked in pairs to work through arithmetic questions. We had to discuss the questions and agree on an answer. When we’d finished we had to compare our answers with another pair and any answers...

Year 6 - Learning Percentages

In maths this week Year 6 have been learning all about percentages. Today (21st November 2018) we had to explain how to find out different percentages and then teach the rest of the class

Year 6 - Maths Week 2016

Year 6- 6F Maths Peer Tutors in Daubeney by Hodoo

Yellow Class - Maths Week

Year 3 - Using Smarties to Work Out the Fraction of Quantities

Today Year 3 used Smarties to work out the fraction of quantities. They counted all the Smarties from the tube to work out what the denominator was. They then counted how many Smarties there were of each colour and wrote their final answer in fraction form. What a bunch of SMART-ies (get it?)

Summer Project 2018

... KS2 Literacy KS1 KS2 Maths Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6...

Maths Family Workshop

...ry positive. Have you visited MathsThroughStories ? The site has many stories and other resources to help teach children Maths and get them to enjoy their learning....

Maths Family Workshop - 20th March 2019

Nursery - Maths Junior Team

...unior Team!......them gain an understanding of Maths. Each member planned what activities they thought would be most ......roughly enjoyed. Well done Maths Junior Team!...

Year 5 at UBS

Today (10th July 2019) five children from Year 5 entered the last stage of the STEAM competition at UBS Bank and came third. The children had to design a robotic car and an obstacle course to allow the car to be challenged. They used many of their skills to successfully complete the challenge. The...

Year 4 - Concrete Maths

Today (12th September 2019) the children in Year 4 used concrete resources to represent numbers in a place value chart. The children used 5 digit numbers and extended their learning by going up to millions

Reception - Yellow Class Maths Activities

Yellow class have really enjoyed doing lots of maths activities this week. They enjoyed exploring 2d shapes and creating shape pictures, matching numbers to quantities and creating patterns using different colours

Year 6 - Maths: Counting, Reasoning and Problem Solving

6M and 6S joined forces to get the most out of our maths lesson. We started the lesson with some counting (as always) and then moved on to reasoning and problem solving. It certainly helped when solving problems to have more people to help out!

Year 4 - Fractions

This week, the children in Year 4 started their topic on Fractions in their maths lessons. They started with building their own fraction wall and identified fractions that were equivalent

Year 2 - No Pen Day in 2C

Have you ever not used pens in school? That’s what we did today! We spent a whole day doing learning without using pens! We did lots of things we enjoy like reading books, learn about landmarks in the UK by playing a game and we even played games in maths that made us think a lot! Are you...

Year 2 - No Pen Day in 2P

We had a fun day today! We read our favourite books, played lots of different maths games and using our amazing vocabulary to describe different landmarks in the UK. At first, some of us weren’t sure how we’d be able to do anything without using pens but we soon realised that there are...

Year 4 - Maths: No Pen Wednesday

During our No Pens Day, Year 4 children took an alternative approach to learning their times tables - a relay where they competed between them to test their times table knowledge. Additionally, we worked systematically and deepened our reasoning skills using dominoes. Take a look at our maths...

Year 6 - Division - Autumn 1 2026

Our pupils in Year 6 had a wonderful and practical lesson today learning to divide using concrete resources. The children made up stories and shared amounts with different friends encouraging them to use mathematical language and show their understanding of division