Maths

Our Vision Our vision at Blossom Federation is to nurture a life-long love and confident use of Maths. We aim to develop lively, enquiring minds encouraging pupils to become self-motivated, confident and capable in order to solve problems that will become an integral part of their future. Through...

Nurture Group - The Nest

The Nest is a place for children to have the opportunity to grow in confidence and become engaged, successful learners in their classrooms and the school community. Nurture is an environment where adults and children work closely together; a place where mistakes and accidents are discussed; where...

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 - 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 4 - Numbers Day

...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 4 - Number Day (Part 1)

Today, Mete and Anas had a fantastic time participating in a fun and engaging learning activity that was all about numbers. The activity was designed around Valentine's Day, using heart-themed cards to make it even more exciting! They explored different quantities of hearts on each card, and their...

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...

Rainbow Room - Number Day (Part 1)

Today, children had a fantastic time participating in a fun and engaging learning activity that was all about numbers. The activity was designed around Valentine's Day, using heart-themed cards to make it even more exciting! They explored different quantities of hearts on each card, and their...

Rainbow Room - Number Day ( Part 2 )

The children in the Rainbow Room enjoyed a fun math activity for Number Day, playing "Follow the Leader" with heart-shaped numbers around the classroom. They listened for numbers called by the adult, finding the matching ones with some support. Some children confidently named the numbers,...

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

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...

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....

Reception - Week 1: Spring 2025

We have enjoyed our first week back at school! We have been talking about our holidays, practising our numbers and our phonics

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 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 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

Year 2 - Compare Numbers

We worked with a partner to compare numbers using the greater than and less than symbols. We were able to identify the number, represent it using dienes and then select the correct symbol to compare them

Year 5 and Year 6 - Spanish: Eurocopa 2024

EURO 2024 takes place in Germany between 14th June and 14th July. In our lessons this week, children in Year 5 and Year 6 have revisited topics such as numbers, colours, days of the week and European countries, as well as simple verb forms using EUROS as a stimulus

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

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!

Duckling Class - Autumn 2 - Week 3

This week, we have been continuing to read 'The Extraordinary Gardener'. We have been using describing words to talk about how Joe is feeling and story sequencing. We have been making our very own flowers with play-doh and gems, we have been finger painting our own gardens and making flower...

Reception - Duckling Class - Week 2

In Week 2, we had a fantastic Road Safety Workshop where a visitor came in to talk to us about how to safely cross the road. We had so much fun and learnt so much! We had a visit from Nova, our federation dog! This is the first time we have met Nova, and look forward to seeing her again next week!...

Exploring numbers

This week we have been focusing on numbers . We also used our number skills when making cookies

Year 2 - Numbers Day

Reception - Numbers Day

On Friday, we really enjoyed dressing up as our favourite numbers for Number Day. We talked about where numbers are used and why we use them

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

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 - Numbers Day 2026

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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 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

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 Class - Shaped Rockets

🚀Zoom Zoom Rockets! 🚀 This week, our pupils were fully engaged in exploring rockets — wow! It has been an exciting journey of discovery, imagination, and hands‑on learning. In our school library, children enjoyed looking through books about spaceships and rockets. They focused on the...

Reception - Spanish: Numbers 1-10

In Reception, we also learn the numbers 1–10 in Spanish to help strengthen the children’s understanding of number value and number order. Through songs, games, and hands-on activities, the children build confidence recognising and counting numbers in both English and Spanish

Rainbow Room - Clock Numbers

Today, our pupils stepped into the role of math detectives as they explored missing numbers on clocks. Armed with curiosity and sharp observation skills, they carefully checked the clocks and filled in the missing numbers. This engaging activity was able to help pupils to get familiar with numbers...

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: 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 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 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 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 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

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...

Spanish - Eurovision Inspired Language Learning!

Today, in our Spanish lessons we have used the excitement of Eurovision as a fun and engaging context for language learning. Students practiced using numbers in context, casting their own votes and expressed opinions about some of the performances. They enjoyed listening to songs in a range of...

Rainbow Room - Playdough Caterpillars

The children were remembering the numbers on the caterpillar cards and used green playdough to position it on the caterpillar to represent numbers when counting from 1 to 10 by counting both forwards and backwards

Rainbow Room - Dino Pegs Counting

The children had a wonderful and engaging math session, where they had fun learning by using Dino Number Cards and pegs for counting. In this activity, they observed the numbers on the Dino cards and then counted out the corresponding number of pegs to match the number on each card. This...

Rainbow Room - Number Lines

The children in the Rainbow Room were eagerly engaged in an exciting activity involving numbers on a number line. They had the opportunity to listen carefully as an adult would say a particular number out loud. Their task was to identify the number and then locate it on the number line. To make the...

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 5 - Numbers Day

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

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 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: Maths - Multiplying

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

Year 3 - First Week Back At School

In Maths, we have been looking at place value and representing numbers using dienes and counters. We have also started to add on 1, 10 and 100 onto different numbers using our knowledge of place value so far. In Literacy, we have been recounting our summer holidays and we are preparing to create...

Year 4 - Distributive Law

Today (21st January 2020) the children in Year 4 used the distributive law to solve their multiplication examples. The children used a game sheet, where they had to choose their own 2-digit numbers and multiply it by a single digit. Then, using the distributive law when they found the answer they...

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 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

Year 5 - Roman Numerals

5M, 5Mc and 5F joined together today (9-01-2019) and had a session with Mr Fahy who helped us understand how to identify Roman Numeral numbers and how to work out the amounts. The children in year 5 have been encouraged to use IXL this week to practice Roman Numerals

Year 5 - Fractions With Like Denominators

Today (1st November 2017) the Year 5 children enjoyed their group work lesson, where they learnt to add fractions with like denominators. The children worked well in a group, supporting each other and extended their learning by adding mixed numbers. Today was another example of great learning in...

Year 5 - Celebrating World Maths Day

Today (12th March 2019) the Year 5 pupils were 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...

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 3 - Comparing Numbers

In Year 3 today we have been learning about comparing numbers. We started by ordering 3 and 4 digit numbers starting with the smallest to the largest. We then compared 2 numbers looking at their differences and similarities. Finally we chose 3 numbers and wrote facts that we know about those...

Year 3 - Place Value Superstars

In Year 3, we have been using dice to generate 3 digit numbers and practice adding 1, 10 and 100. We have been place value superstars and used diennes to represent different numbers

Year 2 - 2C World Maths Day 2019

Happy World Maths Day! For World Maths Day, we spent the afternoon problem solving and doing interesting maths investigations with our partners. Normally, when we think about maths, we think about adding or subtracting numbers. But the activities this afternoon showed us that maths does not only...

Year 1 - World Maths Day

For World Maths Day we took part in a range of Maths activities. We had fun exploring shape and numbers, whilst working collaboratively with our peers. We were able to discuss what we had done and explain our thinking

Year 1 - Odd Numbers

In Year 1 we have been learning 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”

This Week in 1S

1S have settled into Year 1 super quickly! They have been playing and writing, drawing and running! This week we have been drawing our own maps and writing our own sentences using colourful semantics. We even know all about odd and even numbers! We can't wait to learn even more :)

KS1 Spanish & Music Assembly

This week KS1 had an amazing time in our Spanish & Music assembly. They played a Spanish quiz and sang their favourites Spanish songs. We could see how much they have learnt about numbers, colours, wellbeing or body parts, just to name a few. They were awesome!

First Week of Nursery

The children have had a wonderful first week at nursery. They've painted, practised writing their letters and numbers, built tall towers, played instruments and sung as loudly as they can. And that was just on their first day! Don't forget to check our class page for weekly updates. We look...

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

1A - Odd and Even Numbers

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

Counting in Nursery

In Numeracy we are learning to recite numbers up to 10 and beyond and we are continuing to develop skills to count using one to one correspondence. This week children created their own trains and counted how many carriages their train has. We made sure used our pointy finger and we counted slowly

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

Reception - Spanish - Spring Term 1 2023

Reception students love singing the numbers up to ten with Rosita! This term students have used this great number knowledge to count libros (books), pinturas (colouring pencils), gomas (rubbers), lápices (pencils), tijeras (scissors), sacapuntas (pencil sharpeners) once they learnt those new words

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

Reception - Chinese New Year and Ordinal Numbers

...where we learnt about Ordinal Numbers and we competed in our own races to see which place we would come. We had so much fun!...

Year 2 - Spanish Christmas Cards

This term in Year 2 we have learnt numbers, colours and shapes through Cubism and Pablo Picasso's art. Today we have decorated our own Christmas cards inspired by his work

The Secret Life of Reception - Autumn 2 2022

Take a look at what we have been learning about this half-term through the eyes of many 4 / 5 year olds! Reception have really enjoyed taking their own photos of their time in Reception at Daubeney! This half-term, we have had so much fun! We have been learning about numbers 1 - 5, shapes, patterns...

Year 2 - Computing Autumn 2 Week 5

This week we continued with our topic of Spreadsheets. We made a magic square using our coloured cells and identified and used the 'total' buttons this week. We then explored ways in which numbers could be placed inside the square to make the totals the same around the outside

Year 5 - Square Numbers

Year 5 - Factors and Multiples

Year 5's learnt about factors and multiples through fun activities which took place in the playground. They used dices to generate random numbers which were then investigated for factor pairs

Year 4 - Concrete Maths

Today, 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 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 1 - Computing - Week 3

For week 3 of computing in Year 1, we used 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

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!

Nurture Group - Maths: Adding

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

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 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 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

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’ -...

Nursery - Spooky Dress Up Day

Nursery has had a fantastic day with our 'Spooky Dress Up' day. The children listened to the story 'Pumpkin Soup' and explored the inside of a pumpkin using spoons, and wooden sticks. They each had a turn to talk about the texture, colour and talked about what they could smell. They...

Year 5 - Outdoor Learning: Learning About Place Value

As part of our outdoor learning this week, Year 5 went to Daubeney Fields to learn about place value. We used different natural resources such as leaves, sticks, stones along with string to make place value charts. We then used these resources to make number representations all the way up to...

Nurture Group - Year 1 - Maths: Number Formation

We used concrete materials to help form our numbers correctly

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!'

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!

Rainbow Class - Learning Subtraction

Our pupils have been working hard to develop their early math's skills through practical subtraction activities. Using counters and number worksheets, the children explored how numbers become smaller when objects are taken away