Number Formation Stations

We have been revising number this week for Maths, especially number formation! Our Friday stations were all about practicing in fun, tactile and engaging ways! 

Splitting camels into different patterns 

Using our new magnet boards to write numbers

Building numbers from construction blocks

Writing numbers into the sand

Maths Trail

Last Friday the Junior Room went on a number hunt around Trim. Here are just some of the photos of numbers in the local environment they took with the new school iPads!  

Maths-Number

Fun in the classroom revising numbers. The children had to work in pairs to find objects to make sets from 0 to 10. Being able to see what different numbers look like with real objects is really good for helping children with addition and number sense.

Addition

The Juniors and Seniors have been doing a lot a work on addition over the past few weeks. Juniors began using the + and = symbols in their sums, and Seniors have been doing lots of sums both mentally and written. 

A good game we have used for practising addition is Marble Maths on abcya.com. The children can use the marbles at the bottom of the page as visual aids if they are finding a sum difficult. 

Junior Infants are doing sums where the answer is between 0-5, Senior Infant sums have answers between 0-10. Children can use counters (these can be anything from lego bricks to pasta) and number lines to help them to work out the answers. 

For example, if the sum is 3+4, the child starts on 3 and 'jumps' on 4 numbers:

It is also very important that children recognise their numbers and are writing numbers correctly and the right way around. This is the way we write our numbers. 

There are also number formation poems here which can be helpful reminders when writing numbers. 

Clay Numbers!

This week we are revising our numbers! 

Juniors and Seniors had lots of fun making their numbers out of clay and rolling the correct amount of balls to go with the number. It was a fun way to revise our number formation and counting skills! 

Well done everybody!