Mighty Maths in Year 6!

This week in Year 6, the children have been using their resources to help their understanding with mathematical concepts.

For example, Oak class looked at the composition of 1,000 and 1,000,000 using dienes. 

"I know that one quarter of 1,000 is 250, because four lots of 250 is equal to 1,000" - Katlyn

"5 two hundreds make 1,000. You can see it can exchange to one thousand!" - Oliver

At the end of the lesson, the children were able to discuss how 1,000,000 is divided into two, four, five and ten. We also learnt that we can use our place value and power of ten knowledge to help us with the composition of 100,000, 10,000, 1,000 and 100. 

The children have also been working hard at ordering and comparing 7 digit numbers, thinking carefully about the value of each column. They thoroughly enjoyed applying their understanding to a competitive game, where they used a 9 sided dice to generate a number each - the biggest number won! 

The children loved creating their own rules with their partner to make the game even more interesting. Some even chose to put a digit in their partner's number (especially if it was a low one).

"I knew that my partner had won straight away because they had a 9 in their millions column and I had already placed an 8 in it! It was so much fun!" - Ollie, Almond