Practical Multiplication in Year 3!

This week in year 3 the children have been developing their conceptual understanding of multiplication and applying their knowledge and skills to real life situations.

One challenge of the week was to use a range of concrete objects available to them to represent different calculations in the three times table.























The children also attempted to represent the calculations pictorially by drawing a range of images which corresponded with a particular question in the three times table. They all wowed the teachers with their creative and unique ideas to represent the numbers.

"I drew a pizza with 4 slices and 3 bits of pepperoni on each slice to show 3 x 4."
Emily, Year 3

“I used 3 5p coins to represent 5 x 3.”
Amandeep Ubhi

By the end of the lesson, all the children had deepened their conceptual understanding of multiplication and even began to notice its relationship with division.

Keep up the superb work year 3. You are going to be multiplication superstars in no time!

Year 3 Maths Party

Tomorrow, we are going to be running our Year 3 Maths party for the children in the school hall, 9.15am-10am.

The children will: compete against their parents in Rockstars (timetables), solve tricky Tangram problems, challenge their peers and parents to a 24 competition and solve Pentomino puzzles.

We would like to take this opportunity to invite parents and carers to join us.

We look forward to seeing you tomorrow!

Regrouping in Year 3

The children were consolidating their understanding of column subtraction this week by using place value counters and dienes blocks to support them. They were able to apply the column method effectively and discuss exactly when it was necessary to regroup and why.

"You can't always subract if you just look at one column so you have to regroup the numbers!" Adam, Hazel class.

"Using the dienes blocks really helped me understand how to regroup." Ethan, Sequoia.

Great job, Year 3!