St Pius X Catholic Primary School

  🔢 Year 1 Compare Numbers with the Same Number of Tens This week, our Year 1 mathematicians have been building on their understanding of place value to compare numbers within 100. They’ve been exploring how the tens and ones digits work together to make a number — and how we can use this knowledge to decide which numbers are greater , less , or equal . 🧮 Building on Previous Learning Earlier in the year, the children learned to use the words greater than , less than , and equal to , along with the symbols > , < , and = . This week, they’ve taken that learning further by comparing numbers that have the same number of tens but different numbers of ones . For example: 42 and 47 both have 4 tens, but 47 is greater because it has more ones. 35 and 33 both have 3 tens, but 33 is fewer because it has fewer ones. 🗣️ Using Mathematical Language We’ve been practising using the words fewer and less accurately: Fewer is used when talking about objects (e.g., “There are fewer c...

 

 

As part of our PSHE curriculum, we have been thinking about the qualities of a good friend , and when certain actions are appropriate or inappropriate. This includes what we say, how we say it, and how we behave. Year 2 had some great ideas, some of which linked to our learning powers of showing RESPECT and RESILIENCE as well as considering strategies we can use to help us make good decisions.  Matthew 7v 12 reminds us to treat others as we would like to be treated ourselves. This is Jesus's Golden Rule! To conclude and celebrate, we made 'friendship jars,' adding ingredients that would make a good friend, before singing along to our friendship songs - Count on Me and You've Got a Friend in Me (which we have been learning to play on the glockenspiels too!)