Everyday maths is a really important part of our learning in Autahi. We are keen for our students to understand that maths is a useful and fascinating part of our lives, and that we use it every day.
Each morning, we revisit our class calendar. The calendar is full of rich opportunities for maths: number recognition, counting forwards and backwards, sequencing and place value (tens and ones) to name just a few.
We've also been counting how many days we've been at school. This week, we reached the magic number of 100.
Time for a celebration and to explore 100 in a bit more detail.
We were keen to find out what 100 looks like, so we all searched the classroom for objects that we had 100 of.
We realised that, by grouping our objects in 10s, we could count them more easily. Some of us were able to count the groups of ten. Some can count in tens.
Our 'hundredth birthday at school' got us thinking about birthdays and so our Number Talk this week continued the theme of careful counting, and also estimating. Having a 'good guess' about how many there are builds children's number sense.
And we even found a cool book to share. Look out for this one in the school library.
We're hooked on 100 now, so you might find that your child is coming home wanting to count to and talk about one hundred. Perhaps these activities will inspire you for some maths activities at home, too.
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