Maths

From 11.11.24 to 18.11.24, the Y4 class has taken part in a Times Tables Rockstars Tournament with 12 other schools in our trust. 

• Out of the 12 schools that took part, our school finished 1st overall.
• Out of the 53 classes that took part, our Y4 class finished 2nd  overall. Pipped to 1st place by a Y5 class.
• Out of the 1074 pupils taking part, three of our pupils finished 4th, 6th and 7th overall. 

We are all super proud of all our Y4 children for contributing to amazing results in this tournament. Here are some photos of them receiving our trophy and with their certificates: 

Learning to tell the time can be very challenging for children to grasp. There is so much information needed to be able to tell the time on an analogue clock and this can cognitively overload children. At St.Alban’s, we break this into tiny steps.

First, children only focus on the hour hand in a linear number line. Children practised using their hour hands to show o’clock times on the number line. We then also looked at where the hour hand would point for half past the hour, noticing that it no longer pointed at the number but was halfway between two numbers.

Then we moved our numbers into a circle like a real clock face with the hour hand in the middle pointing to the o’clock and half past times.

After, we started to think about the minute hand as well. We used two clock faces for this: one to show the hour and one to show the minutes. We noticed that the minute hand points halfway around the clock face to represent half past.

We discussed how people don’t wear two watches but have to look at the hour hand and the minute hand on the same clock! Finally we tried to show o’clock and halfpast times on one clock face by moving both the hour and minute hands. We will repeat these steps with quarter past and quarter to times tomorrow. Well done year 2, you will be telling the time in no time!

Following on from my post the other day celebrating the amazing year fours and their 1st place in the DSAT Times Tables Tournament with 10 other schools, here is a picture of them with their certificates. 

Over the last two weeks, the year 4 class have been competing in a maths times tables competition with 11 other schools in DSAT. 651 pupils took part across 32 classes and I am very proud to announce that St. Alban’s Year 4 finished 1st in “Top of the Rocks”. It was a phenomenal effort by the children as they showed their dedication to learning by putting in the hours, in and out of school.