Numbers Tag

For the past two weeks, the Year 5s have been learning more about Place Value in Mathematics.

We’ve covered the following content thus far:

• Place value up to hundred thousands.
• Partitioning numbers.
• Writing number in words and figures.
• Rounding off to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000.

Students got the opportunity this week to apply their knowledge and skills that they’ve learned with some practical, hands-on activities. They were placed in pairs and had to play a rounding off game using a place value dice.

These were the rules:

• Each players rolls the four dice (units, tens, hundreds and thousands).
• They had to then add all the numbers together to their answer.
• Round off their answer to the nearest 1000.
• The player with the highest number scores 1 point.
• The first player to score 10 points wins the game!

“Play is our brain’s favourite way of learning.” – Diane Ackerman

Take a look at some of the photos that were taken while the students were busy playing this extremely fun game.

Who says Mathematics can be fun and games?!

Ria du Plessis
Year 5 Teacher/Leader

At Blouberg International School, in Reception Year, our little ones learn in many different ways, but singing songs is one of our favourites! They love learning new songs and actions and are always very happy to share their favourite songs with everyone.

Did you know: 
One way or another, children are exposed to and involved with singing from their earliest years. Whether it’s a parent singing them to sleep, or the opening theme song from their favourite TV programme, singing plays an important part in a child’s development.

Learning a piece of information attached to a melody embeds that information more rapidly in a child’s mind. The majority of children learn the alphabet and numbers not by simply saying them but singing them.

Monique Meyer
Reception Year Teacher