Daily Archives: April 25, 2012

Gymnasts bag Silver!

Posted on April 25, 2012 by officedickens

Congratulations to the Charles Dickens Gymnastics Team and their Coach, Louise Worley, who won overall Silver in the first inter-school Southwark Gymnastics Competition! The children competed in three different events; Vault (running up and using a springboard to jump on … Continue reading →

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Tiny Tim’s Maths Tips – Year 1 and 2 Addition continued…

Posted on April 25, 2012 by officedickens

The next stage is children producing more formal recordings using their own ‘blank number lines‘ (often referred to as BNL). Children are able to ‘count on‘ in ones (they do this in their heads but record their ‘working out‘) and circle the … Continue reading →

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Tiny Tim’s Maths Tips – Year 1 and 2 Addition

Posted on April 25, 2012 by officedickens

Children understand addition best when it is taught alongside subtraction. Furthermore learning is better if given  a context as mathematical concepts are difficult to grasp without them. For younger children counting people and objects (toys, buttons etc.) and questions such as … Continue reading →

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