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01/12/23

There is currently 1 in 2 chance of winning one out of our amazing prizes. Please share with family and friends. Raffle is drawing at 5pm today!!!The PTAhttps://t.co/FmAzxMLipU— VIPS () December 1, 2023

30/11/23

pic.twitter.com/LULUE3XiOr— VIPS () November 30, 2023

30/11/23

Another creative Christmas workshop got underway this week: a group of year 5 and 6 students were learning to make eco Christmas decorations from dogwood and embroidery threads! pic.twitter.com/T8A10WrTwL— VIPS () November 30, 2023

28/11/23

Year 5 have been getting into the festive spirit by creating their own ‘mini-wreaths’ using pipe cleaners, glue and a lot of glitter! These will be sold at our Xmas fair on Friday! pic.twitter.com/5X4EUr4Mgd— VIPS () November 28, 2023

24/11/23

Year 3 had a fab time on our trip to Samphire Hoe yesterday. It felt like all of our science learning about rocks, soil and fossils this term came to life in front of our eyes! pic.twitter.com/xg6sk6M3MC— VIPS () November 24, 2023

22/11/23

Turtles have been focusing on character description in English, they have created some incredible writing about the character of Lila from this term’s book, The Firework Maker’s Daughter! We even had the chance to do some creative writing of our own! pic.twitter.com/ZEaAadQc6A— VIPS () November 22, 2023

21/11/23

We have raised a fantastic £243.30 so far for the children all took part in spotty themed art and we tried our best to create our own Pudsey! pic.twitter.com/PF3lPbfQjj— VIPS () November 21, 2023

17/11/23

As part of ‘Show your spots day’ Children in Need 2023, Year 6 have been creating WW2 Blitz pictures in the style of pointillism. pic.twitter.com/HKOwBxwYJX— VIPS () November 17, 2023

16/11/23

Year 5 had a special treat this week, with a visit to the British Museum, London. We had a brilliant time seeing a whole host of treasures including Ancient Greek sculptures, Ancient Egyptian mummies and solid gold Medieval coins worth millions! pic.twitter.com/UHzLSwA854— VIPS () November 16, 2023

15/11/23

The first of our art clubs started today, with some of our key stage 2 children learning how to create a Christmas wreath! We can’t wait to see how they develop over the next few weeks! pic.twitter.com/W3pSdNUd3g— VIPS () November 15, 2023

15/11/23

Year 3 have been creating some epic Stone Age moves in our dance class. Can you work out what activity they are recreating in these pictures? pic.twitter.com/shWjavgkys— VIPS () November 15, 2023

09/11/23

Year 3 have been using techniques of sequencing images and creating freeze frames to help them to remember the storylines of the book ‘Stone Age Boy’ pic.twitter.com/F4Wbkh2IRV— VIPS () November 9, 2023

09/11/23

pic.twitter.com/N2fd1M4YEz— VIPS () November 9, 2023

09/11/23

To kick start their new Dance topic in PE, Stingray class have been exploring different ‘swing dance’ movements. These movements will help them to eventually choreograph a short dance to ‘The White cliffs of Dover’ by Vera Lynn. pic.twitter.com/XRGliZlujz— VIPS () November 9, 2023

09/11/23

Would you like to join our team! We are currently hiring. https://t.co/HgmShgQxU9— VIPS () November 9, 2023

20/10/23

Year 6 have been busy recapping and consolidating all of their Science learning this week! Our Super Stingrays have been testing their sticky knowledge about Karl Linnaeus and microorganisms! pic.twitter.com/JJkqfBTucv— VIPS () October 20, 2023

20/10/23

Year 5 have been finishing their flooding topic by recreating their very own model village, complete with working dam! All made out of Lego, I might add! Will the dam hold the water back and save the village?! We’ll find out next lesson! pic.twitter.com/pxMX1FRGSf— VIPS () October 20, 2023

18/10/23

This week in PSHE, Turtles have had a fantastic discussion about recognising our own emotions and seeing them in others. We looked at how to live without harming others and how noticing our differences should be a positive learning experience. pic.twitter.com/sjkrjtjxCw— VIPS () October 18, 2023

17/10/23

In PSHE this week Seals class have been learning about their rights and ordering them into ones they think are most important to them. pic.twitter.com/kia9v5IbTX— VIPS () October 17, 2023

13/10/23

Year 3 have been thinking about deforestation and today we had some special visitors all the way from the Amazon Rainforest to talk about their work. We had Hosé the beef farmer, Mr Palmer the palm oil farmer and Steve the logger! pic.twitter.com/bBh9tb6EGu— VIPS () October 13, 2023

13/10/23

Check out the brilliant extended writing and Science work going on in Stingray class this week! For their writing focus this week, the children have been writing persuasive texts to advertise their class novel ‘The Girl of Ink and Stars’. pic.twitter.com/kdlAHGlqMA— VIPS () October 13, 2023

13/10/23

Turtles were lucky enough to take part in a flashmob workshop! They performed a spooky dance to a very surprised Years 5 and 6! pic.twitter.com/Xm0Du9Gzfj— VIPS () October 13, 2023

13/10/23

In English Sharks have been thinking about Autumn and Harvest, and have been writing about what we might see on an Autumn walk, ready for our own walk around the field! pic.twitter.com/D85xjNu6RR— VIPS () October 13, 2023

12/10/23

Thank you so much to the PTA for providing us the funds to buy these fantastic books for the Year 3 classroom! We are so excited about reading them! pic.twitter.com/RJgTcJ2DiH— VIPS () October 12, 2023

12/10/23

In our sketchbook lesson this week Seals have worked on developing their tracing skills, and also encouraged some left brain/right brain fluidity in our double handed drawings of leaves! pic.twitter.com/TBzsd6mjw5— VIPS () October 12, 2023

Maths

The Teaching of Mathematics at Kings Hill

Our Curriculum

Our mathematics curriculum is based on a spiral curriculum approach which enables all pupils to revisit and reload knowledge regularly, rather than only once a year at a particular period – this has shown to be every effective for our school community!

In addition to our daily mathematics lessons pupils get separate fluency and times tables sessions, where pupils are taught explicit methods to become fast, fluent and effective mathematicians. For example, the use of rounding, complementing pairs and fact families.

Resources for our lessons are taken from a variety of resources including the White Rose Scheme, NRich, NCETM, PiXL and Maths No Problem. Using a variety of resources ensures pupils are engaged, motivated and challenged at all time.

Lesson Structure

We follow a Mastery approach to our Mathematics curriculum based on the Singapore teaching and learning models, as well as specialist support we have gathered taking part in our Maths ‘Teacher Research Group’ over the last year and a half.

Pupils are all challenged to learn together in groups, with the necessary challenge and support in a lesson, to allow all abilities to flourish.

All Mathematics lessons are based on a I do, We do and You do approach.

1.Flying Start

This ‘hook’ includes consolidation of arithmetic skills from across the last lesson, week, month, term and year group phase. Regularly reflecting back to prior learning ensures that pupils keep skills fresh and builds upon their long term memory. Rapid recall and number fact knowledge is key to support more advanced skills as pupils progress through the mathematics curriculum.

2.Guided Practice (I do, We do, You do)

Throughout the rest of the lesson the children are introduced to different challenges (4 to 5) that show progress in a skill across a lesson. These challenges are modelled by the teacher independently, before the students and teacher work together on the same concept. Each challenge is then consolidated by independent practice (you do). Challenges provide pupils with different pictorial representations, as well as learning about mathematics in contexts – this shows them that mathematics can be used in their daily lives and future aspirations.

The (I do, We do, You do) approach is repeated numerous times across a lesson to ensure that children are given multiple opportunities for teacher modelling, as well as more frequent opportunities for misconceptions and barriers to be addressed.

Each challenge is pitched carefully for all pupils in the class to access but challenge and support is provided for those pupils that need it by the use of extra manipulatives, adult support/intervention or our ‘blue star’ and reasoning challenges.

Reasoning is explicitly shown in workbooks through the use of a purple reasoning pen, this allows pupils to see the importance of the following reasoning skills:

  • Describing
  • Explaining
  • Convincing
  • Justifying
  • Proving
  • Conjecturing

These skills are fluid and pupils will deep in and out of these reasoning skills across their mathematics experiences in each year group.

 

Times Table Tarsia Puzzle

PiXL Times Tables and Other Resources

As a school we promote the use of PiXL Times Tables, as the App allows students to recognise and recall times tables quickly and efficiently from a very young age, setting high expectations straight away – by the end of Year 4 all pupils should know their times tables up 12x12 with instant recall. PiXL Times Tables App also follows a similar format as the Multiplication Check which all Year 4 pupils will complete annually, beginning June 2020.

Times Tables Games

Top Marks Maths

Calculation Policy

Times Tables in School

Division in School

Multiplication in School

Times Table Rock Stars

In school we are using the Times Table Rock Stars app to help children learn their times tables.  Please watch our introduction for help with using the system. 

Times Table Rock Stars Introduction 

Numbots Introduction

Parent Workshops