
Upton House Maths
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The Maths department at @UptonHouseSch, a thriving and progressive independent preparatory school teaching boys & girls age 2 to 11 years.
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http://www.uptonhouse.org.uk 04-09-2017 09:40:18
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A great warm up game for Upton House Form 6 this morning that involved team work without talking. NRICH maths Donuts percents activity gave them lots of opportunities to convert between fractions, decimals and percentages. #Uptonjourney #Uptonmaths #ProblemSolving


We celebrated #EuropeanDayOfLanguages in Coding Club this week by creating a string of letters on a Microbit to say Hello in different languages! 👋🏻🙋♀️🙋Upton House School Rhian Thornton #Uptonjourney #coding

A happy start to our week, wearing our cosy winter uniform and exploring with 2D shapes! Form 1S had great fun making their own shape pictures in Upton House Maths 😃🔷🔺🔸🟪🟢 Upton House School #UptonJourney Rhian Thornton


MARSHMALLOW MATHS 🧮 Form 2 have been learning how to partition 2 and 3-digit numbers. They used marshmallows and beads to create their own abacuses and were worked out the value of each digit in the number Upton House Maths Upton House School Rhian Thornton #UptonForm2


Competitive spirit is in full swing in Upton House Form 5 today! Consolidating our learning on factors and multiples by playing a tactical card game - lots of sneaky moves and quick thinking needed! Upton House School Rhian Thornton #mathsisfun #uptonjourney



Let’s go shopping 🛍️ This week Form 2 are exploring money. Through role play, they have been learning how to make different amounts and find change 🪙 Upton House Maths Rhian Thornton Upton House School


So much excitement in Upton House Form 4 today as we investigated the digital roots of the times tables ✖️🌳We were fascinated by the links between the times tables, whilst working collaboratively and giving fantastic explanations of the patterns discovered!🤩 Upton House School Rhian Thornton


Money, money, money 💷 #Form2D have been learning how to ‘find the difference’ by exploring money and calculating the change they would get when buying items. A fun, hands-on way to make subtraction practical 🧸🦴🪁🪀 Upton House Maths Rhian Thornton Upton House School #UptonPrePrep

🎉 Drumroll, please! 🥁 Huge congrats to our Upton House Form 4 ‘Most Valuable Players’ in our Times Table Rockstars Battle of the Bands competition! 🏆 We love a bit of healthy competition whilst learning! Well done, rockstars! 🌟🎸 Upton House School Rhian Thornton #uptonjourney


Excellent teamwork during our problem solving activity from Upton House Form 6 in yesterdays lesson. The children had to match graphs and statistical data together whilst trying to find missing information as well. Lots of great reasoning and discussion! #problemsolvers #teamwork


We loved using our knowledge of common denominators to tackle these fun geometric painting investigations in Upton House Form 5 🎨🔹🔸 We even created our own geometric artwork and challenged our friends! Jo Boaler Upton House School Rhian Thornton #uptonjourney #ProblemSolving


This morning Mr McEvoy showcased the wonderful Music Technology opportunities at Upton House School and shared the exciting projects by our budding composers 🎧🎹 Be sure to follow our Music Technology account to see what Upton has to offer! #UptonJourney Upton House Music

Massive congratulations to our talented Upton House Form 5 children for coming 2nd in The Oratory School Maths Competition today! 🥈🎉 Their excellent problem-solving skills, resilience and teamwork truly shone through. We’re so proud of this amazing achievement!👏Rhian Thornton Upton House School


Does your shape have…❓🔷🔵 Upton House Form 5 had fun practising using mathematical vocabulary when describing 3D shapes in a competitive game of ‘Guess What?’ NRICH maths The best learning happens when we’re having fun! 🤩 Rhian Thornton Upton House School #uptonjourney


We hosted a fantastic Maths workshop for parents yesterday which focused on "Making Maths Visual". It was great to see parents from a range of year groups across the school learning all about bar modelling and how this can help support their children at home ✨💫Upton House Maths


Fantastic problem solving in Upton House Form 5 today, we tackled this Coordinates Challenge from NRICH maths 🗺️👏🏻 Amazing teamwork, systematic thinking and utter joy when the problem was solved! Rhian Thornton Upton House School #uptonjourney


Our Upton House Form 4 turned ‘Nice or Nasty’ into a masterclass in strategy today…sneaky moves, clever plays, and just the right amount of friendly competition! Who knew comparing amounts of money could be this intense?😆💷 NRICH maths Upton House School Rhian Thornton #uptonjourney


One chicken burger and a Pastel de Nata please…🐓 Upton House Form 4 virtually visited Nando’s to consolidate their learning of adding and subtracting money whilst sticking to a budget! Lots of savvy saving going on to get the best deals possible! Upton House School Rhian Thornton


We’re incredibly proud of our Upton House Maths quiz team, who took part in the semi-final of the National Quiz Club competition yesterday. Out of 70 schools, they achieved an outstanding 2nd place - and have now qualified for the national final at Oxford University! 🎓👏😃🤩!