Year 1

Year 1 had a fantastic time listening to Dr Poppleton and learning all about how her role as a doctor uses maths. 
This is what we learnt:

I learnt what calculation is - Myles

She has to count the heartbeats! - Aliy

Dr Poppleton has to count breaths. We counted breaths for 30 seconds. Then we times it by two - Alice

We had to double it! - Aliy

She has to measure the medicine very carefully! - Brian

Year 1 have been learning about Katherine Johnson and her work calculating the flight path of rockets. We learnt new vocabulary such as ‘trajectory’ and enjoyed learning facts about Katherine’s life.

Year 2

We kicked started National Numeracy Day by watching a special live lesson focusing on how maths is used in space. 

We joined in to a dance routine with Numberblock 1 and had a lot of fun. 

As part of the live lesson, we learnt about hoe they use maths in science. 
 

- ‘They use maths to calculate the distance between the stars and the planets.’ - Ali 

- ‘They use maths to set the rocket into space.’ - Joel 

- ‘Different types of maths is used to launch rockets and they have to do a lot of calculations.’ - Jaxon

We also witnessed Numberblock 10 launch off into space. 

Part of National Numeracy Day we played Times Table Bingo.

Year 2 were visited by a Pharmacist, who explained to us how she used maths in her job. 
 

‘A pharmacist uses maths to measure the weight of the medicines.’ 

‘They have to count how much the medication cost.’ 
 

‘They need to use calculations when order more medicine.’