Exploring Fractions

25 Jun

In Year 3, we have been developing our understanding of fractions through fun and practical maths activities. To help us learn about numerators and denominators, we used pizza slices to explore how a whole can be divided into equal parts. The children enjoyed identifying different fractions, such as halves, quarters and eighths, and discussing how the denominator tells us how many equal parts the whole is split into, while the numerator shows how many parts are being counted. We also matched pictures to the correct fractions, which helped us to recognise fractions in different visual forms and deepen our understanding even further. These hands-on activities made our learning engaging, memorable and enjoyable, while helping the children to build confidence in their maths skills.

Eastbrook School is an Ofsted rated Good, all-through school in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and is part of the Barking Abbey family. Founded in 1933, Eastbrook has a well-established history of serving the local community, with many generations of families attending as students and even joining as staff. The primary school opened in 2016 and is growing in size year on year. The secondary school transferred into new, state of the art buildings in 2017, benefiting from purpose-built specialist learning environments with industry level resources and outstanding access to green outdoor spaces.

Eastbrook is a thriving and growing community school, welcoming students from a broad range of backgrounds, culturally, economically and in terms of need.

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