Tens, Ones and Lots of Fun in Year 1!

Story shared by Rebecca Best
on March 3, 2025

Maths, The Penpol Times, Year 1

In Year 1, we’ve been working hard to understand place value up to 50. We’ve been using a variety of manipulatives, including base ten, to help us visualise how many tens and ones are in different numbers. This hands-on approach has made learning about numbers both fun and engaging!

We’ve enjoyed working with our partners, which not only helped us with our place value understanding but also allowed us to develop our Penpol Value of Friendship. By collaborating and discussing our ideas, we’ve been able to improve our Oracy skills, explaining our thinking and listening to others.

It’s been wonderful to see the children excited to share their discoveries and we’re looking forward to continuing to build our mathematical and communication skills together!

Also in the news:

Year 6 undertake mini-police training

As part of our PSHE curriculum, Year 6 had the privilege of welcoming Devon and Cornwall Police into their classrooms for an engaging and educational experience. The officers shared insights about their roles within the community,

Nic Stanlake 15th October 2024

Behind the Scenes of Maths Mania in Scratch

Scratch is a great program that lets us build our own games, animations and tools. Using brightly coloured blocks of code we can control individual objects (called Sprites) as well as being able to combine multiple

Jacob Woolcock 11th October 2022

Year 1 – Maths in the Class

In Year 1, we love exploring different areas of Mathematics in fun and creative ways. Here are some photos of the children thinking outside the box to make their own number sentences and using various resources

Clare Sara 16th November 2024

Platinum Picnic at Penpol

It was such a glorious sight to see the whole school on the field enjoying the sunshine and celebrating the Queens Jubilee. Every child had a smile, younger children danced and played with children from the

Tiffany Pope 27th May 2022

Our Own Hockey Heroes!

A collection of our Year 4, 5 and 6 pupils headed over to Penzance Hockey Club for some friendly festival games on Thursday. A mixed bag of results which culminated in a hotly contested ‘friendly’ derby

Nic Stanlake 10th June 2022

THE PENPOL TIMES