Starting Our Division Journey in Maths!

This week in maths, we’ve started our new unit: division! The children have been enthusiastic learners, showing incredible focus! We have learnt new vocabulary this week such as divisor, dividend, quotient and partial quotient.
We’ve been using a range of resources to deepen our understanding. BrainingCamp has been a fantastic tool for visually partitioning numbers, helping the children see how numbers can be broken down to make division easier to grasp. We also used our trusty plastic wallets with the part-whole models to practise partitioning numbers in more practical ways.
Additionally, we have applied our learning to solve worded maths problems. Year 5 have demonstrated a great understanding of how to break down problems and use the tools and methods we’ve practiced to find solutions.
By the end of the week, we’ll be diving with remianders using the short division method – an important step that will help the children build confidence in solving division problems more efficiently.