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Mr Alastair Taylor Mr David Millar
Prep School Maths Coordinator Prep School English Coordinator
In maths this year we have embraced the opportuni- This year in Jeddah Prep, we have been embedding
ty to get back to hands on maths. In our maths les- a new writing programme, Talk for Writing, to help
sons we have been learning mathematical skills and provide children with a clearer understanding of the
methods through three routes of learning. We have features of a wider range of fiction and non-fiction
been learning through: genres. Through the use of story maps, children have
been learning a range of texts to help embed the pat-
Concrete methods, using equipment to demonstrate terns and structures of quality writing in English.
our understanding. We have learned about how to plan good writing
through a process of boxing-up which helps us to
Pictorial methods, using pictures and models such identify the structure of different text types.
as bar models to show our methods.
Abstract methods, using numbers and symbols to
show our application skills e.g. 5 + 5 =10
To accompany our in class work we have also en-
joyed Maths week in November when the children
were invited to try a number of outdoor maths activ-
ities that focussed on things they may have missed
whilst online. The children also had the opportunity
to compete to build the tallest straw tower. And in
March children decorated themselves mathematical-
ly for World Maths Day, yet another chance to cele-
brate all things mathematical. In March, we celebrated a fan-
tastic Book Week with the
theme, ‘Picture This!’ where we
explored a range of different
picture books and explored the
magic of stories with no words.
This provided great opportu-
nities for discussion together,
developing skills in oracy and
inference, learning to read be-
tween the lines and find hidden
meaning.
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