Maths Week 2025- Challenge 1

Maths Week 2025 is here, and we’re kicking things off with an exciting home learning challenge! This is your chance to get creative, have fun with numbers, and showcase your mathematical thinking.

For our first home learning challenge, we’d like you to choose a number and create a poster displaying different ways to represent it. You can show your number using:

  • Numerals (e.g. 7)
  • Words (e.g. seven)
  • Pictures (e.g. seven stars)
  • Number sentences (e.g. 3 + 4 = 7)
  • Arrays
  • Tally marks
  • Money
  • Anything else creative!

How to Take Part

  1. Choose a number that inspires you.
  2. Design and decorate your poster using any materials you like – be as colourful and imaginative as possible!
  3. Make sure your poster clearly shows your chosen number in a variety of ways.
  4. Submit your entry to Mr Mumby by Friday to take part in the challenge.

We can’t wait to see your fantastic ‘Ways to Show a Number’ posters! Get your thinking caps on, grab your pencils, and start creating.

Happy Maths Week!

KS2 Choir – Young Voices 2025

On Tuesday, I had the privilege of taking our KS2 choir to the Young Voices concert at the Utilita Arena. What an absolutely fantastic day and night we all had – even if we were all super tired afterwards!

A huge shoutout to all of the children for their awesome representation of Green Top and participating throughout the experience.

A big thank you to all of the family and friends that were able to come and support the event, we hope you enjoyed it as much as us!

Finally, an added shout out to the Year 6’s that make up our choir for your commitment each year to taking part in Young Voices – I really hope you enjoyed your last one and here’s a video to remember it all!

Mrs Spetch x

National Storytelling Week – Coffee Afternoon

Next week (3rd Feb – 7th Feb) is National Storytelling Week and we are going to combine it with Maths Week!

Please join us for our coffee afternoon on Friday 7th February 2pm – 3pm to enjoy sharing stories (especially maths relates ones) with your children!

If you would like to attend, please book your place using the Google Form below.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc6558NNefa-Frt14WlP_WeQ8CKDgadYQ8piPEh2-gg2lHJZA/viewform?usp=sharing

We look forward to you joining us!

Y5/6 Christmas Disco

The Year 5/6 Christmas disco will take place on Thursday 12th December straight after school 3.15 – 4.15pm.

Children will not need money as treats will be provided. They also won’t need to get changed as it is already Christmas jumper / non uniform day on Thursday!

Pick up will be from normal classroom doors at 4.15pm.

Any questions, please contact class teachers or [email protected]

Green Top Kindness Advent Calendar

Year 5 and 6 PoL – Science Lectures

A reminder that Year 5 and 6’s Presentation of Learning takes place next week. The children are going to present their learning from this expedition as a science lecture which will take place at Trinity Academy in their lecture theatre.

The children have been working incredibly hard in their groups for the past couple of weeks to create their lecture slides and scripts and we can’t wait for you to see it!

Year 5 – Wednesday 4th December @5.30pm

Year 6 – Thursday 5th December @5.30pm