A maths game we tried

Rhea from Room 12 in action

On Tuesday the Room 13 maths class (which combines some of the students from Room 12) played a game on the Interactive Whiteboard to help the students with their subtracting. The problems were written on the board and the students had to "fill in the blanks" on the board using the Interactive Whiteboard marker. Most of the students hadn't used the whiteboard before so it was quite an exciting experience. I spoke to Olivia (one of the Room 12 students who comes through to Room 13 for maths) about the game:

"The game was fun but it was quite a challenge" she told us. "I didn't get to use the Interactive Whiteboard but it was fun seeing my friend Lucy have a go with it."

I also spoke to Room 13 student Zak:

"The game was quite fun - and I got to use the Interactive Whiteboard pen which was fun too."

Connor of Room 13 tries out the
Interactive Whiteboard

The game not only helped the students with their subtracting; it helped them with their "tidy number"
knowledge too. The game sounds pretty fun, yet at the same time you're learning about subtracting tidy numbers! Sounds like this game was a success!!!

By Georgie