Year 2 have been working very hard on fractions this week. The children began by looking at halves and quarters of shapes.
The children then thought of ways of finding half of a number. They realised that it had to be split into two equally. Many children were very quick at identifying that this is the opposite to doubling.
Following this the children were then set the challenge of calculating a quarter of a number. They remembered how they had to half a shape and then half it again to find a quarter, therefore they were quickly able to do this with numbers. The children found that having their plate split into quarters helped …
