Year 2

On Monday 27 May, Year 2 commenced their Mathematics unit of Fractions and Length through engaging in a hands-on interactive activity. Here students explored the concept of halves and quarters by working within small groups to place pegs along a skipping rope, indicating the half-way and quarter-way points.

Some groups challenged themselves further through dividing their skipping rope, using pegs, into eight equal parts to represent eighths. Throughout this activity, students participated in group discussions surrounding fractions as equal parts of a whole and discovered that similarly to quarters, which are half of a half, eighths are half of quarters. The students were very excited to continue exploring fractions through interactive activities in their upcoming Mathematics lessons. 

Merissa Perivolarellis
Year 2 Classroom Teacher