This week, Year 5 became masters of the decimal as we dived deep into the world of decimal points. To make sense of tenths and hundredths, we rolled up our sleeves and got hands-on with place value counters and charts.

By physically moving counters across the columns, students could visualize exactly what happens when we cross the decimal threshold. Seeing the relationship between whole numbers and their smaller parts helped everyone tackle tricky additions and subtractions with total confidence.

It was wonderful to see those aha! moments as the charts turned abstract numbers into clear, tactile solutions. Fantastic work, mathematicians!