{"id":24232,"date":"2017-09-29T09:13:14","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T09:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/?p=24232"},"modified":"2017-09-29T09:13:14","modified_gmt":"2017-09-29T09:13:14","slug":"maths-week-clan-challenges-at-strath-of-appin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/?p=24232","title":{"rendered":"Maths Week Clan Challenges at Strath of Appin"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>As part of Maths Week pupils at Strath of Appin Primary worked together in their clans to solve a daily maths-themed challenge. The challenges were varied and drew on a range of mathematical skills as well as encouraging good communication skills and effective teamwork.



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\n\u2022\tOn Monday the Clans competed in an active place value number target game outside. <\/p>\n

\u2022\tTuesday was a number trail\/ scavenger hunt around the school and it\u2019s grounds estimating, counting and problem-solving.








\n\u2022\tWednesday\u2019s focus was on weights and measures with a \u2018berry picking\u2019 challenge along the cycle track followed by a weights and measures quiz. <\/p>\n

\u2022\tThursday had a Gaelic theme with a Gaelic book shop set up for the clans to use coins and notes and work out change.

\n\"\"<\/a>\u2022\tTo round off the week on Friday the classes had a presentation followed by activities led by Shona MacLeod from Nationwide Building Society, putting maths (money and finance) in a real-life context. <\/p>\n

\u2022\tWe invited parents in to school for tea and cakes to see and hear all about our terrific maths challenges. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As part of Maths Week pupils at Strath of Appin Primary worked together in their clans to solve a daily maths-themed challenge. The challenges were varied and drew on a range of mathematical skills as well as encouraging good communication skills and effective teamwork.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1610,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4529,8554,4174,3424,77,63,3463,3360],"tags":[254449],"class_list":["post-24232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-active-learning","category-co-operative-learning","category-events","category-interdisciplinary","category-maths","category-numeracy","category-outdoor-learning","category-primary-schools","tag-strath-of-appin-primary-school"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1610"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24232"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24245,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24232\/revisions\/24245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}