I

This week we have been learning about multiplying 2, 3 and 4 digit numbers by 1 digit. We have built on the strategies we already know for multiplying to help us do these challenging calculations. In outdoor maths we have been measuring things in our playground, Kevin and Ollie were showing the class all the measurements up to a metre. Our resources help us to measure things outside.

In topic we have started looking at deforestation, did you know that deforestation is responsible for 24% of the gases that are having an affect on global warming! We didn’t but do now! We have learnt that an area the size of 20 football pitches is cut down every year in Rainforest so we could have no Rainforest within 100years if this keeps happening.

In Numeracy we have been learning about factors, common factors, multiples and prime numbers. It has been a challenging week with lots of practical activities. We used resources outside to help us visually understand how to figure out factors of a number and also common factors, some groups even worked out common multiples.

We were learning about limerick’s. We started writing our own poems, this was really challenging for almost all of us but we got there and our poems are awesome – if we do say so ourselves.

In gymnastics we have been working on linking balances and rotation.  We are trying to hold balances for 3-5 seconds and link our movements so that they flow freely just like gymnasts do.

We took part in the Active Schools Scottish Dance festival at Fintry PS. We learned 11 different dance. we thought we would have to dance in front of people but we didn’t we had so much fun.

We have been learning about  factors and common factors in multiplication. It’ very challenging but we have been using different resources like cubes and times table squares to help us.

We started gymnastics this week in PE, we are trying to  work on rotation and balancing. Look how well Keenin and Paige demonstrate what they are learning.