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Moving on to metre measures!

We took advantage of the lovely weather to get outside for more measuring. We have done lots of work with non standard measures and we have chatted about the issues with using them. We came to the conclusion that having a way of measuring that was always the same and that people all over the world would understand would be better, especially when it comes to building important things like houses, roads and bridges. We then went out and about using metre sticks, estimating and measuring. There was some super maths on the go with some people using repeated addition to work out the length of a square in the playground or of the wooden raised beds. We have some excellent engineers in the making!

Estimating and Measuring Length

This week we have been focusing on what estimating means and using language such as ‘almost’ ‘nearly’ and our Power Word, ‘ approximately’. We have been practising all around the school and playground,thinking and making sensible guesses about length then checking with heel to toe steps. We are discovering that there are some issues with this method ; this has led to some really interesting discussion and super thinking.