Another creation made by Christopher. Well done!

Fraction pictionary is a great warm up in maths.  Primary 6 like to play this as it allows them to visualise fractions.

Primary 6 have been looking at linking fractions to real life contexts, thinking about when they might need to use their knowledge of fractions in real life.  They discovered many ways they would need apply their knowledge, for example, the cost of items in shops.  They were quite surprised to discover so many.  Linking learning to real life gives the learning more meaning and the class now seem to be feeling more positive towards fractions.

After exploring fractions in real life contexts, primary 6 followed instructions to decorate their pancakes where they had to be able to recognise the fraction and simplify it.

Zuzia visited a WW2 museum in Poland during the mid term break.  Zuzia kindly put together a presentation to share with primary 6.  The presentation had  facts and images for the class to see.  The presentation will soon be uploaded…

Primary 6 carried out role play to demonstrate their understanding of what they have learned so far with their WW2 topic.  All children got fully involved and were brilliant at acting.  The class were split into groups where each group had a scenario to act out.  The rest of the class had to use their knowledge to guess the scenarios their peers were acting out.  This was a fun lesson and great for children to show their understanding of the topic so far.

Primary 6 are using AFOREST to support them with persuasive writing.  AFOREST includes the features used in persuasive writing.  Primary 6 looked for these features in newspapers and online articles.

A – alliteration. F- Facts. O- opinion. R-repetition. E- emotive language. S- statistics. T – three rule of adjectives.

With their knowledge of the features, p6 then created a whole class persuasive piece of writing.  This was based on ‘Are mobile phones necessary?’ They all agreed to write in favour of mobile phones. 

Should school uniforms be banned?

During literacy P6 took part in a class debate.  The class were very engaged in the discussions.  All children could build on others ideas and share their own viewpoint respectfully.   Primary 6 loved this opportunity and are looking forward to having more debates in class.

Pictured above is our WW2 stained glass art.  P6 created a background with the silhouette of a soldier and gravestone.   They then used paper tissue for the backing.  These look really effective in sunlight.   Well done!

Thank you for sharing with us Danijs.

https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/fraction-matcher/latest/fraction-matcher_en.html

https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/build-a-fraction/latest/build-a-fraction_en.html

https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/fractions-equality/latest/fractions-equality_en.html