This week is ‘Maths Week Scotland’! It’s a chance to explore, enjoy and discover all things relating to Maths – and realise just how much Maths we use everyday – sometimes without even realising it!
Each day, both classes have had lots of Maths fun doing different activities.
On Monday, P6/7 watched and talked about the maths relating to Alice in Wonderland with an online Maths Live event – who knew just how much logic was used in that famous story! They also brushed up their Maths whizzkid number skills with their weekly Beat That and CLIC number challenges.
On Tuesday, P1-4 had lots of outside fun with Liz Tindall – the weather was in their favour for that ! They enjoyed a Beetle Drive, stick measuring, symmetry and made a giant pizza! Lots of maths concepts being used in a variety of ways.
P6/7 enjoyed a Pairs Puzzle (planned for outside but the weather had other ideas!) Working together, pupils solved number puzzles hidden all around the school, unscrambled an anagram of the letters on each puzzle piece (yo spell ‘we are the greatest!) and were rewarded with a Puzzle Prize at the end (Haribos!)
Wednesday was a very busy day with P6/7 using their number skills in French with a fund outdoors game with Mrs McKnight – ooh la la!
On Thursday, P1-4 participated in two online events exploring storytelling and maths whilst P6/7’s online session explored the idea of infinity through a story called ‘Infinity and Me’ by Kate Hosford and listened to the experiences of a STEM Ambassador who explained her route towards the job she does now as an engineer and the part which maths plays in this. Plus we had fun doing our maths games such as Kahoot (a VERY competitive game enjoyed by P6/7!) and coding Spheros to follow an obstacle course.
And to round the week off, on Friday P6/7 headed outside for a challenging outdoor Maths Trail. Pupils worked together in pairs to answer the questions about various things outdoors, from calculating the number of rectangles in the fence surrounding the car park, to identifying different types of angles outside.
The finish off our busy week, we participated in the #ShowYourWorking event and welcomed in 2 parents, Andrew (Betty & Ela’s Dad) and Lauren (Gregor’s Mum), who shared how they use maths in their every day lives and work. Pupils were prepared with some questions to ask them to gain an insight into how vital a skill maths is for everyone, and even put them on the spot to see how many times tables they could remember!!
Phew! It’s been a busy week!
