{"id":10214,"date":"2020-10-02T15:08:33","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T15:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/LeswaltPrimarySchool\/?p=10214"},"modified":"2020-10-02T15:31:44","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T15:31:44","slug":"mega-maths-week-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/LeswaltPrimarySchool\/2020\/10\/02\/mega-maths-week-scotland\/","title":{"rendered":"P5-7 Mega Maths Week Scotland!"},"content":{"rendered":"

We have had a MEGA Maths Week!<\/p>\n

On Monday-<\/u><\/p>\n

P7- we were learning about scale and we were building a Lego HOUSE and measured what scale it had we also made a bird with glue stick lids, calculators and rubber dinosaurs.<\/p>\n

P6-they were doing measuring in millimetres so they measured small things like ;glue sticks, scissors and water bottles stuff like that.<\/p>\n

P5-we were learning about width and height we went through with a metre stick in pairs of 2 and measured stuff like the door or computer cabinet then we had to get skipping ropes and made a snake in a certain way then we had to put blocks in it to decorate it.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday-<\/u><\/p>\n

Today we all went outside to do some negative numbers work. We used a skipping rope and our whiteboards to write our numbers then peg them in order. We worked as a group, estimated the positions of numbers on our number lines and set Mrs F a number sequence challenge to solve.<\/p>\n

We also had some compass work to do which linked to our map work. We used the ipads and Google maps to find North.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday \u2013<\/u><\/p>\n

It was Riddle Wednesday today \u2013 with a Maths twist!<\/p>\n

Why not challenge your family to the tasks! There is a photo of them below in case you’re needing a reminder!<\/p>\n

We also watched a STEM Ambassador video clip. Alex works for Scottish Water and explained what her job entailed and how it linked to the wonderful world of Maths!<\/p>\n

Some number digit puzzles got us scratching our heads too! We needed to reset the numbers but could only move on place left, right, up or down at a time. It wasn’t easy!<\/p>\n

And of course, we had the every popular, super competitive BIG MATHS to do too!<\/p>\n

On Thursday-<\/p>\n

Well this was a busy day as we were visiting a film-set at Dunskey (as you do!) but we did enjoy High 5 Thursday with a distinctly maths flavour and cracked on with some collaborative problem solving – two brains really are better then one!<\/p>\n

On Friday –<\/p>\n

It was a MUST to get outside and enjoy the Autumn sunshine again!This time we had a measure and STEM challenge. Firstly, we measured the height and arm span of each other and then had to draw a ‘mini-me’ to a measurement of 10% or to a set scale of our actual height. – we did this in the school hall. Then we then headed to the Wetlands and had a timed challenge to build a ‘mini den’ with three walls and a roof to cover our mini-me! Great fun!<\/p>\n

Check out our photos of the great week we\u2019ve had…<\/p>\n