Primary 6/7 have been studying area this week in maths. We have been using the formula a=l x b to calculate the area of a square or a rectangle. We then completed a challenge in pairs, where we had to measure and draw 10 rectangles, cut them out then place them on a 100 square, trying to cover as much of the 100 square as possible. The winning pair covered the biggest area.
The META skills we used were:
Primary 6/7 have been taking part in a STEM challenge. Our challenge was to build a spaghetti and marshmallow tower. The winning team create a tower that good 37cm high. Well done to Murray and Alexis who worked all together to win the challenge.
META skills used:
We have been getting taught rugby and football in primary 6/7. We are being trained by Queen Of The South and Dumfries Saints. We have been showing focusing, collaborating, communicating, adapting and leading. We got a little bit muddy while being taught the rules of rugby and how to score a try. When we were playing football we were playing fun games to warm up then at the end we played some matches.
Primary 6 pupils have been identifying how our rights are being met at Heathhall Primary School. This was part of our Rights, Respecting Schools Day.
We worked in two’s to produce posters on how our rights are being met. We then linked how these are being met by identifying the Article which applies.
Primary 6 have been using their META skills when working on creating a poster on known 3 D shapes. We worked in two’s to cut and make nets of shapes, the sticking them onto an A3 piece of card. After that, we wrote the name of the shape, the number of faces, number of edges and number of vertices.
The META skills we used were:
Primary 6 pupils have been taken part in a Sustrans Bikeability obstacle course. This was fun but we also learned how to balance on a bike and stay safe on a bike.
Primary 6 has been working in groups to design and create a board games for others in the class to play. We discussed ideas and then began to create our board game. We also had to write a set of instructions to explain to others in the class how to play our games.
We used the following META skills during this activity:
Primary 6 have been creating their own board games, working in groups of four. We planned our games then began to make them. Our next step is to finish making them and then spending an afternoon playing our games.
We also had to write a set of rules for playing our games, ensuring fairness for all.
We have used our HOTS skills and META skills when completing this task.
Mrs Hannay and Primary 6 can’t wait to play these games.
Primary 6 have been busy writing books for Primary 1 pupils. We wrote a story for them, designed a front cover for them and read the storybook to them in the Primary 6 classroom.
We then took the Primary 1’s outside to each them games. We designed these games ourselves.
