{"id":17140,"date":"2025-10-03T13:49:42","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T13:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/heathhallschool\/?p=17140"},"modified":"2025-10-03T13:49:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T13:49:42","slug":"area-in-primary6-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/heathhallschool\/2025\/10\/03\/area-in-primary6-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Area in Primary6\/7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>The META skills we used were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>communication<\/li>\n<li>collaborating<\/li>\n<li>critical thinking<\/li>\n<li>leading<\/li>\n<li>focusing<\/li>\n<li>adapting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17142\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/heathhallschool\/uploads\/sites\/6597\/2025\/10\/03134834\/IMG_0570.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1260\" height=\"945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/heathhallschool\/uploads\/sites\/6597\/2025\/10\/03134834\/IMG_0570.jpeg 1260w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/heathhallschool\/uploads\/sites\/6597\/2025\/10\/03134834\/IMG_0570-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/heathhallschool\/uploads\/sites\/6597\/2025\/10\/03134834\/IMG_0570-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/heathhallschool\/uploads\/sites\/6597\/2025\/10\/03134834\/IMG_0570-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1260px) 100vw, 1260px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17143\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/heathhallschool\/uploads\/sites\/6597\/2025\/10\/03134850\/IMG_0571.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1260\" height=\"945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/heathhallschool\/uploads\/sites\/6597\/2025\/10\/03134850\/IMG_0571.jpeg 1260w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/heathhallschool\/uploads\/sites\/6597\/2025\/10\/03134850\/IMG_0571-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/heathhallschool\/uploads\/sites\/6597\/2025\/10\/03134850\/IMG_0571-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/heathhallschool\/uploads\/sites\/6597\/2025\/10\/03134850\/IMG_0571-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1260px) 100vw, 1260px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17144\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/heathhallschool\/files\/2025\/10\/IMG_0573.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1260\" height=\"945\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17145\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/heathhallschool\/uploads\/sites\/6597\/2025\/10\/03134920\/IMG_0574.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1260\" height=\"945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/heathhallschool\/uploads\/sites\/6597\/2025\/10\/03134920\/IMG_0574.jpeg 1260w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/heathhallschool\/uploads\/sites\/6597\/2025\/10\/03134920\/IMG_0574-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/heathhallschool\/uploads\/sites\/6597\/2025\/10\/03134920\/IMG_0574-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/heathhallschool\/uploads\/sites\/6597\/2025\/10\/03134920\/IMG_0574-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1260px) 100vw, 1260px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/heathhallschool\/2025\/10\/03\/area-in-primary6-7\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Area in Primary6\/7<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3001,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/heathhallschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/heathhallschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/heathhallschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/heathhallschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3001"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/heathhallschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17140"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/heathhallschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17146,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/heathhallschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17140\/revisions\/17146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/heathhallschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/heathhallschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/heathhallschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}