{"id":1726,"date":"2018-09-14T15:00:22","date_gmt":"2018-09-14T15:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcolmprimary\/?p=1726"},"modified":"2018-09-14T15:40:10","modified_gmt":"2018-09-14T15:40:10","slug":"math-week-at-kirkcolm-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcolmprimary\/2018\/09\/14\/math-week-at-kirkcolm-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"Maths Week At Kirkcolm Primary!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just like that<\/strong> \u2013 our Maths Week fun has come to an end and big thanks go out to all the pupils, parents, class teachers and the fab organiser behind it all\u00a0– Mrs McHarg!<\/p>\n

To take you through this week’s highlights, on Monday we investigated maths in art! Mrs Wither’s class used different 2D shapes to create castles, while Miss McNicoll\u2019s class played with parabolic curves on graphs and create some funky patterns to decorate the room.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday we had a big day with maths and ICT, trying to get as \u2018full STEM ahead\u2019 as we could! Lower school used the Beebots and coding mouse to make letters using their programming skills while the upper school proved their computer whizz kid skills using a coding website called \u2018Scratch\u2019 to make letters \u2013 with great success!<\/p>\n

Then on Wednesday, Mrs Wither’s class took advantage of the good weather and headed outside to discover maths outdoors, using what they could find in nature to count and create numbers and I\u2019m sure you\u2019ll agree from looking at the photos; they did a good job! Miss McNicoll\u2019s class waited until later to go outside and do some number relays and games to incorporate maths into their exercise, successfully tiring out both the minds and the bodies!<\/p>\n

Thursday was the highlight of the week because it gave us the chance to have everyone come together for a spot of baking! Parents came into school and joined us in making tasty treats; Miss Wither’s class produced some mouth-watering<\/em> Rugby slice while Miss McNicoll\u2019s older pupils got messy with melted chocolate to make rocky road slices. I can whole-heartedly confirm there was definitely<\/em> more than one\u00a0face smothered with a chocolate goatee!<\/p>\n

And the week draws to a close on Friday where the lower school pupils went about their Big Maths business, hopefully smashing those CLIC tests and Beat That’s out of the park! Upper school took their turn venturing outside on a Maths Scavenger hunt devised by Mrs McHarg – thankfully the weather was kind to them.<\/p>\n

A big, huge thank you to everyone who participated in Maths week from coming in for the baking to giving the homework challenge of \u2018Maths is Everywhere\u2019 a shot \u2013 It has been so greatly appreciated! We have all had an amazing time and look forward to seeing what the next year\u2019s week of number fun brings! For now please have a flick through the photos to get an insight into how busy we have been.<\/p>\n

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