{"id":7058,"date":"2020-10-02T14:36:30","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T14:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/?p=7058"},"modified":"2020-10-02T14:39:58","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T14:39:58","slug":"maths-week-coordinates-game-02-10-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/portpatrickprimary\/?p=7058","title":{"rendered":"Maths Week – Coordinates Game 02\/10\/20"},"content":{"rendered":"

For our last day of maths week, P4-7 have been learning and revising our knowledge of coordinates.\u00a0 We introduced our activity by locating the treasure on a pirate’s treasure map by plotting and locating coordinates.<\/p>\n

We then went outside to play a game of human battleships.\u00a0 The children worked out the appropriate size of grid for a fair probability of getting a hit for someone’s position when standing on the grid.\u00a0 We decided that a 6 x 6 grid would give a probability of 1 in 36 chance of getting a hit for each person standing in a grid location.\u00a0 We calculated all the possible grid coordinates that we would need to play and created grid cards accordingly.<\/p>\n

Next, we split into two teams.\u00a0 Each member of our ‘ship’ team selected a square to stand in.\u00a0 The ‘submarine’ team then drew out coordinate cards from a bag.\u00a0 If the coordinate on the card matched the position that a ‘ship’ (person) was standing in, then they were sunk.<\/p>\n

The children were very enthusiastic and had great fun whilst learning in the sunshine.<\/p>\n

Successful Learners<\/h1>\n