Category Archives: Mathematics

Leaf observations and symmetry on National Outdoor Classroom Day

“Outdoor Classroom Day is a global movement to make time outdoors part of every child’s day. On two days of action each year, teachers take children outdoors to play and learn.”

We are so fortunate here in Mearns that part of our school improvement plan is encouraging teachers to take children out EVERY day!

Today we had a marvellous time observing and recording details about leaves that we found.  We took part in some activities to help us understand the importance of recording clearly and observing closely.

We then enjoyed working in teams to produce some really creative symmetrical patterns. What a lot of learning went on as we worked together, chatting and excitedly creating them.

Problem solving in the cold!

This morning we were challenged to collect six number stones to create three two digit numbers giving the highest total possible.

What marvellous discussions we had throughout the challenge as well as on the way back to class! We are certainly sharpening up our mental maths and problem solving skills in primary 4.

 

After that we designed and made some really cool outdoor hi tech clipboards and headed out to collect some leaves and flowers to press over the October break.