Today was really chilly and quite damp. Not ideal for outdoor learning, but we enthusiastically worked hard all the same!
We used Sammy snakes to help us see what 1 metre looks like, then used them to measure and lay out metres of different natural materials. This helped us picture in our minds and estimate distances like the width of the pitch. After we had estimated, we used the Sammy snakes to actually measure it. Some of our estimations were really close too!
Unfortunately Mrs Kelly’s hands were so cold she didn’t take very many pictures today! 😔
Today we learned about acute, obtuse and right angles and identified them in the shapes we made using a variety of materials outdoors.
We we also worked on some problem solving with hundreds tens and units.
What a difference a week makes with the weather, today was glorious and we were outside all morning without our jackets!
On our way out to start our day we noticed some beautiful webs and even a field full of them when we reached the back of the pitch. What clever little creatures they are creating such beautiful and intricate webs. 🕷
We then moved on to revising addition strategies playing team games before moving on to some orienteering games. In teams we matched numbers on a clock face to our list and found lots of outdoor nouns written on stones then worked together to note down alliterative adjectives to match them.
our final game involved using a map to locate numbered balls. We learned about how important it is to identify where north is and to hold your map the correct way round!
As well as all this, some of us found some beautiful creatures crawling and squirming enjoying the sunshine just like us! 🌞
We have enjoyed a marvellous start to the fortnight welcoming many visitors and specialists and learning so much about careers in science and technology.
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Look at all these wonderful symmetrical shapes we made with our bodies today at PE.
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