Finally we had an outdoor learning lesson in the sun! 🌞
We warmed up with a game to help us with mental addition of a large number of numbers. We used number stones in our groups and investigated the different ways to group numbers to add them together. We were all amazed at the different ways we can do this and how often we each find different ways to get to the same total.
We also enjoyed using the orienteering punches for the first time, although by the time we squeezed all that in we were a little late getting back to class. 😕
What great fun we had outside this afternoon learning and using our skills to play a variety of orienteering games. The main thing we learned is that we must always hold our map the correct way round and that ‘the exhausting game’ really is exhausting!
Great work from some of the boys creating their own games and rules once they had finished the activity they were asked to do at each station too.
What a great day we enjoyed learning about creating birds eye view maps of the school grounds.
In our groups, we decided on different natural materials to use to represent the main areas of our school and then made our own maps. Teamwork, listening and trial and error helped us create these really successful maps.
We were delighted to find some lovely little creatures as we worked too.
We have enjoyed experimenting with the Spheros . We are now working on our co-ordination and navigation skills using the Play App on the iPad to control the Sphero. We have been using the joystick tool to guide the Sphero around a range of courses. Our next step in learning will be to use our coding skills to program a route for the Sphero.
We have enjoyed many, varied experiences over STEM Fortnight! Thank you to all the providers who came to work with us and to the teachers on the STEM group for organising all of these experiences for us.
Here we are in a workshop with Kaliq’s Mum who is an engineer. She reminded us of the importance of working together in STEM learning and problem solving. Thank you Kaliq’s Mum.
We had a great time getting muddy with Matthew from The Fabulous Cob Oven Company. We helped to build our new cob oven and can testify that the freshly baked pizza was buonissima! Thank you to Mr Rodgers for inviting us to sample it today.
We worked with Masterchef Gary Maclean to make Courgette Risotto. The main focus was learning to use the induction hob safely. Ask us about the ingredients we used. Thank you Gary!
Our Science topic is Electricity. We are investigating circuits – complete circuits and incomplete circuits. We have enjoyed ‘tinkering’ with batteries, bulbs, crocodile clips, motors and wires.
A was eager to show us how he had used a paper clip to complete his circuit!
We are learning to create electrical circuit diagrams. We love drawing in our class. At first, we wanted to display our circuits like this –
A drawing of a simple circuit
Compare this with Lilly’s diagram of the same electrical circuit –
Lilly 13.2.20 – A diagram of a simple circuit
We are now going to use the scientific skill of making a prediction. We will predict whether a circuit is complete – the bulb will light. We will predict whether the circuit is incomplete – the bulb will not light.
Our context for learning this term is ‘The Vikings’. We have thought carefully about what we already know about the topic and what we would like to find out. We will review these mind maps over the course of our topic.
What we already KNOW – 30.1.20
Tia, Kai, KeiyannaSophie, Paul and YusufKyle, Alexander, Sam, Huwwa
What we WANT to find out – 30.1.20
Oliver, Ollie, Mia and LillyMaira, Fatimah, Aila and MelissaAmelie, Amber, Lucien, Kaliq
Our previous context for learning was The River Clyde. Here are some photos from our trip to The Tall Ship and The Riverside Museum. Thank you to Adam’s Mum and Sam’s Mum for coming along with us!
In Numeracy and Mathematics, the Lamborghini group is working on Data and Analysis. The boys and girls used Microsoft Forms to publish surveys with a range of closed, open and multiple choice questions (ask us what these terms mean!). The surveys were completed by the rest of the class and we look forward to analysing and presenting our results next week.
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