As you will already know, this week P623 is trialling doing our Maths homework online using Google Classroom and Forms. There are many reasons why we have decided to try this out
This will save a lot of paper and resources.
This will save time for our office staff who have to photocopy 33 booklets.
Homework can be done anywhere, at anytime, on any device.
Hopefully, children might find this more enjoyable.
Obviously, there will be some teething problems as this is the first time we have attempted this and we appreciate your patience and feedback in these first few weeks.
This week we have been using more active ways to learn Maths. One Maths group have be estimating the length of everyday objects in our classroom as well as the length of our corridor and the perimeter of the pitch. We then selected the most appropriate tool to measure these object from rulers, metre sticks or even a trundle wheel.
Another Maths group have been creating their own measuring cylinder and using them to check their estimations of volume.
We kicked off Maths week Scotland in ICT doing research on the famous mathematicians that our Math groups are named after: Pythagoras, Fibonacci and Lovelace (not technically a mathematician). We then took part in various mathematical activities to support what we are currently learning in class.
2D shape (2D shape drawings)
Equivalent fractions (fraction dominoes)
Whole number ( +, -, x and / board game).
Finally, we had an attempt at John Swinney’s first problem with one successful solution in class.
