Snapshot of P6B’s learning!

Maths Week has taken over Crookfur Primary! Mrs Andrews from Education Scotland visited P6B to see what our groups have been learning. Emmy Noether used the fraction titles and blocks to help convert, simplify and make equivalent fractions, two other groups were using scales and unit cubes to help estimate and balance a range of weights. Afterwards, Mr Atkinson challenged them to gather and weigh a range of everyday objects to determine if a shopping bag could hold the weight. Another group used mirrors and geoboards to recreate symmetrical patterns and shapes. We also discovered that Miss Mckendrick was the Maths Menace this year!

In Science we have been writing lab reports about this week’s Density Ladder experiment. We discovered that certain liquids are denser than others and when mixed they form layers. During our experiment we recorded our hypotheses, a prediction, scientific diagram and a table of results. You can see some of our results below in the pictures!

A Eastwood High School music teacher visited us and taught us all about brass instruments. Some of us have even decided that we would like to learn how to play them.

To help us with our understanding of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone we used our dictionary skills to locate definitions for tricky words throughout the novel.

In writing we have been using Harry Potter as our context. This week we created a set of instructions for how to raise, feed and look after our dragon pets. We learnt that not every dragon is the same, so we have to provide very clear and simply instructions.

In French we learned how to play the game Jacques a Dit which is the French version of Simon Says and we then we went over our numbers and introductory phrases.

Mr Atkinson’s Comment

What a busy week we have had in P6B! Well done to everyone for getting involved with Maths Week. There are only a few more weeks left of the class novel and then groups books, non-fiction texts, will be issued as homework

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