Category Archives: Numeracy

Collaborative, Learning Across Stages, Listening & Talking, Numeracy, Outdoor Learning, Problem Solving

Leaders in Learning

Primary 5.1 are fabulous leaders in learning.  They planned excellent outdoor maths activities for Primary 3. They included; mental maths, volume/capacity, time, measure and weight.

Making up the games was good fun, we were very creative!

I thought it was really fun and most of the children listened very well, I think they really enjoyed our games and got better at mental maths.  Sienna

It was important that we planned well before going out to do the activities.  Working in a group to plan meant that we had to compromise.  James

I developed my teamwork, patience and kindness through these activities.  Sophia

Our team were teaching volume.

As part of our planning we created a game which involved guessing how many litres and millilitres a variety of bottles hold. Primary 3 were good at estimating.  Arlo

Our team were teaching weight.

We had three different stations; weight hunt, worksheet and balance scales.  Groups had to find objects in the playground that weighted the same. Oliver

 

Our team were teaching mental maths.

We made up a mental maths tig game. The children enjoyed playing it and were quick, it was challenging teaching but I really enjoyed it.  Jessica

 

Our team were teaching measure.

As part of our planning we played a game called measure run.  We placed different measuring equipment in hula hoops and then asked questions like ‘bring me a measuring tape’ the first person to bring it got a point. Lucy

We also made up a football game.  One person kicks the ball, the primary 3 children estimate how far the ball travelled and then measured to see who was closest.  Jamie

Our team were teaching time.

We split children into groups and gave them a time, they would have to put this on their mini clock and show it.

We chalked times onto the playground and one person would shout out a time.  Everyone would go to that time making sure it was am or pm.  Daisy
Art and Design, Collaborative, Community, Expressive Arts, Fun, Health and Wellbeing, Listening & Talking, Literacy, Numeracy, Problem Solving

The Circus by J K Annand and Primary 5.1

I enjoyed learning how to speak in Scots. Jessica

I liked the Scots language and making up our own verses, we wrote the last two.  Oliver

The teamwork and getting the costumes organised was my favourite part.  I also really liked working as a whole class.  Blair

I liked learning Scots poetry.  Sarah S

It was fun while it lasted and was good because we had to work out what we wanted to be in the poem.  Oli

 

I learned to be more confident dancing on the stage and wearing a costume.  Will

I enjoyed being an acrobat because we got to wear leotards and I liked working with the acrobats and having fun.  Lucy

We were learning about Scotland and we had unicorns in our poem, they are the national animal of Scotland. Jamie

Performing in front of the parents was fun and we all got to choose what we would be.  Sarah McK

I enjoyed making the actions and teaching them to the class.  Marci

Practicing the poem was good  because we did not have to write as much but we were still learning in literacy.  Joseph O

We made lots of links to learning because we had to do literacy by reading and learning  the poem.  Maths linked to time so we are not too long or too short.  Health by working together and drama by performing.  James

I enjoyed learning to talk in Scottish and I felt confident being a clown. Liam

I enjoyed choosing what we got to be and enjoyed working together.  Olivia A

I liked sharing and giving Ben a loan of my unicorn costume, it was fun wearing them on stage.  Zaid

Performing a Scots poem was great fun, I got more confident because I thought of it as being a cheer competition.  Millie

What a wonderful Scots Verse!

Well done Primary 5.1 you all worked very hard and I am VERY proud of you all!!!   Ms P

Collaborative, Community, Fun, Health and Wellbeing, Numeracy

Merry Christmas!

 

We have a joke a day advent calendar.

We try to guess the answer before it is revealed!

Sometimes they are funny 😀

Using our art skills we made christmas cards.

 

 

Baking cakes for the Primary 1 and 2 Nativity performance.

We had to measure the ingredients and then cream the butter and sugar.

It was hard work creaming the butter and sugar, it took a long time!

We all had a part to play in making the biscuits.

We had to read the recipe and follow the instructions.  This links with our writing because we are writing instructions.

Taking turns to use the cutter and placing on the baking tray.

We are very proud!

Ready to go into the oven!
Christmas jumper day!
Fun, Listening & Talking, Numeracy, Problem Solving, Science, Social Studies

Polar Explorer

We had a visit from Fraser, the weather man to tell us about his experiences in the polar regions.

He was showing us what you wear in cold climates. The best gloves to wear are the thinest ones because grip and for work projects.  Arlo

Fraser was showing us what you have to wear to cover your face so that snow doesnt get into your eyes, mouth and nose.  Millie

Wearing layers of thin things is warmer than wearing one thick thing.  Mittens are warmer than gloves because the body heat transfers through the fingers and keeps them warm.  Daisy

Looking at different parts of the world we could see what the world was made of, hot and cold climates.  Sophia

 

More animals go to the Arctic because when it is really cold the ice joins Canada and South America and a part of Russia and they can travel across the ice.  Joseph O

Time for an experiment!

I had to put my hand in ice and see how long I can hold it under the ice water.  I managed 45 seconds.  Then I had to cover my hand with butter.  I managed to hold it under water 1 minute 2 seconds.  The butter made it not as sore to hold your hand in ice so it kept it warmer.  Cara

It felt weird!

The butter felt soft and it stinks and when you rubbed your butter hands together it felt really warm. Blair

This is how the animals survive because it provides an additional layer of fat.  Joseph O

It was slippery when you had butter hands in the water but it did keep my hand a little bit warmer.  Olivia

It was really cold when I put my hand in the bowl.  I tried to look like it didnt hurt but on the inside it was really cold.  Joe W

We recorded our findings in a table and the results show that the butter hands held it in the water for nearly twice as long. Jessica

The reason for this experiment is that Fraser said the animals have fat that helps them survive and we dont have enough fat to do this. Siona

 

We are excited for his next visit!!

Numeracy, Outdoor Learning

Author Visit

Colin M Drysdale came to visit our class.

He is the author of the Draw Your Own Encyclopaedia series.

The blue whale is 30 metres long! We had to estimate how long 30 metres was and then measure it.

 

It was fun running 30 metres, I never knew that was the size of a blue whale!  Jamie

We had to take a minute to walk two metres, this is the pace a sloth walks at.  Jessica

 

When we had to walk like a sloth it was fun, fascinating and good to see how slow a sloth moves.  Blair

 

Mr Drysdale really made me interested in his job as a Zoologist and Author.  My auntie does this job.  Charlie

Numeracy, Problem Solving, Science, Technology

Stem Visit

Arlo – We were challenged to make the tallest tower with spaghetti and marshmallows. It was hard.

Sarah S – The marshmallow had to be at the very top of our tower. It was interesting to find out what it would do.

Daisy – It was very tricky because it was hard to balance the spaghetti and put the heavy marshmallow on top.

Olivia – It was very hard but my group managed to do it. When we got it standing it sometimes fell but then we got it to stand by itself again.

Millie – My group and I worked together to make our building of spaghetti and marshmallows. We managed to get it to stand by itself eventually.

Numeracy

Maths Jigsaw

Siona,Sarah,Willand Daisy have been completing a jigsaw puzzle.They had to calculate  the answer and match it to the correct piece.When they finshed it was like a hexegon.

Typed by Siona Sircar

Numeracy, Outdoor Learning

Maths Outdoors

Pyramids & Cuboids

Sophia – I enjoyed doing upstairs downstairs multiplication calculations outside because it was much more fun than sitting inside. I could talk to my friends.

Cara – I liked doing maths outside more because you get to go and get nature and make your own multiplication upstairs downstairs calculations.

Charlie – It was really fun doing maths outside because we get to pick up nature and we all got to see what type of leaves they were and make our own calculations.

Spheres

Mia – We had to each get three sticks. As a group we made triangles to show the 3 times table and the 3 divison table.

Sarah – I found this task more fun outdoors because you got to use different things you don’t use in the classroom.