We really enjoyed making marshmallow snowmen to sell at the Christmas Fayre. We also used smarties for the eyes, an oreo and a rolo for the hat and a strawberry lace for the scarf. We had to calculate the total cost of the ingredients and then we worked out how much each snowman would cost to make. After that we discussed how much we could sell each snowman for and how much profit this would allow us to make. We made posters to advertise the Christmas Fayre and our snowmen. The finished snowmen were very successful and were sold out quickly.
Category Archives: Numeracy & Mathematics
Numeracy and Mathematics
From 11th -17th September the Scottish Government launched a National Maths Week. Our school got involved and all of the children took part in special maths activities. We taught the children in Pr1B games to help them to have fun while using their number skills.
Numeracy – Scale drawing
We drew a line drawing of a boat using a grid. We then used a larger grid to upscale our drawings to A3 size. We then painted our boats in the style of the artist Claude Monet.
We looked at the map of the Scilly isles and we used the grid system to create a larger version of the map. We worked in groups to draw and paint our enlarged maps. We will use this to record our personal points each week , our boats will sail around the Scilly Isles.
Connor – I enjoyed painting the sea scape, using different colours to create the effect of movement.
Kenzie – I enjoyed the challenge of up scaling the boat from A4 to A3
Mia – I enjoyed mixing the paints to create different shades to create the effect of the sea and sky.
RME Assembly
Over the last few weeks we have been learning about celebrations in different religions. To do this we looked at weddings and the various aspects of these celebrations in Christianity, Islam and Judaism. We tied our learning in RME to other curricular areas e.g. Technologies where we designed and built window frames.
We also used Weddings as our topic for our work in Expressive Arts. As part of this, with Primary 2 we turned our frames into stained glass windows just like you might see in a cathedral.
We then learned the song ‘Love Story’ by Taylor Swift and prepared and performed a drama of a Christian Wedding at our learning and teaching assembly.
“It was really good fun and amazing!” – Emily
“I really enjoyed preparing and performing the drama of a Christian wedding.” – Lewis
Multiplication
This week we finished our learning on multiplication. We have been developing our ability to use multiplication to solve problems. We achieved this through many practical activities and worksheets.
3D objects and 2D shapes
This week we finished our learning about 3D objects and 2D shape. We were learning to identify the different properties of 3D objects, and looked at how they are used in our environment. We achieved this through lots of different activities including making 3D models.
