Tag Archives: Problem Solving

Busy Thursday!

Primary 6 had a busy Thursday with lots of active learning.
We were considering the strategies that we can use for problem solving and identifying the correct ones to use to solve the problem.  We did discover that some problems could not be solved!

We also enjoyed creating our own problems and we will concentrate on this more next week – getting other people to find an answer!

Acting out the situation was a good strategy to use.

We created organised lists and tables.

 

At lunch time some of the class enjoyed craft club.  Some made reindeer, others completed Hama bead designs and many made lovely Christmas tree cards.

In the afternoon we were working on Science and discovering more about circuits.

Our learning was self led and it was interesting to see the discoveries that we made!  We really enjoyed making bulbs light, buzzers buzz and motors turn and we are looking forward to finding out more next week.

OUTDOOR CLASSROOM DAY

Primary 6 have been spending lots of time outside today as it is Outdoor Classroom Day.

We completed our comprehension activities and moved about as we identified literal, inferential and evaluative questions.

During our maths problem solving we were all working on measure.

Some of the groups were measuring trees and others were challenged to find a stick exactly half the length of another.

In the afternoon we were back out for the daily mile!  We were really pleased that the weather was dry.

Working together to answer inferential questions.

Interesting way to measure trees!

Finding sticks and measuring tree heights.

Maths Week

We took the opportunity of having maths week to do some fun, practical maths activities. Some of the class measured and created waistcoats to their torso length and width which they were able to decorate and wear.

The children practiced fractions with Miss McNulty by dividing up pizzas with different topping for different portions.

On Friday we practiced our STEM problem solving by trying to construct the tallest freestanding tower that wouldn’t blow over. We discussed where we went right, where we went wrong and how we could improve our towers next time.