Sweet Dreams!

Inspired by the BFG and Roald Dahl Day on 13th September, we made dreamcatchers from lollipop sticks and wool. The trickiest part was tying the knots together. Once we made the outer triangle we used coloured wool to make the web to catch the bad dreams.  We went to the courtyard to make them in the sunshine.

Delightful division

We have been working hard on division and now we are very good at it! We have been using different strategies including sharing matchsticks equally and using multiplication squares to help work out remainders. We have been working using 3 digit numbers and remainders.  Fixing our corrections is helping us to learn even more about how we think about our calculations. We know we can keep it up next week!

 

Marvellous Mandalas

We were creating mandalas outside with Miss Burge. A mandala has lots of different patterns inside it. Some religions create mandalas as part of their prayers and ceremonies and share the blessings by pouring the sand in the river. Sometimes they take weeks or months to make from sand, but ours were created in one afternoon from  things we found outside.

 

Sugary Sweetie Structures

We developed our design and technology and maths skills by  making models from toothpicks and gummed sweets, inspired by famous buildings such as the Golden Gate Bridge , the Eiffel Tower or Big Ben.We had a budget of £100 to buy our resources.  It was difficult to make sure they stayed up straight as they grew taller. It needed lots of teamwork to make it!