This week our classroom has been buzzing with builders, designers, and very determined problem-solvers! Pupils have been putting their maths skills of measure, length, perimeter, and area into action through a series of creative construction challenges.

They’ve worked in small groups to rescue Rudolph from a snowy field by designing mechanisms using K’Nex- turns out Santa’s reindeer are in very safe hands! They then followed a design brief to create their own rockets (all strictly between 30–60cm… NASA would be impressed with their accuracy!).

Applying their measuring skills, the class imagined and planned their own dream homes, using their knowledge of perimeter and area before bringing their ideas to life in 3D using LEGO.

Throughout all of this, they have shown fantastic collaboration, creativity, and problem-solving skills.

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