What an on point week we’ve had! Our class have been exploring the fascinating world of angles. We’ve been busy measuring, building and moving to understand how angles shape the world around us.

We used K’nex to rebuild the Eiffel Tower! As we built, we had to identify the specific angles required to give the tower its iconic shape. We saw plenty of angles helping to create those sturdy triangles that keep the structure standing tall.

We headed outside in small groups for a game of Pac-Man. Instead of joysticks, we used mazes used from sticks and directional language and angle turns (90°, 180°, and 360°) to navigate the “maze.” It was a fantastic way to see how angles relate to movement and position.

The rain didn’t stop us creating stick art outside. In groups we created images, ensuring they had different types of angles. We identified and classified angles, using angle names, we estimated angle sized and then measured using a protractor.

This week in class we have been developing our meta skills, with a strong focus on collaboration, curiosity, sense making and critical thinking.

Our learning journey is exploring the big question “How can materials change?” The class began investigating their own smaller question: “What materials are soluble?” Pupils worked together to test different materials in water, sharing their hypothesis before observing what would happen. Through discussion and experimentation, they demonstrated fantastic curiosity and teamwork as they tried to make sense of their results. It was great to see the pupils questioning why some materials dissolved while others did not and explaining their thinking to their peers.

In maths we continued developing our understanding of fractions, decimals and percentages. Pupils worked in pairs to solve Tarsia puzzles, where they had to correctly match triangles by converting between the different forms. This task encouraged lots of mathematical discussion, problem solving and perseverance as pupils worked collaboratively to complete the puzzle.

To celebrate World Book Day, P6a have begun to create their own storybooks to read and gift to their P1 buddies.

Developing their fine motor skills, hand eye coordination and life skills, P6a used a needle and thread to create a felt bookmark for their personal reading book. They have been putting these to good use during the class DEAR time (drop everything and read).

Working in small groups P6a made a scene from a story. Their collaboration, creativity and problem solving was impressive throughout.

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