This week we have been linking maths to real life contexts.
K’Nex Money Challenge
We looked at budgeting and had to create a track for a ball with a budget of £5. Each piece had a cost and they had to monitor their spending using addition and subtraction as well as problem solving skills!
Playdough recipe
For technology we looked at a playdough recipe and made our own. We had to measure out the right amount of flour, salt, oil and water. We then created different bread shapes.
Wow! What a day! We have had a jam packed day of fun Eid celebrations. In the morning we had a lesson on food hygiene then made pakoras with Mrs Nasar. They were so yummy!
We had our Eid party after break. Musical chairs managed to get a little competitive though!
We came in wearing our own cultural clothes and had a chance to showcase our culture and heritage.
What a fun way to end the week!
It has been an exciting day as the Primary 7s got their leavers hoodies today (and we finish up for the Spring break).
It has been a wonderful term and now we are all looking forward to the next term, our last term in primary school. See you back on the 22nd of April!
This week we have been exploring how to measure angles in maths. We first started by estimating what size they might be checking if it was an acute angle or an obtuse angle. Then we learned how to use a protractor accurately to measure it to the closest degree. We then made some angle art!
Easter Code
Today we visited the Newton Mearns Baptist Church to take part in the Easter Code. This was lots of fun and we had the chance to learn about the Easter story as well as taking part in quizzes and arts and crafts!
This week we have been writing setting descriptions based on a forest. We watched a little clip from Literacy Shed called, ‘Marshmallows’. Then used our amazing vocabulary, figurative language, adverbs and prepositional language to describe what we could see, hear, feel, smell and taste.
This week we finally finished our children’s books for World Book Day. We had the opportunity to read our story books to P1B. on World Book day. This was so nice as the P1s really enjoyed our stories and gave us positive feedback. We are currently in the process of creating digital front covers which will have QR codes linked to videos of us reading them. We have enjoyed being mini authors and illustrators.
Little Authors
In preparation for World Book Day next week, we have been working in pairs to plan, write and illustrate our very own children’s books. A few weeks ago we had the chance to go to the Newton Mearns local library where we met an illustrator and author. They spoke about the process of writing your own book. We have brought their tips into the classroom to create our very own stories too! Who knows, we might have the next Julia Donaldson amongst us!
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
We have started reading our class novel with Mrs Syme. We are really enjoying it so far! We have created sketches of the witch based on the authors description, as well as our own setting descriptions linked to the story setting.
This week we have the lovely Mrs Syme joining our classroom. She will be working with us for a few weeks and we are so excited to have her.
Maths – Weight and problem solving
We have been looking at grams and kilograms and had a go at weighing different objects. Mrs Syme brought in different types of weighing scales and we weighed different items.
We also looked at problem solving and using Guess, Check and Improve as a strategy. We then created similar problems for a partner to solve.
Gymnastics
For gymnastics this week we looked at different balances and then had a go at creating partner balances too! Next week we will be looking at trio and group balances.
Sarah Kwan
For the Chinese new year this week, we have been working on multiculturalism art inspired by Sarah Kwan by mixing the Scottish and Chinses culture together to create a piece of art. We then wrote a paragraph to explain what we had chosen and it’s link to both cultures.
Mrs Rasul shared the final art with Sarah Kwan, who reposted them on her social media! She was very very impressed indeed. Here are a few examples:
The Traitors
We have also started a class game of traitors this week. This will go on for a few weeks and is inspired by the BBC tv show! More to follow…
Defending Democracy
This week we started our new topic, Defending Democracy, and we learnt about the Suffragettes and Suffragists. Mrs Rasul played a trick on us and told us we can vote for our next P.E. topic, but then said only the girls could vote. The boys were confused and a little angry and this is how our topic started. We worked in pairs to research information about the 2 groups and made a comparison table. It was interesting to learn about some of the methods they used to get women the right to vote.
Discursive writing
We started our writing block on discursive writing and started by writing about whether or not Jack (from Jack and the Beanstalk) was guilty or innocent for what he did to the giant. We looked at different sentence openers and using quotes from ‘experts’. This was a fun piece of writing.
Angles in triangles
For maths we learned how to calculate missing angles in triangles. We looked at:
What a busy week in Primary 7b!
