Last week was Maths Week Scotland, it was organised to encourage pupils and teachers to be enthusiastic about maths. Lots of schools across Scotland participated in a range of activities. Here are some of the experiences we had.

 

---

SUMDOG 

In class we used Sumdog which is an app where you can play games related to various  maths skills. We used iPads and Chromebooks to play Sumdog and collect  coins. 

Ben enjoyed playing Sumdog because it was really fun and he learned alot by using an app to help him learn.

Abigail also enjoyed it because it gave her a chance to use a variety of strategies to solve calculations.

Beth E liked playing Sumdog because when you’re playing the games it doesn’t feel like you are doing maths.

Anna liked taking part in a national competition and at one point we were in 3rd place out of over 4000 schools.

P2 ENTERPRISE

Devon’s favourite part of maths week was helping the P2 class sell their Gruffalo bookmarks, puppets and masks to P1. She used her money skills to help count the coins.

Jack enjoyed helping the P2 class make their products and then sell them the next day. He helped the P1s work out if they had enough money to buy the products.

Eilis mentioned that she helped the P2s work out what change to give to the P1s.

MAPPING FROM MEMORY 

We worked in groups to learn about banks, credit cards etc. In order to do this we quickly walked outside and read information on the wall, then we had to go back inside and add it to our poster. We had limited time to read the information on the sheets. WE LOVED IT!

Steven said his group had to memorise the information from the wall and run back in to write it on the paper. We had to use our memory skills.

Anna mentioned our plenary, at the end of the lesson we rolled a dice and had to answer the question according to what number it landed on.

 

P4 -7 FRACTION FIESTA

We organised a fraction fiesta for P4-7 because fractions are important to learn about. Teamwork was important to ensure the day ran smoothly!

We set up 6 stations with a range of activities to help the younger pupils develop their skills and knowledge.

Reece used his teaching skills and enjoyed teaching the other classes. His favourite station involved throwing a teddy to knock down cups sand identify which fraction was left.

Alisha thought we used our presentation skills to explain the activities to the other classes. She liked working at the KABOOM station.

Jack used teamwork skills and also felt he had to remember what to do at each station.  His favourite station was Catchphrase, where you had to answer a question then click on a square to reveal part of the picture and guess the catchphrase.