Primary 7 were looking at natural materials today and what shapes they could make. They were then applying their mathematical and creativity skills to produce some excellent maths art.

Today in maths dodecahedrons were looking at the properties of 3 different triangles. They were investigating the properties of an isosceles, scalene and equilateral triangle. We were using our maths learning journals to record our findings and using peg boards to draw out the different triangles.

Favela is the name given to spontaneous settlements in Brazil. They are found in all the major cities, even the capital of Brazilia. We have been putting our engineering and creativity skills to the test and using different materials to build our own Favela.