Monthly Archives: October 2019

Maths Week: STEM challenge

Pupils worked in small groups to build kit cars and robots. They had to use screw drivers and spanners to connect the plastic and metal pieces. They had to follow complex instructions, applying their understanding of 3D shape to build the various parts.

During the activity there was high levels of engagement despite it being very challenging. There was great team work with different pupils having different roles.

 

 

 

 

 

Well done to this team who completed their car in record time.

Maths Week Scotland

Primary 5a will be celebrating Maths Week Scotland through a variety of different areas of the curriculum. They will also hear from speakers talking about money.

Pupils can get involved at home by exploring how numeracy skills are used every day.

Perhaps they could help by making dinner – weighing ingredients, measuring volume and time, chopping vegetable into appropriate shapes and measurements, applying knowledge of time to know when dinner will be ready.

Also there is a national Sumdog challenge which they can participate in (logins are in the front of their homework jotters).