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).

Taking our learning outdoors

Primary 5 love the opportunity to get outdoors especially if they get the opportunity to build. As you can see from the pictures below Primary  5 are very creative and can build engaging structures. These spaces became areas in which they acted out ‘war’ like situations based on our topic, The Scottish Wars of Independence. It’s great to see the class working together to build, create and role play.

Primary 1 are looking for some resources

Mrs Carwood is looking to restock the P1 outdoor area. If you’re able to donate any of the following she’d be really grateful!

Primary 1 are looking for

  • Pots
  • Pans
  • Bowls (metal or plastic)
  • Kitchen utensils (ladles/serving spoons/spatulas etc)
  • Sieves
  • Jugs
  • Cake tins
  • Teapots (metal)

They are also looking for some other loose parts

  • Pipes
  • Guttering
  • Wood slices
  • Cable reels
  • Traffic cone

Many thanks

6 times table focus

All pupils should be revising the 6 times table and applying this in wider contexts.

Pupils should be practising recalling the tables in and out of order.

I also encourage the children to learn the factors of the times tables,

6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 42, 48, 54, 60