Outdoor Classroom – Class of 2014

P5d – Angles all around us!

We have been learning how to identify and classify angles using the terms: acute, right, obtuse, straight and reflex.

We have been investigating angles in the environment and classifying them using appropriate mathematical vocabulary.

Today, we took our learning outdoors and searched for angles in our school environment. We recorded our findings on worksheets and discussed the properties of the objects.

“We were looking for angles in the outdoor classroom. We found right angles, acute and obtuse angles. We did find some reflex angles in the tyre. We worked in pairs. We recorded what we had found on a worksheet on clipboards. We also discovered that there are angles in between our arms and legs.” Shay & Rocco

“We liked looking for angles outside because we didn’t know that there were so many angles all around us. It was more fun than doing indoor work. We found lots of right angles but not a lot of reflex angles.” Lucy McG & Mirin

Excellent Effort today P5d! Well done 🙂

Another busy week in P5d

Primary 5d have been very busy active this week.

STEM:

This week, they planned, designed and constructed a model using KNEX. There were some wonderfully inventive and ambitious structures. Well done P5!

PE:

P5d have been enjoying having the sports leaders from St.Ninians down working with them. This week they were working on fitness and basketball.

Outdoor Learning:

P5 have been learning all about China. They were particularly interested in the Great Wall of China, which they researched and found out facts about.

Today, they used sticks, blocks, wood, stones and chalk to recreate their own Great Walls.

They had great fun in the sun 🙂 Well done P5d!

Another busy and productive week in P5d.

Have a lovely October break everyone!

P5d Outdoor Learning

Despite the bad weather, P5d persevered and went outdoors this week to do some Maths work.

Last week, we went to the Chesnut garden and collected sticks and other materials that were lying around the ground. Before we went out, we discussed what we might need to look out for.

This week, we went to the outdoor classroom and created symmetrical pictures and patterns using these shapes.

We also used our knowledge of 3D and 2D shapes to create models and pictures of shapes.

We worked in teams of 5 or 6 to read our brief and then collaborate to create our ideas.