Holy Cross Primary School

Dear P7s,

Happy Tuesday!

I hope you enjoyed your Joe Wicks workout this morning – let me know how you did below!

Let’s have another Maths Challenge – Comment below with your answers and remember that if you want more you can always check out the University of Waterloo website here!

At Biscuit Hill Primary School, Chip and his sister, Charlotte, have decided that they want to make cookies for all of the  P6/P7 students in their school. The recipe that they found makes enough chocolate chip cookies of 7 cm diameter for 16 people.

Recipe

1 cup butter

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup white sugar

2 eggs

2 tsp vanilla

2 1/4 cups flour

1 tsp baking soda

300 g chocolate chips

Classes

P6/5: 25 students

P6A: 29 students

P6B: 30 students

P7A: 31 students

P7B: 30 students

P7c: 28 students

a) How many batches should Chip and Charlene make so that they make the exact number of cookies needed for all of the students in the P6/P7 classes?

b) They decide to make a whole number of batches so they have some extra cookies to save for later, and one each for the teachers. What quantity of each ingredient in the recipe will they need?

Now it is also Tuesday so that means its time for a Free Write prompt!

Write a story about this picture (I got this from the New York Times website):

Try to use these words:

Post your story below! I can’t wait to read it!

Lots of love,

Mrs Lamb 🙂

Good Afternoon P7s!

I hope you had a lovely weekend and you were able to spend some of it in the gorgeous weather.

Did you do P.E. with Joe Wicks this morning? Just a reminder that he does some exercise every day! Click on this link to do the workout today!

Let’s have another challenge courtesy of the University of Waterloo in Canada!

Jagheet drives from his house to his cottage, 75 km away, maintaining an average speed of 60 km/h.

a) How long, in minutes, does it take him to drive to his cottage?

b) If he left his house at 11:37 a.m., at what time could he expect to arrive at his cottage?

c) Realising that he forgot to get bread, he stops at the grocery store for 12 minutes. Including this time, what is his new average speed in km/h? (Round your answer to the nearest tenth.)

Post below with your answers! Remember that you can use youtube and google to help you solve these!

Speak to you tomorrow and keep washing those hands!

Mrs Lamb 🙂

Happy Friday P7s!

One week done! I hope that you had a good week and that you have spent some quality time with your family doing things that you enjoy!

Let’s have a challenge!!

When Nick shoots a basketball, he either sinks (i.e., makes) the shot or misses. For each shot Nick sinks, he is given 5 points by his father. For each missed shot, Nick’s Dad takes 2 points away. Nick attempts a total of 28 shots and ends up with zero points. How many shots did Nick sink?

The above table may be useful. An example trial of shots made and lost is shown.

This was taken from the website of the University of Waterloo in Canada. They’ve got lots of different problems to choose from! Comment below and tell me how you solved it!

In addition, because it’s the weekend, why not try to learn a different language? Like British Sign Language!

These lovely sisters on Youtube are teaching you how to sign in British Sign Language. I’ve really enjoyed learning how to say Good Morning and how to sign the ABCs! Can you learn how to sign your name?

Remember to have fun this weekend and I’ll talk to you on Monday!

All my love,

Mrs Lamb 🙂

P.S. Just so you don’t think I’ve just been sitting here writing reports, here is a picture of my nearly completed tapestry! Hopefully I can get it finished and sent off to be made into a pillow!