{"id":2821,"date":"2020-09-11T14:07:33","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T14:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/banton\/?p=2821"},"modified":"2020-09-11T15:51:47","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T15:51:47","slug":"biggies-blog-highlights-w-e-11-sep-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/banton\/?p=2821","title":{"rendered":"Biggies&#8217; Blog Highlights W\/E 11 Sep 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have had a busy week this week with some outdoor learning.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_2833\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2833\" data-attachment-id=\"2833\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/banton\/?attachment_id=2833\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/banton\/uploads\/sites\/26595\/2020\/09\/11154956\/IMG_0037.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,639\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone XS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1599748055&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;16&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0072992700729927&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_0037\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;photography in the playground: Close-ups details and Perspective.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/banton\/uploads\/sites\/26595\/2020\/09\/11154956\/IMG_0037.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/banton\/uploads\/sites\/26595\/2020\/09\/11154956\/IMG_0037.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/banton\/uploads\/sites\/26595\/2020\/09\/11154956\/IMG_0037.jpg\" alt=\"photography in the playground\" width=\"900\" height=\"639\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2833\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2833\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photography in the playground: Close-ups details and Perspective.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2830\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2830\" data-attachment-id=\"2830\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/banton\/?attachment_id=2830\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/banton\/uploads\/sites\/26595\/2020\/09\/11154617\/playground-maths.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,225\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"playground-maths\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/banton\/uploads\/sites\/26595\/2020\/09\/11154617\/playground-maths.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/banton\/uploads\/sites\/26595\/2020\/09\/11154617\/playground-maths.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-2830 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/banton\/uploads\/sites\/26595\/2020\/09\/11154617\/playground-maths.jpg\" alt=\"playground maths\" width=\"900\" height=\"225\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2830\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2D Shapes and their properties.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Im maths we have been looking at some shapes, this lead to an experiment with rotational symmetry:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"N04IKmRoxy\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/2020\/09\/09\/mandala-design-8-9-20\/\">Mandala Design 8.9.20<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Mandala Design 8.9.20&#8221; &#8212; Banton Biggies\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/2020\/09\/09\/mandala-design-8-9-20\/embed\/#?secret=G7bAdekIUx#?secret=N04IKmRoxy\" data-secret=\"N04IKmRoxy\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>and some compass circle drawing and experimentation which will continue next week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/banton\/uploads\/sites\/26595\/2020\/09\/11140657\/mandalals.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2826\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/banton\/?attachment_id=2826\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/banton\/uploads\/sites\/26595\/2020\/09\/11140657\/mandalals.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1134,281\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"mandalals\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/banton\/uploads\/sites\/26595\/2020\/09\/11140657\/mandalals.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/banton\/uploads\/sites\/26595\/2020\/09\/11140657\/mandalals.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2826\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/banton\/uploads\/sites\/26595\/2020\/09\/11140657\/mandalals.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1134\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We had a fire and cooked some marshmallows and apples on Tuesday, Arron &amp; Jonah posted to the blog:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"PZIcZp4V7o\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/2020\/09\/09\/fire-pit-fun-%f0%9f%94%a5\/\">Fire Pit Fun \ud83d\udd25<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Fire Pit Fun \ud83d\udd25&#8221; &#8212; Banton Biggies\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/2020\/09\/09\/fire-pit-fun-%f0%9f%94%a5\/embed\/#?secret=MhRSDUYQ3e#?secret=PZIcZp4V7o\" data-secret=\"PZIcZp4V7o\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We have been reading a poem <a href=\"http:\/\/www-personal.umich.edu\/~rwtill\/Poems\/table.html\">Table<\/a> by Turkish poet Edip Cansever, and the children wrote their own versions. These are great and we posted them to the Biggies blog today:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"pXPkBI8EAy\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/2020\/09\/11\/poems-on-the-table\/\">Poems on the Table<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Poems on the Table&#8221; &#8212; Banton Biggies\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/bantonbiggies\/2020\/09\/11\/poems-on-the-table\/embed\/#?secret=CsiqGv04Hq#?secret=pXPkBI8EAy\" data-secret=\"pXPkBI8EAy\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Micro:bit Maths<\/h3>\n<p>A surprise highlight today. We were programming our micro:bits to use in maths, showing a dice and as a random number generator. Aaron had his own idea and made a times table tester, that will show a question and then give the answer. This was in addition to rolling a dice on shake and giving a random number on button A! Certainly an independent learner.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/banton\/uploads\/sites\/26595\/2020\/09\/11134504\/IMG_3719.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2823\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/banton\/?attachment_id=2823\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/banton\/uploads\/sites\/26595\/2020\/09\/11134504\/IMG_3719.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"648,747\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_3719\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/banton\/uploads\/sites\/26595\/2020\/09\/11134504\/IMG_3719.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/banton\/uploads\/sites\/26595\/2020\/09\/11134504\/IMG_3719.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2823\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/banton\/uploads\/sites\/26595\/2020\/09\/11134504\/IMG_3719.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"648\" height=\"747\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/banton\/uploads\/sites\/26595\/2020\/09\/11134504\/IMG_3719.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2823\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/banton\/?attachment_id=2823\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/banton\/uploads\/sites\/26595\/2020\/09\/11134504\/IMG_3719.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"648,747\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_3719\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/banton\/uploads\/sites\/26595\/2020\/09\/11134504\/IMG_3719.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/banton\/uploads\/sites\/26595\/2020\/09\/11134504\/IMG_3719.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2823\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/banton\/uploads\/sites\/26595\/2020\/09\/11134504\/IMG_3719.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"648\" height=\"747\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have had a busy week this week with some outdoor learning. 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