We’ve been rounding numbers to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000. We’re learning that you can use rounding in calculations to help estimate answers and we can explain why this is an important life skill. Even better, we’ve been playing lots of games to help us practise our new skills…

We’ve been learning about the Battle of Stirling Bridge this week and we turned into reporters once again to write newspaper articles about the battle. Some of us even managed to interview William Wallace directly after the battle. Now that’s impressive!

We’ve also been learning to distinguish between fact and opinion this week – a very important skill for historians such as us! It’s not always as easy as it seems, as we found out when we took part in a quiz…

Next up we’re going to learn all about bias in historical sources. Wallace the hero or Wallace the outlaw? Hmmm – we’ll tell you next week!