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P7 Mental Maths and Problem Solving

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When answering maths questions, especially worded problems, it is important to know how to work through it. Below are some hints and tips on how to tackle maths questions and worded problems.

Problem Solving Strategies

*Remember that not all of these are suitable for every maths question. Choose the best strategy for the problem you are working on.

  • Look for the important words in the question. Write them down or underline them. Decide on what the question is asking you to do .e.g. multiplication? fractions? subtraction?
  • Look for a pattern. Can you see somehting happening over and over again? Will this help you solve the problem?
  • Have a go! Try an answer. Does the answer make sense?
  • Use a table or a chart. Will something like this help?
  • Use a drawing. Can you draw something about the problem? Will this help you to find the answer?
  • Work backwards. Can you start at the ned of the question to help work it out? Will your answer work?
  • Try an easier problem. Can you change the numbers in the question to make it simpler? Will this make finding the answer easier?
  • Make a model. Can you use paper or blocks to help you find the answer? Can you use people to help you find the answer?
  • Think logically. Can you tell somehting about the answer straight away? Can you get rid of answers that are not correct?

Mental Maths Strategies

We have been be practising these strategies in class throughout the year. Use the strategies that feel best to you because not every one will ‘feel’ natural for you.

Mathematical Vocabulary – Word Problem Words

Increased by – The class had 15 pupils and was increased by 10 children. How many children are there in the class now?

more –  Julie has 21 Beanie Babies in her collection – her sister Emma has 10 more. How many does Emma have?

combined/put together – Jake and Joel combined their pocket money of £5.50 each to buy the new Xbox game. How much money did they have together?

 total (smaller numbers) – There were 8 Roses, 12 Carnations, and 2 Daisies. How many flowers did they have in total?

sum – Alexis earned £10 washing cars and Sarah earned £15. What was the sum of their earnings?

added to – Ellie saved £3.50 last week. Added to savings of £2 this week, how much does she now have?

altogether (smaller numbers) – Jake has 13 sweets and Jarratt has 22! How many sweets do they have altogether?

in all (smaller numbers) – Auntie Anne gives Jade 12 carrots from her allotment and her mum brings back a bag of 8 from Asda. How many carrots does she have in all?

additional – Ben has 105 Harry Potter collector cards. If he had ten additional baseball cards, how many would he have in all?

decreased by – The population of 1000 whales decreased by 400 in the last year. How many are left?

minus – She had £10, minus the amount she spent on the £3 drink. How much did she have in all?

drops/dropped – The temperature was 4° and just dropped by another 3°! What is the temperature now?

 difference between /difference of – Gemma’s mum gives her £3.50 pocket money for hovering and polishing through the house. James gets £5 for doing the same thing. What is the difference between their pocket money?

 More than – Jacob has 16 marbles – that’s 12 more than William. How many marbles does William have?

Less than – Sarah has 20 sweets and her sister Suzie has 5 less than her. How many sweets does Suzie have?

Fewer – Jenny baked six fewer cookies than Elizabeth, who made 12. How many cookies does Jenny have?

How many more – Kate has 20 Daises and Emily has 31. How many more Daises does Emily have than Kate?

 How much more – Billy has spent the last year saving £150 – he desperately wants a laptop that costs £300. How much more does he need to buy it?

Left – Mrs. Bee bakes 30 beautiful chocolate-chip muffins for the adults in school. 18 people grab one at break. How many are left?

remain/remains – There are 15 people on the bus and 3 people get off. How many people remain on the bus?

 Words ending in “er” (higher, longer, faster, heav-ier, larger, shorter, slower, further, etc.) – Jack can run 100m in 25 seconds but Andrew can do it in 14! How much faster is Andrew’s 100m race than Jack’s?

Take away – Jamie has 12 biscuits. If his mum takes away 10, how many does he have?

twice – Elijah Wood, the actor in ‘lord of the Rings,’ played a hobbit that was 120cm tall but in real life the actor is twice as tall! How tall is he really?

times – Caroline’s school bag weighs 2g but her brother, Ollie, likes to take lots of books to school – his bag weighs 5 times as much! What does his weigh?

multiplied by – There used to be 100 children in school. The number of pupils has multiplied by three in the last few years! How many children are there now?

product of – What is the product of five and four?

 in all (bigger numbers) – At the cinema (screen 8) there were 10 rows of seats and 20 chairs in each row. How many seats were there in all?

total (bigger numbers) – In the garden there are five rows with five plants in each row. How many plants are there total?

each (answer getting bigger!) – Each pair of socks cost £1.00. How much will six pairs cost?

 doubled, tripled, quadrupled etc. – There were 3,000 rabbits in the UK. The population (total number of rabbits) tripled in two years. How many are there now?

 each (answer getting smaller!) – Pens cost £1 each – how many pens can I buy with £6?

 equal / equally – I bought a dozen (12) eggs from the market this morning and split them equally between two boxes. How many eggs went in each box?

 separate – Hannah and I make 50 friendship bracelets – we decide to separate them evenly and sell them. How many bracelets do we each have?

 share – Bailey brings in 60 sweets for his birthday and decides to share them out in class. There are 20 children in his class – how many sweets do they each receive?

 split – On a class trip, there is a class of 24 children and they are split into 6 groups. How many children are in each group?

 group/groups – At swimming, the class of 32 children is split evenly into two groups. How many pupils are in each group?

fractions (half, quarter, fifth, sixth, tenth etc.) – Kieran has £20. He spends half of this money on cat food – how much does he have left for other things?

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Charity Donations

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Good afternoon,

Thank you to everyone who gave a toy to myself, Miss Grant, or Miss Frew last week! With a little help from the boys and girls in my class, we packed the final lot to be taken to the charity shop. Cancer Research were very grateful for all of your kind donations.

I hope you all have a lovely Easter break!
Miss Hamilton

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P5S – The River Clyde/Clyde in the Classroom Debrief

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Today we had our topic debrief. We discussed What Went Well and how we could make the topic even better (EBI). I have been delighted at the enthusiasm shown by you all with this topic.  You have all worked incredibly hard and have learned so much this term. Well done!

Here are your feedback comments.

Lewis:  WWW – I liked that we had the fish and the bake sale/fundraiser.

EBI – If we could choose our own landmarks for the mural and to have some more balloons at the fundraiser.

Mirren: WWW – I think when we had the fish we looked after them well!

EBI – I think it would be even better if we kept the fish for longer!

Kate:  WWW – I really like looking at the huge mural outside of class and I really enjoyed making a part of it.

EBI – It would be even better if we had the fish for longer.

Lily: WWW – Looking after the fish went very well. The community Café went very well when we did the quiz all about the River Clyde.

EBI – If we went on more school trips about the River Clyde. Also if we could have kept the fish for longer.

Cameron H: WWW – I like that P5S and P5H kept fish in the classroom. I enjoyed gong to the Science Centre because we got to try things out for the first time. Also releasing the fish into a burn was fun.

Innis:  WWW – I liked having the fish in the class. I liked making our 3D fish. I really the song about the River Clyde we learned.

EBI – It would have been better if the groups had been able to look after the fish a bit more. We got to take the fish home.

Lucy L: WWW – I liked the fish because we got to look after them. I also liked letting them go.

Chloe M: WWW – The mural because it was fun making it and it looks good on the wall. Our trip to the Science Centre and releasing the fish. Having the fish in class was good. I enjoyed organising the fundraiser. The quiz during the Community Café was fun because my grandparents were there.

Heather: WWW – Most of our fish survived because we took good care of them. Our fish life cycle posters on the wall are good. The quiz on the River Clyde at the Community café went well.

Mikey: WWW – Not a lot of our fish died. I liked my group and we learned a lot about the River Clyde.

EBI _ If more fish stayed alive.

Luca: WWW – The activities and the brown trout. Looking after the fish and making the posters.

EBI: It would have been even better if we had been able to keep the fish and go on a visit to the Sealife Centre or go fishing at Balloch.

Ewan: WWW – I thought the fish were good because it was very fun.

EBI – I think we should have went on the Waverley.

Finlay: WWW – Everything because it was fun.

Lucas: WWW – Not a lot of fish died because we looked after them so well.

EBI – The quality of my work was better and if I stopped talking more often.

Olivia: WWW – I really liked keeping the brown trout. It was fun looking after them. I loved learning all about the marine life in the River Clyde.

Cameron S: WWW – I enjoyed the quiz – definitely! I enjoyed making the posters. I enjoyed making the 3D fish. I enjoyed learning about the River Clyde from the visitors at the Community Café.

Lucy S: WWW – I loved that we got to have brown trout and then release them. Also I learned more about the River Clyde like there used to not be the Erskine Bridge and instead it was a ferry. I also learned that the Waverley is 70 years old and will be 71 years old this year.

Aiden: WWW – It was really fun – everything!

EBI – If we didn’t have to release the fish and if some of the fish hadn’t died. It was sad when they died.

Chloe S: WWW – I think we looked after the fish very well. I think it is good that we had around 185 fish left.

EBI – It would be even better if the 3D fish didn’t fall apart so quickly. I wish we could have had the fish longer because I really liked looking after them.

Kieran: WWW – My group didn’t fight. We learned a lot and it was fun.

EBI – The brown trout didn’t jump in the water. If the tank didn’t leak.

Alex: WWW – I liked doing the Pointillism brown trout because it was a different way of painting them and we got to draw them before we painted them.

Charlie: WWW – I liked the quiz. I liked the Now and Then task because it was interesting. I liked releasing the fish.

 

 

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P3/2 Museum trip

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School trip tomorrow to the Glasgow Museum Resource centre. Children should wear school uniform and bring a packed lunch unless you requested a school packed lunch.   We will eat the packed lunch before we leave for the trip.  We will leave school at 12:20pm and return for home time.  Chosen parent helpers should come to school for 11:45.  We are all excited to learn more about the Egyptians.

Mrs Fulton

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P7M – Goodnight Mister Tom Book Reviews

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This morning we finished reading our class novel, Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian. I managed to read through the tears…just! You worked with a partner to discuss your thoughts and opinion about the book. Who were the main characters? Did you like them? How did they grow and change throughout the story?  What happened in the story? What is exciting? Did it keep you guessing? Would you recommend it and if so, who to? We will be watching the film on Friday morning, so we can compare them.

 

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Bishopton Day 2017

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Bishopton Day 2017 

Design Competition

The Bishopton Week Group would like your help to design the front cover for this year’s Bishopton Day Programme. The theme for this year’s event is ‘Countries of the World’.

Bishopton Day is on Saturday 17th June this year. There will be music from Sambayabamba, circus skills, woodcarver, fire engines, inflatables, dancing display, football and rugby demonstrations and much more.

To enter the competition you need to draw your design in colour in the box on the back of this sheet and then return it to your school. The designs can be anything related to ‘Countries of the World’, and should be returned by Friday 21st April 2017. The winner will be contacted by telephone.

We look forward to seeing your designs.

Bishopton Week Group

Bishopton Day 2017 Prog Cover Design

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P7M – Dunkirk Homework Feedback

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Well done to those of you who completed the Dunkirk research task (17/27). I was impressed that most of you used the article and video to select the key information and then para-phrased (reworded) it in your own words. This is an important skill for studying, researching and writing your own texts. I was pleased to see that the majority of you used correct punctuation, capital letters and spelling. Only a few of you made mistakes that could have been easily corrected if you had read over your work before submitting the post. These ‘quick fix’ errors are easily avoidable and it is your responsibility to check your work. The criteria was for the summary to be ‘around 50’ words and most of you hit the mark, however if you were way over please try to summarise the key points.

Please take the time to  read your peers’ summaries.

Alex

During ww2, Dunkirk was a retreat back to England by the British army across the English channel. It took place between the 26th of may-4th of june 1940. 338,226 were saved from beaches. Meanwhile British soldiers were still getting bombed by the germans. This evacuation was code named Operation Dynamo.

Reuben

On the 4th of July, 1940,Nazi forces seized the French port of Dunkirk that had nine days earlier been full of 338,000 British soldiers and a few French that had come up to help protect France from invasion but with the English Channel behind them and Nazi forces advancing on them they needed to evacuate the port and fast on any boat that was free.

Jack

Tori

1940 German army took over French port of Dunkirk. Month later German forces went through the west stormed into France May 24 ready to take Dunkirk. Germans stopped the attacks so their plans didn’t go to plan. People evacuated May 26. Men stranded Germans going towards them.Boats arrived to save them.German captured Dunkirk. Soldiers went back to fight

Keeley

Laura

Euan

Chloe

Fraser

Rachael L

Niamh

Ryan G

Gemma

Liam

Stevie-Ross

Ben

Grace

Ryan O

Lucy

Andrew
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P4a Homework 27.3.17

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Hello everyone, Hope you had a lovely weekend. Here is this weeks homework📒.  Please remember on Friday school closes at 2.30pm, I hope you have a lovely holiday and look forward to hearing about what you get upto.

Reading 📚 – Big Cats have been collected in, pupils have been encouraged to read their Book Detectives or library/class novel this week.

Spelling  📝

This week is a revision week and pupils have chosen their own words that they wish to revise.

Maths📚 –  We will also be focusing on our times tables, the Jelly Tots and Haribos will be focusing on the 6,7,8 and 9 times tables and the Chewits will be revising their 2,3,4,5 and 10 times tables.

Times Tables – http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/times-tables

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P3F Big pedal

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Big Pedal continues this week. What a great start it’s been, P3F have  won the daily challenge AGAIN! That’s 3 days in a row now, well done! Hopefully we can continue this winning streak and hold on to the trophy!

We as a school are trying hard to get to the number 1 spot, we have been doing fantastically well as we managed to get to number 1 for Scotland, let’s keep trying hard. This lovely weather is perfect for all the family to get involved. Those extra points might be what makes the difference!

Thanks to all the effort that everyone is making, we can do this!

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27.03.17

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Good afternoon,

There will be no set homework this week for P2H. The children can enjoy the sunshine and practise what they have been learning in Literacy and Maths on the following websites if they wish:

www.ictgames.com/resources.html
www.topmarks.co.uk

Can I ask that any library books which have not yet been returned are brought into class this week. I will return any books which the children have finished reading and request books to be reissued if they are not finished.

As book bags were not given out today, the children have brought old work home from their trays in their school bags. Therefore, each child was given a clear pouch to put their letters in today, in order to make these easy to find.

As a reward for winning the most house points, the Eagles will have a non-uniform day on Friday.

I look forward to meeting with many of you on Tuesday and Wednesday this week.

Have a lovely week.

Miss Hamilton

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P7S – Week Beginning 27/3/17

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Good Morning,

Here are your activities for the week ahead. If you have any problems, please let me know straight away.

Language/Topic

  • The Big Pedal  – Monday 20th to Friday 31st March – Please bring in your bike or scooter every day. Remember to wear a helmet, chain your bike and bring a plastic bag to cover your seat. Click here for more information.
  • Please return any forms A.S.A.P. (Parent/Pupil Response form and Parent Appointment slip).
  • We will be watching the film version of Goodnight Mister Tom on Friday 31st March. As it is a PG, we would appreciate if you would let us know if you do not wish your child to watch the film so we can arrange an alternative activity.
  • Tempest Photography, Tuesday 28th – Photos for Young Scots will be taken. Everyone will have their photo taken
  • Parent Appointments: Tuesday 28th and Wednesday 29th March. If your parent/carer cannot make it, please let me know A.S.A.P.
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P7 – WW2: The Battle of Britain and The Blitz Research Task

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Today you will be learning about The Battle of Britain and the Blitz. Each member of your group will research a specific part of the Battle of Britain and then share their knowledge with the group. It is everyone’s responsibility to take as many notes as they can so that your group has as much information about the Battle of Britain and the Blitz as possible because you will be taking part in a quiz next topic session.

Each squadron member will become an expert on a different aspect. You will have a set amount of time to research before bringing together your notes to share with your squadron. Notes should be as detailed and accurate as possible.

The higher order thinking skill you will be practising is understanding because after researching you will have to explain the information to your group, paraphrasing and giving examples of what you have learned. The skill for work you will be practising is self direction because you are responsibile for your own learning and what you learn and feedback affects what your group learns (and ultimately how well you will do on the quiz).

1. Clydebank: Watch the videos and read ‘The Blitz’ sheet (one side)

Clydebank Blitz 1 (allow to play until the end of ‘Gregor’ -part 4) total time 8:12mins

Remembering the Clydebank Blitz

The Blitz

  1. Planes: Read the ‘Battle of Britain in the Air’ and ‘Planes’ sheets (3 sides) and watch the video

Horrible Histories Pilot song time 2:47mins

  1. B.O.B. Overview: Read the Overview sheet (1 side)

B.O.B. Newsreels time 8:02mins

  1. Defences: Read the ‘Ground Defences’, ‘Barrage Balloons’ and ‘RADAR’ sheets (2 sides)

WAAFS and Barrage Balloons time 1:01 mins

The Royal Observor Corps in WWII time 2:41 mins

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P2/1 w/b 27.3.17

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Hi everyone

I hope everyone had a lovely weekend and enjoyed the sunny weather. The Easter Holidays are nearly upon us and we finish at 2.30pm on Friday.

There will be no formal homework this week. Book bags will be kept in class until after the holidays. However, children  can read their library book , play Sumdog, Teach your Monster to Read, or Skoolbo. They might even want to practise their spelling or number bonds.

Please return all library books to school  by Thursday.

Big pedal continues this week. Please remember that children will only be allowed to ride their bike or scooter in the playground if they  are wearing a helmet.

Everyone should now have received an email containing your child’s learning Profile. Please let me know if you have not received this.

I am looking forward to meeting with you at our parents’ evenings on Tuesday or Wednesday.

I hope everyone has a lovely week and as always, please let me know if there is anything I can help with.

Miss Cruickshank

 

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P3/2 Wk beg 27/03/17

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I hope you all enjoyed the sun this weekend.

This week there is no formal homework.  Children can read their library book , practise games on sumdog, play some spelling games and enjoy the nice evenings.

This week we have parents’ nights on Tuesday and Wednesday.  I look forward to meeting with you all.

Big pedal continues this week until Friday.  As of last week children must have a helmet to ride on their bike or scooter.

On Thursday we have our school trip to the Glasgow Museum Resource centre.  We have chosen our parent helpers and a note was written to these parents.  Thank you to all of the parents who offered their help.  On Thursday the children will eat their packed lunches before we leave.  The bus leaves at 12:20 and we will return to school for hometime.  Children should wear their school uniform.  They are allowed to bring a small water bottle with them on the trip if they wish.

All library books should be back in for Thursday of this week.

Gym bags will also be sent home this week.

We finish at 2:30 on Friday.

Thank you as always for all of your support.

Happy Easter.

Mrs Fulton

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P5S – Homework w/b 27.3.17

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Good evening everyone! I hope you have been having a lovely weekend in this glorious weather. Well, we have reached our final week of term 3. What a quick year it has been! Here is your last lot of homework for this term. Keep reading for your reminders for this week.

Reading:  A new core reader to complete at home will be issued tomorrow (Monday). Please complete the book for Thursday. There will be no written homework for this as all tasks will be completed in class. As always, if there is any vocabulary you are unsure of, please take a note of it and we will discuss it in class on Thursday.

Please remember to read aloud to someone at home. Once again, your feedback form should be completed, if possible, by the person who heard you read and returned to school for Thursday. A huge thank you to everyone who took the time to complete this again last week. I am thoroughly enjoying reading your comments and I hope you are enjoying hearing the children read to you.

Personal Reading Challenge: This is your final week of our Reading Challenge. How are you doing? Have you managed to reach the target number of books you set at the beginning of this term. If you have, a HUGE well done! If you haven’t there is still time! Use this week wisely. Please remember to bring your book to school as this will allow you to read it during our ERIC sessions.

Please remember to record the books in your reading passport as you finish them. The passport is kept in class. Remember this is your record of the number of books you have read so far this term.

Maths:  Our Big Maths Beat That scores are increasing and accuracy is pretty much 100% for all of you on the questions you answer. However, we do need to work on the speed of your calculations. Each week you should be able to answer more questions than you did the week before. I would like you to spend 15 minutes this week working on building your speed of calculations. Please use the link below to do so.

Multiplication Trainer

H&WB: A number of photographs have been posted on our class blog over the last few weeks. Please look at them with someone at home and leave a comment on the blog letting me know your thoughts on what we have been doing. This should be completed by Friday.

  1. All Pupil/Parent Response sheets should now have been returned to school. Parents’ Night appointments are  on Tuesday and Wednesday. I am looking forward to seeing your parents and chatting about your progress.
  2. Our Big Pedal will continue this week. Please continue to bring your bike or scooter to school. Please remember a helmet must be worn during our daily sessions in the playground. A plastic bag should be brought to protect your bike seat from the rain.
  3. We will be having our annual House Quiz on Thursday afternoon. Please come to school in house colours.
  4. Eagles gained the most house points over the last month and as a reward will have a non-uniform day on Friday.
  5. Rookie Rockstar ticket forms should be returned A.S.A.P.
  6. We stop at 2.30pm on Friday for our Easter break. Wooooohoooo!

See you tomorrow.

Mrs O’Neill