This week we have been learning about the tale of Robert the Bruce and the spider. ‘If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again!’ has been the inspirational quote of the week in P5b.

With this in mind, we attempted two really difficult tasks: one was to create a spider’s web out of wire and the other was to complete a very complex maths problem. We were given one very clear instruction: ‘NEVER GIVE UP!”

Here are some pictures of us attempting the spider’s web:

Here we are working through the struggle of our maths problem. Give it a try:

Here we are getting our thinking down on paper:

Connie looks frustrated, but Jack calms her down by assuring her he’s nailed it! What a week!