Here are a few of the games we have been using to help us learn about money.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/toy-shop-money

https://natwest.mymoneysense.com/students/students-5-8/coin-cruncher/

https://www.mathplayground.com/number_bonds_10.html

Some of our features are passed on to us from our parents and grandparents. Complete this family tree to see where your hair and eye colour has come from.

We had a great time collecting and identifying invertebrates on Wednesday with Patrick from the Tweed Foundation.  We were able to use the nets to collect samples and keys to identify what we had found.  We can’t wait to go back next week!

Our primary four fabulous fantasy potion

Ingredients

10 magical purple bananas

1kg of yeast

Donald Trump’s hair

The wag of a fluffy dog’s tail

A blob of shimmery toothpaste

A chip from Oor Wullies bucket

15 gold teeth

A squidge of hand sanitizer

A giant, beautiful orange caterpillar

Instructions

1. Mash the bananas and put in a large pot.
2. Pour in the yeast.
3. Steal Trumps hair and sprinkle it into the pot.
4. Persuade a dog to wag its tail beside the pot.
5. Mix the toothpaste, Oor Wullies bucket and the teeth and add them to the pot.
6. Squidge the hand sanitizer onto the caterpillar and put it in the mixture.
7. Heat for an hour and stir it well. Let it cool before serving.

Can you create your own potion recipe? What ingredients will you need? What will your potion do?

We have been looking at tessellation which is where shapes can be fitted together without any gaps. We liked this game where you can make tiled patterns using lots of different shapes.

https://www.nctm.org/Classroom-Resources/Illuminations/Interactives/Tessellation-Creator/