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Star constellations

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We’ve been researching star constellations in class in preparation for making posters to share with the class.

Today we have been trying to recreate our constellation using marshmallows and spaghetti. Once we had succeeded in creating that some tried to make their own star constellations too.

I think the favourite part was eating the marshmallows at the end of the lesson!

 

I have no pictures because I was busy enjoying our maths class today…

We set ourselves some chimney sum addition challenges outside and then finished the session with a group maths relay race, tiring but fun – never doubt that maths can be fun!

We’ve made some huge steps with our chimney sums in the past 2 weeks, well done P4/5!
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Outdoor learning – maths

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Today we took advantage of the beautiful weather and went outside to do a little revision for our maths lesson. The pupils had to work together to use their bodies to answer the maths question. They had to show an understanding of the maths task and work well within their team to get themselves in the correct position to provide the correct answer – sometimes easier said than done…

Firstly we described a 2D shape.
A rectangle –

An equilateral triangle –

A pentagon with only person speaking to position bodies –

A maths sum where the answer was 4 –

A maths sum where the answer is 10 –

A maths sum where the answer is 14 –

The answer is 15 and 102 –

Just for fun we joined together to make a big wind turbine.

We had a lot of fun in our maths lesson today!
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Escape room fun

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On the last day of term we performed our escape room challenges. The class were split into small groups. They researched escape room challenge ideas and then thought of their own versions that they could set for the other teams within the class. They had been working on this over a few sessions and there was much excitement to see what all the other teams had come up with.

There was a great variation in the types of challenges that had been set, they covered a good range of skills for the pupils to try and solve.  Some were more challenging than others, some were single steps, some multiple steps and they used a great range of resources and skills to complete their set tasks.

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Treasure hunts.

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When we returned to the classroom I asked the pupils what activities they would like to do before the Easter break. They came up with some super suggestions and we have slowly been working away through them.

One of the activities has been the treasure hunt, there has been much excitement for this! The pupils have been working in teams to create a map of the school grounds and set various challenges for the rest of us to complete along the way.

Today was the day we’ve all been waiting for – TIME TO HUNT!

When a team map was selected it was that  group that took charge of the rest of the class, they were tasked to guide and instruct us for the whole circuit. I was a very proud teacher today – it was a delight to see how well they worked together and how much their confidence has grown this year. Most of the class were able to confidently stand up and guide us throughout their whole map challenge – some even stopping to do head counts along the way to ensure we didn’t lose anybody. Maybe we have some future teachers in our group?

Here are some pictures of our day outside – I apologise if I missed some groups, I sometimes get caught up in the excitement myself and forget to take pictures!

 

We ended the day with an egg hunt!

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What went well?

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This term we have introduced a new activity to our Friday afternoons. We have been completing this activity at the end of the day and it is proving to be a super way to end the week on a positive.

We’ve  noticed that it’s not always easy to identify something positive about yourself. In order to try and encourage this positive attitude we are trying to identify some positives that have happened to/ for us throughout the week. There were some initial hesitations but as the term is progressing we are finding it easier each time. We are realising that even in these uncertain times there are lots of positives and we have many things to be thankful for and ending the school week with a ‘high five’ is always nice!

Well done P4/5!

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PE for Children in Need

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On Friday we started our day with Joe Wicks as part of his 24 hour PE challenge for Children in Need.

Even with all of the doors and windows open we still found ourselves working up a sweat as we squatted and did push ups throughout the morning. There was a mixture of enthusiasm and reluctance but with me joining in some who were less tempted were spurred on to participate too.

I hope I wasn’t the only one with some tender muscles later!

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Final day of term 1

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Movie afternoon!

We made it through term 1 and decided we should celebrate with a movie afternoon. We made our own movie tickets, brought in some movie snacks and settled down for a much deserved, relaxing afternoon watching The Willoughby’s.

There has been a lot of change to deal with this year and the class have adapted to it all so well. They have worked with enthusiasm and taken any changes in their stride. There was a lot of excitement for our last day and I’m delighted to have shared this first term with them.

Enjoy the holidays P4/5 I shall look forward to seeing you all again after the break!
Mrs Wells 😁