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STEM at Cunningsburgh

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P6/7 had a fantastic day out on Wednesday 4th March, taking part in a a STEM day focusing on Maths and Robotics, hosted by Eleanor Hutcheon from UHI.

Using our previous learning on measuring perimeters of shapes, we looked at finding the circumference of a circle. This helped us to work out one rotation of a wheel and how far the robot would travel for one rotation, which then helped us to investigate how many rotations would be needed to travel a set distance.  A wide range of Maths skills being developed!  There was also lots of problem solving and talking about all the different approaches used to find the answer.

Eleanor had some super challenges for the class to try, one of which involved the winners receiving their choice of LEGO figure.  P6/7 are a competitive bunch and were all determined to do well!

It was also great to get out in the sunshine and enjoy the play areas at Cunningsburgh Primary.  Thank you to the children and staff at Cunningsburgh who invited us share their play areas with them.  There was a very important and intense CPS v DPS football match in the multicourt too!

Thank you again to Eleanor Hutcheon from UHI and our parent helpers. who came with us  We are very grateful that you were able to support us on the day.

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Outdoor Maths

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On Wednesday in Week 2 of Term 4, we managed to get outside lots with the lovely weather. We did our maths lesson outside and practiced some different skills we’ve learned over the year. We first played a game called “Decimals War” on whiteboards which helps us with place value. This is something we do inside too. Then we learned a game called “Nim” which comes from ancient China. We had to collect 20 pebbles in pairs and pick up 1, 2 or 3 pebbles in turns, aiming not to be the person to pick up the last pebble. There was a strategy to it which was quite tricky to figure out. This was focused on problem solving. Then we did a game with bean bags and hoops which focused on adding and multiplying. Finally, we did a relay race in two teams where we had to answer a multiplication question in order to be able to run back and hand over to the next person in our team. Hopefully the nice weather continues and we can keep getting outside!

Active Maths

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This morning we have been very active in our maths. We are just starting a block on addition and subtraction so have played games to revise our mental maths skills and refresh number bonds. By keeping these strong, we will be able to apply our learning to bigger sums.

In this game, each cone had a value (not that we knew that until the race was over!)We had to relay with our partners to collect cones, when the time was up, each colour of cone was given a value, we then had to add the totals of our cones up to see who won it’s the highest score.