Author: Mrs Sjoberg

We’ve been learning about 3D shapes, here we’ve been using our magnetiles to create 3D models. We can name the basic 3D shapes and discuss some of their properties.
We’ve been doubling numbers using manipulative such as cubes and halving even numbers using our knowledge of off and even.

Lastly, we’ve been problem solving using our number knowledge on our online 100s square.  As always we believe play is the optimum medium for learning and we enjoy the Freeform play offers us to explore and consolidate our understand of what numeracy and maths we are learning.

Meta-skill: Curiosity ‘carrying out self-directed learning and recognising problems and how to solve them’.

We’ve been learning about fractions and money. To consolidate our topic, we walked to Tesco to buy snack. Pupils wrote a shopping list of fruit, vegetables, crackers, cheese, butter and of course donuts. They navigated the shop by reading the signs and then decided what to buy based on calculating the amount they needed. Pupils paid, counted their change and prepared the snacks when back at school. We decided everyone would try at least a lick of each fruit and vegetable and even Mrs Sjoberg tried a blueberry.

Pupil comments:

‘If we cut the orange into half and then quarters we will get 8 bits from one orange, so we will need two because double 8 is 16’

‘If we buy 4 whole donuts and cut them into quarters then we will have 16 bits’

‘That says £2.10 but this one is on a yellow sticker and says £1.90 so it is less money, we should buy this one’.

Primary 1A have been learning how to create colour with different mediums. This week we dyed paper using tin foil, pens and water. Pupils decided they wanted to draw themselves and represent all the things they love.