Today the P4s got together to complete some maths work outside. We worked in pairs and we had a sheet with lots of different questions on it.
Firstly we had to find right angles, and shapes in our environment,next we had to time how long it took us to walk around the school – then estimate how long it would take us to walk round three times.
We also had to work out some fractions and find examples of tiling and symmetry.
We had to measure using strides and hand spans – we worked out that our answers were different because we have different sizes of hands and strides.
It was interesting to try to use our maths skills in different places, some of the questions we found quite easy but others were more tricky. We were glad that we were working in pairs this time! 
On Tuesday 21st May we had a STEM workshop with Emma. At first we watched a video about not throwing away plastic because it affects wildlife and the air. Then we spoke about jobs and more, and how ROVs can clean salmon cages. After that we went into the canteen and tried programing Lego mind storm robots. I was in a pair with Joe but our robot didn’t work so we got a new one and it worked.
First we had to try and make our robot move in a square but we couldn’t do it, it was tricky to programme the robots with the Ipads! Then we had to put a piece of Lego ( our ‘plastic rubbish’) under some chairs with the arms on the robot, we kept working at it and we did it! We enjoyed the workshop.
Listening and talking
P5 Stick Debate
We had a Stick Debate this afternoon; an activity that let us give our thoughts, ideas and opinions on an issue. It made us think carefully about what we would like to say and how best to express it. It encouraged us to practice not only our active-listening skills but also to add constructively to what someone had previously said.
A stick debate means that everyone in the group gets an equal chance to talk and to share opinions.
Each person got three (lollipop) sticks before we started our discussion. Every time someone spoke, s/he handed in a stick. Once our three sticks were used, we could not speak anymore. This made us think carefully about what we would like to say and to try to communicate effectively. We were encouraged to use all our sticks.
Some of the issues we discussed were:
- Should teachers be replaced by computers?
- Is handwriting important?
- Does money buy you happiness?
We had fun listening to each others opinions and trying to change people’s minds!
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