{"id":241,"date":"2019-09-28T08:39:39","date_gmt":"2019-09-28T08:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/hknowepsht\/?p=241"},"modified":"2019-09-28T08:42:35","modified_gmt":"2019-09-28T08:42:35","slug":"week-7-at-heathery-knowe-primary-school-and-nursery-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/hknowepsht\/2019\/09\/28\/week-7-at-heathery-knowe-primary-school-and-nursery-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 7 at Heathery Knowe Primary School and Nursery Class"},"content":{"rendered":"

I hope all Heathery Knowe PS and Nursery Class families are enjoying a restful September weekend. We said goodbye to Mrs Cairns in the Nursery this week as she embarks on a career break. Mrs Cairns has worked at Heathery Knowe Nursery Class for many years and will be missed. We wish her well in her new venture and hope to welcome her back to our school in the future.<\/p>\n

Maths Week Scotland<\/span><\/p>\n

Across Scotland, children in schools will be celebrating Maths Week Scotland. It\u00a0 takes place between 30th September – 6th October and provides an opportunity for schools to place a spotlight on maths learning. The focus is on making maths fun and enjoyable and linking to every day life.\u00a0 At Heathery Knowe PS, maths week will end with a maths fun day on Friday. Many thanks to the adults who have volunteered to help during the event.<\/p>\n

More information about Maths Week Scotland is available at:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.mathsweek.scot\/<\/p>\n

Maths Inside Competition<\/strong><\/p>\n

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One of our family learning activities is called ‘Maths Inside’ and is part of a National competition. The challenge is to try and see the maths inside everyday objects and send in a photograph of it. It can be maths in the wild (e.g. flowers, trees etc) or maths in our town (man-made items, street scapes etc).<\/p>\n

The umbrella photograph was runner up in 2018 and was submitted by a Primary 6 pupil. “When it rains I see maths inside my man made umbrella. There is an octagon with 8 sides, 8 isosceles triangles which have 3 sides and i can also see symmetry where they’re 4 isosceles triangles on each side. (P6-P7 runner-up 2018)”<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The stairs photograph was a best commentary winner in 2018 and was submitted by a Primary 1 pupil.\u00a0 “Gran is going on holiday and there are 139 stairs to the hotel. She practised in Gourock walking up and down these stairs but there’s only 108 stairs so that’s less. (IMA P1-P3 Best Commentary 2018)”<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

All pupils who submit photographs for the school competition will be rewarded with a pencil and ‘Making Maths Count at Heathery Knowe’ certificate. The winners in our school will receive a maths goody bag and their photograph will be professionally printed and framed for display in the school. Photographs for the school competition should be submitted by 7th October.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you are entering the national competition,\u00a0 it should be entered on the website\u00a0http:\/\/mathsinside.com\/ by 6th October.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The age groups for the school<\/strong> competition are:<\/p>\n

Nursery and Primary 1<\/p>\n

Primary 2 – Primary 3<\/p>\n

Primary 4 – Primary 5<\/p>\n

Primary 6 -Primary 7<\/p>\n

Photographs can be submitted for the school competition using:<\/p>\n