**We have been having ICT problems but we seem to have resolved these issues!***

Last week our number talks strategy was place value and negative numbers. This strategy involved us breaking the numbers down, to subtract them. We didn’t find this strategy the most efficient because it involved many steps. We preferred using the number line strategy and the friendly number strategy to help us with subtraction problems!

We also made adverts for the tuck shop! We are now going to be responsible for the profit and loss made in the tuck shop this year. We looked at persuasive language and we realised how effective this could be in encouraging our pupils to buy the less popular items such as yogurt and kiwi!!

Can you guess our new topic?

Hint 1: Suspension, cable-stayed, cantilever…

Hint 2: There are three of these over the Forth, one built in the 19th century, one built in the 20th century and one built in the 21st century….

Hint 3: They use compression and tension to stay upright…

Hint 4: It is a science and technology topic…