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Maths & Numeracy, Money Week 2016, Primary 7, Uncategorized

Primary 6 and 7 Money Week!

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This week for Mid Calder Money Week, we have been investigating through our IDL topic, the value of money from 1940 compared to 2016.

Learning Intention:

We are learning to convert money and compare costs from 1940 and 2016.

Success criteria:

I understand the names of old money

I can confidently discuss all coinage and notes from 2016

I can change from pennies to modern pence

I can change from shillings to modern pence

 

Through our challenge, we looked at the different values of money from now and then – we were surprised to find how differently money was used during WW2.  We then began the tricky process of conversion – we used old pennies and new pence to start with and then added in shillings.  We used examples of foods available during rationing and calculated the costs related to modern money.

On day three of the challenge, we had to design a rationed meal for four people using our knowledge of old money, and we planned a meal using ingredients and cost.  We presented our findings to a high standard.  We then participated in a valuable plenary session where we explained our learning and evaluated against our learning intention.  We really enjoyed the activities and liked discovering the value of money from 1940.

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Maths & Numeracy, Money Week 2016, Primary 3, Uncategorized

Primary 3 fun money challenges!

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This week our class were focussing on money! We took part in 5 different activities.

Activity 1

Activity 1: We had a few bowls of different coins and cards with amounts on them. We had to make the amount on the card with our coins.

Activity 2

Activity 2: We played money games on Sumdog. Emma says “It was great fun!”

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Activity 3: We had a go at different money worksheets. Some of them were a tricky challenge but helped us learn!

 

Activity 4

Activity 4: Kaitlin enjoyed picking a money card and finding the matching coin card!

 

Activity 5 Activity 5 Activity 5

Activity 5: Money Bingo was fun! We had to pick a card from the pile and if the total matched the price of a toy on your bingo card then you won that card.

 

Daisy: “I liked the games that were on Sumdog, especially the challenge Miss Burton set for us!”

Eilidh: “I liked playing on Sumdog. I found some of the games and questions really tricky and some easy. I really enjoyed it!”

Euan: “I enjoyed playing Sumdog and learning new sums involving money!”

Sophie: “I used money at home this week. I had to buy cans of food and work out the prices!”

Marc: “I have been counting up in 5 pences up to 100 at home this week!”

Maths & Numeracy, Money Week 2016, Uncategorized

P4B Money Week

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Learning Intention: We are learning to spend within a budget.
Success Criteria:
– I understand what a budget is and can keep within it.
– I can discuss and plan spending with others.
– I can use ICT to select items and work out their cost.
– I can apply addition strategies to work out total amount spent.

In groups, pupils were asked to discuss, plan and select different items to buy for the school’s new nursery playground. Pupils had a budget of £500 and had to buy at least 10 exciting items for the new playground. We used netbooks to research different shopping sites and select various items. We were also able to apply our knowledge of money and addition to calculate the total about spent.

Interdisciplinary Learning, Maths & Numeracy, Primary 5

XVI.IX.MMXVI- Roman Numerals in P5B

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Learning intention: We are learning to read Roman numerals and identify the place value of each symbol

As our IDL context for learning in P5B is The Romans, we have been learning how the Roman used to write numbers in our maths lessons this week. We learned that they used letters to represent numbers, for example, I=1, V=5, X=10 L=50, C= 100, D=500, M=1000. We learned about some of the rules involved in creating Roman numerals including that you can’t use the same symbol 3 times in a row and there is no symbol for 0.

We worked in stations to learn about Roman numerals.

Teaching station: We explored Roman numerals by using symbol cards to create our own. We were challenged to write our ages, birthdays, favourite numbers and the date in Roman numerals. Some of us also completed a Roman numeral crossword and some filled in a number square using the correct Roman symbols.

ICT station: We played two different online games to test our knowledge. Why don’t you have a go?
Roman Numeral Game
Roman Numeral Quiz

Game station: We played Roman numeral bingo, as well as a game of Roman numeral loop cards. Mhari and Lucy also invented a Roman numeral game based on one we had playing last week when we were learning about place value. They became our teachers and did a fantastic job!

Can you guess our birthdays?

Maya: XX.VIII.MMVII

Ross: XVIII.VI.MMVII

Stephen: I.V.MMVII

Kayden: XXVII.VIII.MMVII

Joel: XXIX.VII.MMVII