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Events, Maths & Numeracy, Primary 7, Transition

Maths Glow Meet: Dividing and Fractions

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Today Primary 7 pupils had a Maths lesson with a difference! Last week a Maths teacher from West Calder High School came to our school to teach us the first lesson in a series of 3 about dividing and fractions, this is relevant to work we have been learning about in our Maths Groupings and consolidated some of our learning from last session. Today was the second part of the lesson which was delivered through Glow Meet. Glow Meet is a virtual learning room so we could see the teachers at the high school and also all the other P7s in our cluster primary schools. We were asked questions by the high school team and we had to answer using our whiteboards via the webcam. Our teachers were very impressed that we had remembered so much about fractions. Unfortunately due to a few technical issues we had to finish our Glow Meet early, but we are very grateful to the Maths Department at WCHS for organising this and are looking forward to the next one.

Maths & Numeracy, Primary 7, Supporting homework, Uncategorized

Taking Maths Outside

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We are learning to work out and record my division calculations in a variety of different ways. MNU 2-03a

  • I can explain mental strategies for answering division questions.
  • I can explain and demonstrate written strategies for answering 3 digit by 1 digit division problems with remainders.

Today we  took our mental maths outside. First of all we had to see who could recall and write out their 6 times tables most accurately. We know that accuracy is important with our times tables because we want to be correct and quick.

Then we had our number talks session outside. This week we have starting taking part in Number Talks each day for 15 minutes. During number talks we mentally calculate the answer to three sums which get more difficult across the lesson and week. The most important part of Number Talks is we discuss the different strategies we used to get the answer. Today we wrote down the answer and then explained the strategy we used to our peers. We have only been using Number Talks for 3 days and already we feel:

  • ‘Mental Maths is more fun!’
  • ‘We feel more confident because we discuss strategies more’.
  • ‘We are getting quicker at answering sums’.
  • ‘We can use other children’s strategies’.
  • ‘It helps us with our number work’.

We moved on to look at how to use written strategies to find the answers to division sums with bigger numbers. Some of us were the teacher and shared our strategies on the whiteboard then we had three activities to complete:

  • Sum Dog division and multiplication challenge
  • 3 in a row game: We had to pick a 3 digit number, our partner gave us a 2 digit number using a spinner and we had to calculate the answer. If we got it correct we put a counter on the gameboard.
  • Division assessment

We now feel more confident about the process of division because of all the different activities we have taken part in this week.

 

Homework help: You can support your child at home by continually asking them to say their times tables as a sum, for example 6 x 5 = 30 and asking them the related division fact, 30 divided by 6. Also encourage them to take part in the Sum Dog competition online, a different competition is set each week related to the concept they are learning in class.

Achievements, Events, Health & Wellbeing, House Points, Primary 1, Primary 2, Primary 3, Primary 5, Primary 7, Top Scorers

Linhouse Movie Star Party

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Today Linhouse celebrated winning the Term 1 house cup by organising a movie themed party. Everyone in the house dressed up as a character from the movie and had a celebration in the hall, which included games, dancing, a chocolate fountain and crushed ice drinks. A big well done to Callum and Romany for organising the party, and to the P7 helpers who helped served the food and organise the games. Also a big thank you to Mrs Bokhari who helped serve the food tidy up after.

Congratulations to Linhouse!

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English & Literacy, Homework, Maths & Numeracy, Primary 1, Primary 2, Primary 3, Primary 5, Primary 7, Supporting homework, Technologies, Useful Websites

Homework: Using Purple Mash at home to support literacy and numeracy

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All pupils will soon have a Purple Mash login in their reading records or homework diary. Purple Mash helps develop literacy and numeracy skills in relevant and engaging ways whilst promoting ICT skills.

You can find out more about Purple Mash by clicking here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxDWPUZVSNc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahKiZpM_H_0

Pupils can log into Purple Mash using their logon through the following link: https://www.purplemash.com/sch/midcalder-EH53

Homework, Maths & Numeracy, Primary 5, Primary 7, Supporting homework, Useful Websites

Homework: Sum Dog

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As you know pupils in P5-7 have a Sum Dog login, Sum Dog helps develop pupils numeracy skills by asking them mathematical questions (related to what they have been learning in class) and also helps to develop accuracy and speed. Pupils should be encouraged to use their log in at home through the Sum Dog website or by downloading the Sum Dog app to your device.

If your child is in P1-4 you can create them a Sum Dog account.

For more information visit:

http://www.sumdog.com/en/parents/

 

English & Literacy, Interdisciplinary Learning, Primary 5

P5’s Wonkatastic Market Research

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Learning Intention- We are learning to conduct market research into the different types of confectionary that people like

Success Criteria:
A quality questionnaire includes:

  • An introduction
  • Numbered questions
  • A variety of different types of questions
  • Simple language to make sure the reader understands
  • A clear order
  • A concluding statement
  • Accurate spelling, grammar and punctuation

On Tuesday afternoon, Primary 5 received a very special delivery to our classroom. We got a golden envelope addressed to P5, P5/4 and P4 and inside was a letter from which set us an exciting challenge- to design our very own Wonkatastic confectionary. Before we started our creations, we were asked to work in groups to write a questionnaire to conduct market research. We learned that market research is when you ask the people that might want to buy your product lots of questions to help you with your design. You might ask, for example, what ingredients they like, how much they would pay for the product, their favourite type of confectionary and what allergies they might have. We looked at an example of a questionnaire and decided on the success criteria of a quality questionnaire. We then used this to help us to write our own. When we had finished, we looked at each other’s and gave feedback then we used that to improve our questionnaires. We will be handing those questionnaires out to classes in the school and using the answers that we get to start our designs.

“I enjoyed it when we first found out that we had got an envelope and everyone wanted to get it opened as soon as possible,” said Sophie.

“I loved it when we got started on the questionnaire. I enjoyed discussing it and everyone in my groups had great ideas,” added Amy.

“I enjoyed going into groups, making our questionnaires and discussing what kind of chocolates and favourite sweest they have,” commented Joe.

We can’t wait to find out what our second challenge will be….