P7/6 Learning Letter Term 2
Maths Glow Meet: Dividing and Fractions
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.
P6 Learning Letter Term 2
P7 Learning Letter Term 2
P7/6 Remembrance Assembly
Primary 7/6 showed their respects to the men and woman who have lost their lives because of war. They performed their parts confidently and read some of their thoughtful, emotional poems that they had written in class. The other classes learned a lot more about Remembrance Day and why it is still important 100 years on. Well done!
West Lothian Council’s Casual Recruitment Bank
November Newsletter 2015
Dear Parent/Carer,
Our pupils are beginning to rehearse for the nursery and the school nativity and I am sure that you will enjoy both the performances as our children showcase their talents. Following feedback from last year we will be issuing a letter on Monday 23rd November setting out the procedures for purchasing tickets. Please note that there will be no additional performances this year and it is the responsibility of each parent/carer to purchase tickets within the set timescales. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
Nicola Thompson
Head Teacher
West Lothian Sum Dog Contest
West Lothian are running a Sum Dog contest from 13th – 18th November. All children in P5-7 can take part in the competition at home and school by clicking on contests or activities and selecting the West Lothian competition.
Good luck everyone!
Taking Maths Outside
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.
