P7 have been busy working on the foundations for the Anderson shelter we are building. Â The rain has made it a bit tricky!
P7 Anderson shelter
Parent Partner Halloween Party
A letter will go out this week asking for a permission slip to be signed and money to be returned to the school before the event, this will mean registers can be prepared before the event.
Primary 3 Maths Week
During Maths Week, Primary 3 have enjoyed taking part in the Sumdog competition both at home and in school. The whole class received a certificate for being one of the top performing classes in the school! Well done to Jessica who also received a certificate for ranking in the list of the top 1,000 pupils out of 74,000 pupils who took part!
We have also been learning about the time, looking at both analogue and digital clocks. We have been using what we have learned to recognise the times of events in our day like break time and lunch time. Our next step is to compare the timings of our school day with the timings of a Victorian school day.
Primary 4
For Maths Week we have been learning about area. The children have been learning to count squares and parts of squares to find the area of a 2d shape. Pupils then drew a plan of a Celtic roundhouse onto squared paper and counted the squares to find the area, before adding more of the internal details to their plan.
We were also lucky enough to have a visit from Sarah-Jane who came in to talk to the children about her experience of excavating a Celtic roundhouse. The children were able to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of The Celts during discussions with Sarah-Jane and were also able to ask questions. They had the opportunity to look at photographs of excavations and explore the different types of materials and artefacts that would have been found.
Primary 6
What were we learning?
To create a set of measurements to help us make Jacobite hats.
How would we know if we were successful?
- We would be able to measure our head circumference in centimetres.
- We would be able to calculate the diameter and radius using the circumference to help us.
- We would be able to use the radius measurement to create a perfect circle.
What did we do?
- We worked in pairs to measure each other’s head circumferences.
- We used the measurement of Pi (3.14) to calculate the diameter of the circle.
- We then halved the diameter to calculate the radius of the circle.
- We used this measurement to create a circle using the compasses.
We have used our measurements to create a pattern for our fabric. Our pieces have now been cut out and the next step is to begin sewing them together. Check in with us to see how we are doing!
Until next time…
Primary 6 & Miss M 🙂
Maths Week Scotland @ PUSCPS
Have a look at our video below to see our learning during Maths Week Scotland.
https://vimeo.com/364169052
Our House and Vice Captains set a Maths Weeks Scotland Poster Challenge, the winning designs are below.
https://www.slideshare.net/PUSCPS/pumphie-pals-poster-competition
We took part in the National Maths Week Sumdog Competition.
Some of children completed all 1000 questions! Primary 3 scored the highest for the school, and Tyler came 207th out of almost 75000 pupils.
Thank you to our Sumdog ambassadors for giving out the awards!
P1 – Maths Week
P1 have been exploring money this week.  We examined coins closely to find their value and then had a go at sorting different coins. We noticed they had different shapes, colours and sizes.  We enjoyed making rubbings of different coins using crayon.
* Home Challenge*
Can you recognise any coins or notes at home?
Can you try to pay for something at the shops using coins?
Can anyone make a shield by joining one of each coin together?
Primary 2 Maths Week
For our Maths week focus Primary 2 have been experimenting with different units of measure. We had fun measuring dinosaur bones and sharing our findings with one another!
Club Wild: Maths Week Scotland
This week at club wild we looked into maths in nature as part of Maths Week Scotland. We thought about how we see maths in our daily lives and explored mathematical patterns in nature.
First we looked at bilateral symmetry and thought of the plants and animals that we could split into two matching halves. Leaves, beautiful butterflies and even us.
Passing round the inside of an old wasp’ s nest we could see an amazing hexagonal pattern the same as the honeycomb of bees. Mathematicians believe that bees and wasps use the hexagonal shape to utilise space. Other shapes like circles would leave a space.
Another amazing mathematical pattern we found in the heads of the sunflowers in the school garden. If you count the spirals you will always find a Fibonacci number where the number is equal to the two previous numbers (0, 1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55, and so on). We liked learning the mathematical words for things we see all the time.
Maths patterns are all around us from the branching of trees, waves, cracking muds, spirals of pine cones and snail shells, petals and seed heads, the number of spots on ladybird and identical halves of butterflies. Next time when you are out and about have a look and see what patterns you can see.
Club Wild, Mrs B & Sarah-Jane
Up and Coming Song Writers!
Two of our Primary 7 children shared with Miss Burton two songs that they have written themselves. Have a listen below, it would be great if you could leave them some comments.
https://vimeo.com/363593526
https://vimeo.com/363593478
