2 October 2020
Maths
One of our maths activities this week included taking part in a webinar about ‘shape’.
Our challenge was to make a Jackson Origami Cube. (Named after Paul Jackson who first made it ).
We had to make six identical, symmetrical faces by folding a square in a certain way, and then find a way to slot all of these together to make the cube. After a lot of trial and error, tears, tantrums and almost giving up, we all managed it. Through teamwork and sheer determination – we had our Eureka moments!
Below are some pictures of our learning journey.
The finished products
R.E.
October is the month of The Holy Rosary. We talked about how to use Rosary beads when saying special prayers to Mary, the Mother of Jesus. We also thought and talked about why people pray and how it makes them feel, and we wrote our own prayers, something that was special to us. Sandra very kindly put these on display.
French
We are a very talented,multi-lingual class. We all speak English, some speak Polish and we are all continuing to learn French. Three languages in the one class – fantastic, well-done everyone!
This week we learned how to say the date and the month of our birthdays, eg
Mon anniversaire c’est le trois janvier ! (My birthday is the 3rd of January)
We are using this phrase to build up descriptions of ourselves eg…
My name is …, I am… years old, I live in… , I have a brother, I have 2 sisters , my birthday is…. .
Je m’appelle – my name is
J’ai dix ans – I am 10 years old
J’habite a – I live in…
J’ai un frere – I have a brother
Jai deux soeur I have 2 sisters
Mon anniversaire c’est – my birthday is…
If we keep practising we will be amazing !!!!
Some quotes about our week:-
Milena- “Everything was fun”.
Zoya – “I liked doing the “Jackson cube”.
Fabian – “It felt like a really short week “.
Time flies when you’re having fun !
25th September 2020
In maths we have been looking at Angles, how to estimate, measure and draw angles. We have talked about angles in a triangle and how to find these. We have also looked at angles in the environment and why triangular shapes are important in the construction of bridges.
We did our own research on the 3 bridges that cross the River Forth – The Forth Road Bridge, The Forth Rail Bridge and the Queensferry Crossing and found out what types of bridges these are. One is a Cantilever, one is a Suspension and one is a Cable-Stayed Bridge – we’ll let you work out which is which. We looked at ‘Drone’ videos which gave us a very up close view of the bridges and their position across the River Forth.
We also tried making our own bridges using marshmallows and cocktail sticks – that was the fun part ! We had to use triangular shapes , making one side of a bridge each – it had to be symmetrical -and then join the 2 sides together. Here are some of our constructions.
