We have worked on a variety of tasks in class this week.  We have sorted out emojis into sets, made 2D shapes using skipping ropes, discussed how we can make numbers in different ways using our fingers and made lots of different shapes using squares.  We learned that completing maths tasks well involves team work, thinking carefully, not rushing and having a go-even if it seems tricky.  Nobody will make fun of us for trying our best-we have the confidence to have a go.  The story of Giraffes can’t Dance helped us understand what it means to have a Growth Mindset.

Reported by Joe and Ellie

We have been doing X-Rays and we made our own X-Rays of our hands. We used chalk, black paper and backing paper. Here is some information about X-Rays: X-Rays are a type of light, which you can’t actually see. X-Rays can travel through skin and muscle but not through bone. For an X-Ray to be taken you need a special machine that shines the X-Rays through your hand and onto a type of special paper. The X-Rays that hit the paper, turns the paper black but the X-Rays that hit the bones does not hit the paper and it stays white.

Here are examples of our work:-

Great report guys, now I understand how X-Rays are taken!

In maths today we were looking at number patterns and tried to find all the different ways we can make numbers, we used our fingers to help us.  We agreed that our priority was not to see who could be the first one finished but to see who could use the best mathematical thinking.

Today P3G have been using 100 squares to find 1 less, 1 more, 10 less and 10 more!

We have had a go at splat 100 on the smartboard and followed this up with a task using our own 100 squares to consolidate what we have learned!

Today the P7 children worked with others again to help them develop their problem solving strategies.  We looked at how the children viewed a 3 by 3 grid of squares and wrote this in numerical form.  The children then had to figure out how to apply these to a problem of a bigger size.  The pupils had fun trying to figure out how many straws were needed in a 13 by 13 puzzle.