We have blown Mrs Scott away with our outstanding skills at gymnastics. We have been working on; balancing, rolls and using a variety of apparatus to improve our strength and flexibility.
This term we have been learning about Space. Our maths has been taught through the topic, which we have loved. We have been learning about; angles, compass points, directions, coordinate points on grids, 2D and 3D shape and numbers beyond 1000. We all loved learning our maths through the context of Space .
We are continuing to master our recall facts in all times tables. Below are links to games which can be played at home to help master our tables. In term 3 we are focusing on 8, 9, 11, and 12 times tables. Hit the Button Dart board tables grouping / division Loop card games
This week Primary 5 took part in various activities as part of our STEM focus week. Our activities consisted of building the tallest, free-standing tower out of paper. We were limited to the amount of paper we were allowed to use and the amount of tape. We found the challenge particularly difficult because we did not ration our materials. It was a great learning experience. Mrs Scott gave us a second chance at the activity, however, this time we had greater success. Not only did we learn about the importance of the structure, the design and base of the tower but we also learned about team effort, equal participation and positive encouragement to our peers. We all absolutely loved the task. Our second task was designing a structure that would hold an egg (which hadn't been boiled...eek!) The structure was made from only two materials; spaghetti and marshmallows. We all originally thought this task was going to be easy. However, it was the complete op...
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