We enjoyed a pot of tasty homemade vegetable soup all made from vegetables grown in our school gardens and greenhouse. 

Scottish Woodland by P5T on PhotoPeach

We found out lots of facts about our Maths Week number:

1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8=36

36 is double 72

It is ‘Trente Six’ in French

36 is three dozen

36 is a perfect square (6×6)

36 has 3 tens and 6 units

Factors of 36:

1×36=36      

2×18=36  Half of 36=18

3×12-36 One third of 36=12

 6×6-36

4×9-36 One quarter of 36=9

36 degrees is the angle measurement for a perfect star!

William Shakespeare wrote 36 plays!

A 2D shape made up of 36 sides is called a tricontakaihexagon!

The probability of throwing a double six in dice is 1 in 36 throws.

Mr White from Ross High School came to visit. He gave us  crazy challenge: To build a cube with spaghetti and jelly babies! When completed, it had to be strong enough to be thrown across the room to Mr White and still remain in one piece! Sounds impossible…….but we did it! 

Spaghetti and Jelly Baby Cubes! on PhotoPeach

Christen has the most expensive name: £202

Kai is a bargain at only £72!

The rest of the class: Benjamin: £157, Thomas £120, Rhys: £167, Letitia: £164 Karla: £105, Emma: £114, Cameron £134, Amy: £184, Brody: £152, Nathan £159, Michael £90, Ellie Ma £118, Danielle £94, Sean: £95, Connie H: £102, Ellie Mi: £142, Demi £135, Kristian: £197, Kai: £72, Katherine: £154, Daniel: £104

Who has the most expensive name in your family? Can anyone beat Christen? Can you find a celebrity to beat £202? 

The class enjoyed challenging their brains with a variety of Mathematical puzzles. Some were completed very quickly and others required a lot more thinking. The children worked in pairs to choose and solve different problems. When pupils managed to complete their task, it was checked and then the puzzle number was ticked on their challenge sheet. Well done P5T for completing so many of the tasks!

Ellie provided us with a bit of number fun!  

How do you double your money?  Put it in front of the mirror!  

What goes up but doesn’t come back down? Your age!

What occurs twice in one week, once in a year but never in a day?                 

     The letter e!                         

Square Pyramids on PhotoPeach

Hero Zero gave P5T their envelope with our Maths Week secret number. We have the number 36 and the 3D shape is a square based pyramid. The class brainstormed some great ideas of what we should do this week. 

We enjoyed a numbers Treasure Hunt around the school. The children followed clues and solved number puzzles to collect their ‘playing card tokens’.
Maths Week Treasure Hunt on PhotoPeach

This was a very productive morning with pupils working together on their wildlife research. Pupils had to chose to find out facts about either an animal, bird or minibeast. We wrote a list of questions on what we wanted to learn in our research task. The class decided that it was a helpful idea to share good websites and we made a note of these on the board. Once we have collated our information, the children will write their own Scottish wildlife non-fiction booklets, posters and power point presentations.