Blog by Tag: Maths and Problem Solving

This week in 7a we have enjoyed orienteering in PE. The children have shown great listening and communication skills in this terms PE with a difference. They have been working in groups independently to explore the grounds of school to find multiple musical instruments hidden around the forest and…

This week 7 a have shown positivity and willing whilst working through some multiplication this week . They have explored building and analysing the array method. 
All the children have impressed all the staff with their determination to understand and complete their work. 
This week we have…

Today in Maths we looked at 2D shapes in Halloween pictures and then went on to look at 3D nets. We made a pumpkin cube.

Great work team!

11G have become entrepreneurs this week.

After a long debate ……we came to a very important decision. How we can help raise money to go towards our prom.

Its a while off yet , but we need to get going.

Halloween seemed like a good place to start . We talked about what we bought needed to…

Another successful week in 10G.

This week has been very busy with PE, Maths and Science assessments. Everyone has worked very hard and had lots of fun showing the teachers their skills and knowledge. 

We have also been continuing our Zones work and finding out what makes us all feel…

11G have had a great first week back. They have all thoroughly enjoyed being back together and have enjoyed playing new games with one another. They have been on the climbing frame, been on a scavenger hunt, practised their reading skills, practised meditating, worked on their maths skills…

10G had a fantastic time on Wednesday afternoon. The instructors discussed with us how to stay safe on the water whilst canoeing and we got dressed into the safety clothes to ensure we would be okay whilst on the water. We helped one another to put the canoes in the water and got the chance to go…

10G had a fantastic time at Calvert Trust. On the Monday we all had a lovely chat at school and got all of our things ready to go. Then we got to stop off at McDonald’s on the way for our lunch which was a lovely treat. Once we arrived at Calvert Trust we unpacked our suitcases and had a lovely…

Today we continued our functional skills looking at portion sizes and nutrition facts. 
 

we learned that fibre is good for our gut.
 

Pupils worked out what fibre is and how much we should be eating per day. We divided this by 3 meals and then made a simple meal of sandwiches and crisps…

10G have worked hard to be super chefs today. We have been learning all about how to use technology at home, school and in the community. Yesterday we worked very hard to make ourselves a set of instructions in order to create our very own chocolate mug cake. We found out that we could use…

8R have had such a busy week this week earning so many team points for Gryffindor and Slytherin. 
We were all sorted into our teams last week and have been earning team points the last 2 weeks. So far... Slytherin have the most points. 
 

This week we have carried on looking at newspapers and…

In Sycamore this week we have been looking at the story of The Snail and the Whale. Firstly we looked at the features of a book cover, and what we could see on the cover of The Snail and the Whale. We then wrote a sentence on what we think might happen in the book before sharing our ideas with our…