15 May
I was chatting yesterday with Year 1 & 2 pupils about how we should all see ourselves as both teachers and learners. Often pupils are brilliant teachers – that is why listening to each other’s ideas is so important. Here is a good case in point – a Year 3/4 pupil explaining how he worked [...]
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14 May
Congratulations to the Year 1&2 students who graduated today from the G&T programme for maths. It was great to see so many parents at the presentation as well. Some relatives and pupils back in school managed to catch the presentation via the live stream on SSC TV.
Posted in Presentation, Years 1/2 by: Peter Ford
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14 May
Today you are going to use your maths knowledge to ask questions and set challenges around Silverstone. We create our tour using a quikmap. Remember – we are all teachers and learners! Here’s a quick quikmap …
Posted in Maths Day Four, Years 1/2 by: Peter Ford
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07 May
The Year Three and Four G&T Maths students from the Sponne Cluster Primary Schools were presented with their medals and prizes today. A great bunch, they were full of energy and enthusiasm throughout the course and were hungry to learn new concepts. They also worked hard at using and applying their existing mathematical knowledge at [...]
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07 May
Image Credit: mathsisfun.com
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07 May
We explored perimeter and circumference after identifying some areas to measure on Google Earth. The path measurement feature of Google Earth proved an interesting way to check our findings.
The circumference of a circle is simple to find using pi as long as you know the diameter. However, when we measured outside the centre [...]
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