SSC Gifted & Talented » Year 5/6

Planning our virtual museum

Vicki Campkin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:30:36 +0000

This morning the G&T year 5 and 6’s have been planning what they want to include in Silverstone’s virtual museum. They have used both mind mapping software on the Internet and the traditional pen and paper approach to plan their topic. From the history of crashes here at Silverstone and a biography of Lewis Hamilton to the how long it takes to build a Formula One car. The next stage involves some researching over the Internet, using books we have here at the Study Centre and maybe even interviewing important people around the circuit to gain additional information about their topic.

Gifted and Talented Explore Silverstone

Vicki Campkin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:38:21 +0000

The gifted and talented pupils from the Sponne cluster arrived this morning to start their virtual museum project. Having explored the circuit and learnt about some of the history of Silverstone, the pupils are now being challenged to start generating ideas for a museum. Take a look at the Animoto below to see what they got up to on the circuit tour!

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

Sponne Cluster’s First Day at Silverstone

Vicki Campkin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:59:54 +0000

Today we are expecting year five and six gifted and talented pupils from the Sponne Cluster. They are coming to start their new virtual museum project based around the history of Silverstone. I wonder what they’ll be like?! We’ve got many activities in store for them today, I hope they enjoy it.

Year 5 & 6 have their say!

Peter Ford — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:04:01 +0000

Year 5 & 6 were quite inspirational in their views concerning bullying where they overwhelmingly felt that you should ’speak out’ if you feel you are being bullied.

Year 5/6 Intro

Peter Ford — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:44:16 +0000

G&T Maths – Y5/6 Class of 2008

Peter Ford — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:44:31 +0000

The Year Five and Six G&T Maths students from the Sponne Cluster Primary Schools were presented with their medals and prizes today. They fully deserved the awards after demonstrating not only great maths ability but also effective communication and collaboration skills. Congratulations!

Track Trigonometry

Peter Ford — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:42:13 +0000

Let’s pull the trigger!

Image credit: coolmath.com

3pm Update:

We had a brilliant and very wet time today. Exploring the tangent function to find the height of buildings around the track, we quickly got to grips with our clinometers to measure the necessary angle. We also made sure that we measured the adjacent distance from the structure to be measured to our feet, as well as noting the height from the floor to our eyes.

We practiced our techniques and calculations around the study centre, making use of trigonometry tables to find the tangent of our measured angles. Some students presented their findings to the to rest of the group to make sure we were all secure in the process. We also realised the importance of having a sensible estimate of a height to act as a check on our outcomes.

We then put our newly acquired skills into practice around the circuit, gathering the necessary information to complete the height calculations over a working lunch back at the Study Centre. It absolutely poured and we were all soaked but despite the inclement conditions, we completed our measurements and had a browse around the paddock at the beautiful classic cars, before returning to finalise the height calculations back at base.

We were generally in rough agreement about the height of the building/structures that we measured and we agreed that most discrepancies were probably due to the use of trundle wheels to measure the adjacent distances. They gave a margin of error because they weren’t exact enough to the nearest centimeter.

Coordinates

Peter Ford — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:03:02 +0000

Coordinates are an important part of games design. Knowing where you want your objects to appear on a screen can be pinpointed using coordinates.

Standing on the shoulders of giants.

Peter Ford — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 08:58:34 +0000

What does a two pound coin have to do with standing on the shoulders of giants? How does it relate to the activities that the Year 5/6 mathematicians are going to complete today? So many questions – so little time as usual

Shanghai, Melbourne, Barcelona!

Peter Ford — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:50:42 +0000

Research and plan the finances for the team’s trip from Silverstone to one of the above Grand Prix venues. You need to update the figures from the Indianapolis Challenge brief. Use the Day Two links to help get the up-to-date prices.