Polar Bears have had a busy start to the term, starting topics on Earth and Space and the Maya.
This week has been Inspirational Maths week, the children have enjoyed working together looking at different maths problems.
Monday - Finger Trails
The children started by rolling a dice and moving along a trial, they then worked out sequences to complete trails and the quickest and shortest trails to reach home.
Tuesday - Hide the Pixls
The aim was to hide the pixl pictures in the least and the most rectangles than they could.
Wednesday - Crossing a rectangle
Using a 5 x 8 and a 8 x 5 grid the children had to find the longest route across the rectangle. They then investigated different size rectangles, looking for patterns.
Thursday - Penny collections
When pennies are put in groups of 2 there is one penny left over. When in groups of 3, 5 or 6 there is one penny left over. When in groups of 7 there are no pennies left over. The children investigated how many pennies were needed to fit this criteria.
Friday - Checkerboards and more
To begin children explored patterns in a 100 square. I think we all learnt many things we can not noticed before. The children then had a checkerboard with squares shaded and worked out a pattern for the shaded squares.
We all had a good week thinking about maths in a different way.
