Maths Measurement Heart Rate Challenge

It was a mix of Maths and Physical Education in today's Rich Maths learning task.

Today the children learned how to measure their pulse.  The took their resting heart rate and then drew up a table of physical challenges they would complete and then measure their heart rate after each one.

There were some interesting challenges, including pull-ups, running, star jumps and sit-ups to name just a few.  Tomorrow we will complete our challenges and table and then graph our results.

Check out the photos below of Room 21 in action.

Year 6 Transition Afternoon

Today the Year 6's had their second transition afternoon - a taste of the amazing learning that they'll be experiencing in Year 7 next year.

Below are some photos of Room 21 carrying our Scientific experiments and making Scribblebots.
The children loved their activities and were buzzing in all of their lessons.   Earlier this term they enjoyed Coding and Table Tennis.

Thanks so much to the Year 7/8 teachers for holding the transition afternoon and making learning so rich, valuable and exciting for the children of Marina View School.

Maths - Measuring using non-standard units

Today in Maths we looked at how we usually measure objects using standard units of measure (e.g, minutes, cm, mm, litres, kg etc).

We then thought about how we could measure objects using non-standard units.  What are non-standard units?  We decided it could be things like pens, pencils, our feet or hands, anything really.

We then took up the challenge to measure 6 objects using non standard units.
We had to measure:

Length - how long is it?
Capacity - how much does it hold?
Area - how big is it?
Perimeter - how long along the edge is it?
Time - how long does it take?
Weight - how heavy is it?

It was neat to see the children thinking of different ways to measure.  For example, time could be counted in 1 marshmallow, 2 marshmallow.  Length was measured using maths books or whiteboard dusters. Capacity was measure by ice-cream sticks or dominoes.  Area and Perimeter was measure using our own feet!  The children loved this activity and the conversations related to the topic were interesting (and amusing) to listen to.

Senior Assembly Certificate Winners Week 9

Senior Assembly Certificate Winners Week 9

Congratulations to Amina and Kent for winning the class certificates.

Amina, for your imaginative ideas, creative discussion and excellent problem solving ideas when creating your 3D Recycled Robot

Kent, for your meaningful discussion during Problem Solving in Maths.  YOu clearly explain your strategies to your group to help their understanding.

Looks like ice-cream all round for you guys tonight!

Measurement Scavenger

What better way to immerse ourselves into our Measurement unit this week, than with a scavenger hunt!  The children thoroughly enjoyed 'hunting' for objects they thought would be the correct length for their table.

We were given a set measurement (e.g, 2mm long, 1.5m high, 3cm thick) and we had to try and find an object that we thought would meet the required measurement.  We then measured it to see how accurate we were.

Some children worked individually, others in pairs.  It was an engaging activity and a really fun way to start off a Monday morning!  Some off us even took up the challenge and created our own Measurement Scavenger Hunt.  Well done R21!