P6 Robotics and Mathematics Newton Module

P6 had a really stimulating day on Wednesday exploring different ways to estimate, calculate and measure distances and then use LEGO MINDSTORMS robots to assess their accuracy.

In the morning they had to calculate the circumference of their robot’s wheels and discovered that this was the same as one rotation of the wheel. It was really interesting to see the range of methods employed to measure the wheels! Pupils then had to estimate how far the robot would travel after 3, 5.4 and/or 10 rotations.

The middle of the day saw a challenge in precision programming – which team could get their robot as close the the LEGO figure as possible without knocking him over? Each team were allowed 3 attempts, and were encouraged to improve their programming between each go. Some children held their breath as they watched to see how close their robot would get! The winning pair got within 10mm!

In the afternoon session, they had to plot a course around the perimeter of shapes. This involved a great deal of trial and error. It was a great activity for building resilience and problem solving skills.

Huge thanks to Tim at Inverness Newton Room and all at @SSASTEM

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This week in P6 so far…

We are learning to use an eight-point compass.
We are learning to understand and use bearings.
In our topic, we learned about oil spills.
We were tasked with cleaning an oil spill.
We realised this isn’t an easy task.
We cleaned feathers that were in the oil spill. It was difficult and not good for the feathers.
In science, we have been designing and building buggies.
Using a battery and motor, some of us got our completed buggies moving!

News reports

P6 worked in trios today to present news reports about overfishing. They worked really well together to share with the class what overfishing means, what causes it, problems it leads to and ways to solve overfishing. Everyone was very enthusiastic and shared some interesting information with the class!

Shapes

This week in maths we have be focusing on 2D shapes. We learned what the term polygon means and we have been learning the difference between regular and irregular polygons. We also learned about ways to describe a circle and started having a go at drawing circles with compasses. We learned the terms radius, diameter and circumference. Here are some pictures of shapes we made outside, examples of regular and irregular polygons.

Week 2

This week P6 were learning to use line and pattern to create create some super printing designs. They had to carefully sketch their design and trace this onto polystyrene. They then used ink to print their design onto colourful backgrounds. The outcome was fantastic!

We decided to do pictures of sea creatures as we will be learning about Global Goal 14 – Life Below Water. We have been learned about the different Global Goals. As a class we agreed on which one we would like to learn more about. We started to research the targets for global goal 14 and found out some small ways we can all help to make a difference. For example, disposing of litter carefully and helping with beach clean ups are ways people can help prevent sea pollution.

In maths we were learning about 3D shapes. We worked together to create skeletons of different shapes and developed our descriptive language of these e.g. vertices, edges and faces.

We also started our numeracy lessons with a new type of question. We were given the answer and had to create as many possible questions that would have this answer. P6 worked really hard and came up with some pretty challenging questions! Well done!

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