During the month of January, the Year 2.1 used the Cuisenaire Rods to better understand Maths. It is one of the Action Plans of Mgarr Primary School. Bee Bots are a fun way to learn and we used them to do our addition. Literacy is more fun if it is based on the learners’ interests. Well done to Ms Stephanie.
Year 4.1 – The Bar Model
The Bar Model is a tool to help children reason about the relationship between numbers in the context of a maths problem. It is simply a diagram which clarifies relationships between elements of the problem so that pupils can easily identify what they know, what they don’t know and what they need to work out.
The students in Year 4.1 worked in pairs, where they were each given a problem to solve, using bar models. The children thoroughly enjoyed this activity and were made aware of how this method could be used in various other problem solving tasks.
Dinosaurs
Learner based teaching and learning with the Kinder 1.5 students.
K2.3 – Outing to Xuxi’s Playhouse
Year 4.1 – The Secret Garden
In THE SECRET GARDEN written by Frances Hodgson Burnett, a young British girl is orphaned by an earthquake in India and is sent back to England to live in her uncle’s castle. Soon, she discovers a beautiful garden on the property and explores its secrets. The students of Year 4.1 relived this novel through a storytelling series, after which they wrote a summary of it and drew beautiful pictures!
K1.5 & K1.6 Outing to Xuxi’s Playhouse
An educational outing based on sensory tuff trays sessions on theme which emerged from our students on transport. There was story telling time and freeplay.
Creating a kite using twigs and leaves,/pretend car using loose wooden parts.
Children were given a triangular piece of paper cut in the shape of a kite. They were given leaves and twigs, some glue and string. We built a kite together using nature loose objects such as leaves and twigs. They eventually, which was quite interesting, went to use the loose wooden parts and pretend play that they are driving a car.
The Solar System
The students of Year 4.1 have presented excellent displays of The Solar System as part of their Science Project Work! These are now beautifully exhibited in the school corridor for all to enjoy! Big well done for these amazing works of art!! Ms Lewis
Cars – K1.5 & K1.6
Digital Literacy to enhance learning
This year, the students of Year4.1 have been using various apps from their tablet to practice their grammar, vocabulary and different styles of writing. Such apps include SimpleMinds, Kahoot, PicSay and Author Premium. The students are extremely happy to be learning these new apps and exploring different ways of presenting their literacy related tasks. Well done to all! Ms M. Lewis
