Flat shapes

It was so much fun for the year 3.1 students to learn about flat shapes and their properties.

After singing along to the 2-d shapes song, the students participated in a discussion about finding 2-d shapes in real-life objects found in their everyday lives.

The students made flat shapes with play dough and formed shapes on geometric boards too.  They had a blast making shapes and pictures with parquetry as well as colouring a house made from different 2-d shapes.

Finally, the students listened to clues given by the teacher and then, they moved the Bee Bot on the correct flat shapes.

Submitted by Ms Sharon Calleja, Yr 3.1 Class Teacher

Perimeter and Area Activity

Spaghetti and Meatballs for all- a mathematical story about optimizing area and perimeter…

The story is about The Comforts inviting 32 people for lunch. We see Mrs Comfort hiring 8 square tables to seat 4 at each table.  However, as the guests begin to arrive and they start putting the tables together so that they sit together, we see that although the area remains the same, the perimeter doesn’t!
We practiced the seating with square cut-cut-outs for a whole class activity and discussion. Later we used square bits of paper to recreate different ways of arranging the tables on our Maths Journal.  After that we progressed to draw different combinations of using the same area but different perimeter.
We also applied this to real life situations as seen in restaurants and big family gatherings.
Submitted by Ms Sharon D’Amico, Yr 6.2 Class Teacher

Adding Three Numbers using Tens Frame and Caps

The children used caps in 3 different colours to work out additions with 3 numbers. They had to create sums with the first two numbers adding up to 10 and topping up with the next colour.

Afterwards they created their own sums with caps and formulated the sum on their mini whiteboards.

Submitted by Ms Janice Vella Muscat, Yr 2.1 Class Teacher

Maths Trail at San Anton Gardens

The year 4 classes went for a Maths trail at San Anton garden. Students had fun doing Maths concepts outside the classroom. Students were encouraged and motivated to investigate problem-solving situations. They also had the opportunity to discover Maths application in the real world.
Due to the fact that students were very well behaved they were given an orange each. It was really juicy and tasted very good. Even teachers enjoyed the activity to the  full!!
Submitted by Ms Mathea Mompalao, Teacher

Teachers from Poland Visit Our School to Observe English Lessons

Six teachers from Poland visited our school to learn more about how the teaching of English is promoted. After a welcome drink and an introduction about our school, the teachers visited Ms Stephanie Azzopardi’s classroom.

The teachers enjoyed the lesson and also joined in the fun during the closure of the lesson with a very catchy action song. Well done to the students for being great ambassadors. Special thanks to Ms Stephanie Azzopardi for hosting our guests 🙂