Money in maths

This week we have been learning about money in class. We discussed the different uses for money and thought of different contexts in which money is used on a daily basis.

Some of us have been learning about credit cards. We discussed the risks and benefits to using credit cards, we then created a poster with balanced view points.

 Some of us have also been thinking about different ways to make a certain amount - here we had to find different ways to make £5.

 Another group were comparing different retailers by finding items on a shopping list... it was very interesting seeing which shop was the cheapest!

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Victorian Day

We held a Victorian Day at school where we all came dressed in Victorian clothing and participated in a Victorian school routine. Before entering the class Miss Grieve (Miss Threadbere) gave us all a penny and we had to pay for attending the school day. We sang a hymn in the morning and did some Victorian handwriting using our copybooks and slates. We also recited the alphabet and times tables. During the morning we had an inspection from the headmistress...
We also participated in an exercise drill and did some observational drawings. In the afternoon, we even tried some boiled sweets.

Victorian handwriting using copybooks and slates.

Reciting the alphabet

Class inspection... we were individually asked questions.

The headmistress

Reciting times tables

Exercise drill... it was hard work!

Victorian class photo.

Children In Need 2013

We came to school dressed in costumes and we wore spots to raise money for Children In Need. There was a Pudsey dance and lot's of different stalls and competitions - we raised a total of £260! (Still counting!)

Some of the p5/6/7 in their costumes and spots!

 Some spots and costumes.

 Onesies and pj's were popular!

Spots....

 ...and more!

 Our costumes were judged by the cooks...

... it was a tough decision!

Well done!

 Some of us did face painting.

Miss Gray got her nails painted!

 There was a colouring competition. 

 Spotty ladies!

 We had a baking stall too.

 We were selling Children In Need merchandise too... it was popular!

 Afterwards, we estimated how much money we made....

.... we worked in small groups to count it.

 We double checked it too.

Well done everyone for raising so much for Children In Need!

Group problem solving

We have been working in small groups in maths to solve problems - they were quite tricky!

We were using multiplication and addition to find an answer.

Some of the questions were quite tricky!

We worked in pairs to find a 4 number combination...

... we had different clues to work out the number.

We used multiplication and adding to work out the answers too!