Maths Workshop

Aneesh, Jamie, Arnav and Aryan had fun at Wetherby High School on Friday when we attended a maths workshop.  The day involved lots of different maths activities and investigations.

The task was to place the balls in a straight line, which covered the shortest distance possible

Once we had the shortest distance, we then had to arrange them to cover the greatest distance, but the balls had to touch.

Another task was to design our own flag using symmetry

Using a spread sheet we worked out the cost to make our keyrings

During break time we were given some delicious flapjack...some of us even got two pieces!!

Another task was to work out the diameter of objects to test out the measurement of Pi.

We also designed our own Olympic 2012 Logo to work out the profit and loss of maufacturing them.

House point time

Evaluating Adverts

Following this week's literacy lessons, try to evaluate the effectiveness of these advertisements.  Points to consider include: 

1. Who do you think the adverts are aimed at?
2. Which advertising techniques have been used?
3. Do you think they are effective in persuading people to buy the products?
4. What would you do to improve them?

Summer Term

The holidays are nearly over and I have just been looking at our lessons for the new term.  Please remember to bring in advertisements (preferably full page ones) from any magazines, that have been finished with, for our literacy topic - persuasive writing.

Do you know which features make a really good advertisement?

Robinwood II

What an amazing adventure we had.  I think that everybody achieved something at Robinwood and perhaps learned something new about ourselves. This included: coping with being away from home for the first time, conquering a fear of heights, learning how to be part of a team and accepting that it is OK to lose or not be first.  Well done to everyone who went, you were fantastic ambassadors to our school. 

My favourite activity, as always, was the zip wire and the one that really stretched me was the trapeze.  What were your favourite activity and biggest achievement?

Robinwood

Dobroyd Castle - where the fun begins



Not long now before we set off on our adventure to Robinwood.  If you look on the school website, there is a link to our dedicated residential blog, which Mr Wisnia has kindly offered to update whilst we are away.  I will of course try to udate our own class blog with a record of our memories too.  What are you looking forward to the most, and which activity are you feeling nervous about?

How do you calculate area?

We had fun in maths working out the surface area of objects and marked areas in the playground.  But why do we need to know this type of measurement?

Wigton's Got Talent III - The Final

Well done everyone who performed, I was extremely proud of you all.  I can't imagine how your parents must have felt.  Dylan's mum has given me a copy of her photographs to share.