Llongyfarchiadau i Ddosbarth Ffawydd!

Congratulations to Beech class for having the most tocyn iaith this week and getting Draig coch again. We hope you all have a great holiday and come back refreshed and ready for a very busy summer term.

Story Telling

We have been using the iPads to make videos of the stories we made up about Y Carreg Siglo. We then uploaded them to Book Creator to make 'talking stories'. 

Maths Detectives

What a busy week we've had! Today we became detectives solving a variety of mathematical problems to find out who stole the valuable x-cubes fromTechniquest. We solved problems involving number patterns, time, volume, weight and height and then had to use the information to identify who the burglar was. 

Naiya and Lewis had to build a metre cube as quickly as possible.

Which shape has the biggest volume? 

Keeping a record of our answers.

Investigating the link between arm span and height. Would Jacob be able to press the button and open the door at the same time?

Back in class we used our results along with the profiles of the suspects to find out who the burglar was.

Techniquest Maths Kits

We have had some Maths Kits from Techniquest today!

We had an opportunity to try to solve problems. 

It was lots of fun!

Here are William, Jimmy and Madison trying the move the entire pyramid but only moving one circle at a time, and not putting a bigger one onto a smaller one.

Building a large pyramid out of smaller pyramids, tetrahedra and octahedra.

Sliding squares - how many moves will it take to move the ball from the top left to the bottom right square?

Fitting shapes into a large square and then smaller squares.

Can you out-fox your friends? The one who picks up the last rod loses!

Building pyramids out of spheres.

How many different ways are there to arrange the tiles?

Can you pack these cuboids so they fit exactly into the clear case?

Building large tetrahedra out of smaller tetrahedra and octahedra.

Techniquest: Our Bodies Inside Out!

We have been visited by Techniquest! 

Gruff did a few demonstrations that showed us how our body works.
After that, we got to explore a few of the Techniquest exhibits.

Gruff showed us a model of a brain.

Here's Navreet with a Pulse Oxmeter on her finger. 

We saw, like we saw last week, that heart rate increases when we exercise.

Here's Jack measuring lung volume using a homemade spirometer.

This is a more accurate way to measure lung volume than the bags we blew into in class 2 weeks ago.

Looking at some optical illusions which confused our brains!

Trying to work out the different smells in each bottle.

Feely boxes - what's inside???

Here's Mia fitting a femur into a pelvis. This is a ball and socket joint.

The femur is the biggest bone in the body.

Do you know the names of the smallest bones?

Lewis is exploring the skeleton.

The inside of the heart.

Here's Joseph looking closely at the skull.

Electronic microscopes. 

We used these to look closely at our skin, hair, ears and nostrils!

Here's Rhianna taking a close look at the brain, 

and Thiago looking at different bones.

Ellie is finding out her pulse (heart rate).

Her pulse is 145 bpm (beats per minute).

Alex is pondering which way is up...