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Living Maths Comenius project 2011 - 2013

6 European Schools are involved in a common maths project "living maths".

At the first European teachersmeeting in Germany (September 2011) 13 teachers from Norway, Italy, England, Poland and Spain were guests of our school.

 

The second meeting was in Northern Norway at Hatteng Skole (Ferbruary 2012) and the third time we met at Coquet park School in Whitley Bay/England (April 2012).

 

All school partners are working together on all tasks including hosting partner meetings, providing agenda items, trialling and producing the products as well as visiting each school to observe and discuss local practice.

 

teachers meeting -with Prof. Beutelspacher in "Mathematikum"
teachers meeting -with Prof. Beutelspacher in "Mathematikum"

Meeeting in Whitley Bay, England (April 2012)

Newsguardian

 

Published on Friday 27 April 2012 11:26

 

EUROPEAN delegates were given a special send-off by young children who had learnt more about their cultures.

 

A total of 23 teachers from schools in Catalonia, Germany, Italy, Norway and Poland travelled to Coquet Park First School, in Whitley Bay, as part of the British Council’s Comenius Programme.

 

It aims to develop knowledge and understanding of European cultures, languages and diversity, with the teachers working with children at Coquet Park on a ‘Living Maths’ project.

 

Coquet Park teachers have already visited some of the European partner schools, and Year 3 pupils have been writing to their German counterparts.

 

The visiting teachers have been learning more about north east culture. They have enjoyed the North Tyneside coastline, a visit to Playhouse Whitley Bay to see ‘Westside Story’, taught Morris Dance by the Monkseaton Morris Dancers, and visited Newcastle and Durham.

 

And on Thursday, April 26, Coquet Park pupils bid their European visitors a fond farewell with a special assembly featuring sword dancing and a flag display.

 

Headteacher Mark Lovell said: “This exchange project is a really important way of increasing our pupils’ global awareness, helping them to understand that we’re all European citizens.

 

“It’s also an excellent way for us, as teachers, to think more about our teaching methods, and share best practice with our European colleagues.”

 

The Comenius Programme work between the schools will continue in May when children from Catalonia join Coquet Park’s Year 4 pupils on a residential camp at Kielder.

Meeting in Hatteng/Oteren - Northern Norway (February 2012)

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Symmetry of shapes and items

Title

Symmetry of shapes and items

Area of Learning

Shapes

 

Age/ number of pupils

9 years old

Learning objectives and goals

Find out symmetry of shapes

Working with a partner or in groups

 

Subjects

Math

Equipment

Mirrors, rulers, coloured pencils, worksheets with symmetrical and asymmetrical shapes, letters and traffic signs, symmetrical and asymmetrical   items from the classroom, school things, toys...

 

Duration and place

Four one hour sessions

In the classroom

Description of main activity

Tables are put in groups so that four pupils can work together and help each others to solve problems.

Six tasks (see photos of worksheets ) are presented to the pupils. Pupils choose the tasks they want to work on. Each pupil should do a minimum of three tasks. Pupils can also with a partner.

 

Comments and evaluation

The children learned the terms symmetrical and asymmetrical and drew in symmetrical axes. Children with special needs worked successfully with the class. Children were very motivated to find even more items in the schoolyard and find out whether these items were symmetrical or asymmetrical. All of them said they enjoyed the work with the mirrors most.

 

List of attachments

Photographs of worksheet and pupils working on the tasks

 

Name of school/country

Käthe-Kollwitz-Schule-Gießen/ Germany

 

 

Learning English Numbers and the English Flag

Title

Learning numbers from 1 to 10

The English Flag

Area of Learning

Numbers

 

Age/ number of pupils

6 to 8/19

Learning objectives and goals

- counting and using numbers to 10

- to get to know the English flag and its history

 

Subjects

Math/Cultural studies

Equipment

Map

Flag

number cards

memory game

Duration and place

3 one hour sessions in classroom

 

Description of main activity

Pupils learn the numbers from 1 to 10 by games:

- pupils learn nursery rhyme “One, two, buckle

my shoe”.

- teacher names numbers, pupils find the

number cards that are distributed in the classroom

- teacher names numbers, pupils form

groups according to number

- pupils play number memory

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Comments and evaluation

The children showed great interest in the geography part as well as in learning the English numbers. They all learned the numbers from 1 to 10 very quickly and enjoyed the nursery rhyme.

Now they can´t wait to learn English.

 

 

List of attachments

Photographs/Video

Name of school/country

Kaethe-Kollwitz-Schule/Germany

Numbers/Tables

 

 

 

 

Anniversary clock (maths and arts)

Title

Building an anniversary clock with numbers

Area of Learning

Numbers in a foreign language and the seasons

 

Age/ number of pupils

8 years old

Learning objectives and goals

To learn the names of numbers in English

To work in a group

 

Subjects

Maths/Art

Equipment

scribed numbers

felt tips

scissors

glue

different coloured paper

Duration and place

3 one hour lessons

Classroom und craft room

 

Description of main activity

1) The pupils are shown the numbers 1-12. They repeat and learn the words in English.

2) The pupils assign the numbers to the fitting month and collect ideas how to illustrate the numbers.

3) The pupils colour the shapes of the numbers and cut them out.

4) Each group pastes the numbers on their coloured paper and assigns them to an anniversary clock. In the middle of that paper they put a sun and a clock’s hand.

5) Every group presents their anniversary clock to the others.

Comments and evaluation

The pupils had a lot of fun learning English that way. They also enjoyed creating “their” anniversary clock.

 

List of attachments

Photographs

 

Name of school/country

Käthe-Kollwitz-Schule Giessen/Germany

 


Shapes in our town

Title

Shapes in our town

Area of Learning

Shape  

Age/ number of pupils

8 years old

Learning objectives and goals

To work in a group

To discover circles, squares, rectangles, triangles and other shapes on the streets in the neighbourhood

To learn the names of 3d shapes in German and in English

 

Subjects

Math/Art

Equipment

 

4 digicams

 

Duration and place

Two hour sessions

Outdoors

Description of main activity

 

The pupils went outside the school for taking pictures of shapes by themselves in small groups.

 

They pupils discovered:

Circles: wheels, traffic signs, sewer cover, mercedes benz signs,...

Triangels: traffic signs, windows and at the modern churchtower...

Rectangels: windows, pavements, stepping stones....

Pentagons: stop-signs

Rhombus: stepping stones and pavements

 

 

 

Comments and evaluation

The children learned the names of the shapes. They were very proud to discover so many shapes in the neighbourhood.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shapes with bodies

Our Pupils formed triangles, quadrats,rectangles and circles with their bodies.

 

 

Geometry and maths

Title

Making a fruit spears with geometric shapes

Area of Learning

Shape  

 

Age/ number of pupils

9 years old

Learning objectives and goals

To learn the names of shapes

To work in a group

 

Subjects

Math

Equipment

Different fruits

Knives

Plates

Breakfast boards

 

Duration and place

Two hours

In classroom

 

Description of main activity

 

The pupils are shown shapes. The pupils repeat the words in German and English.

Every group get bananas, oranges, apples, kiwis.

Every group is asked to look at the fruits. They decide for the shapes they want to cut out the different fruits. Pupils cut out the shapes and present them on spears and plates. They name them in the different languages. At the end they have breakfast with fruits.

 

 

Comments and evaluation

The children learned the names of the shapes in English and German. The liked the lesson. Some said “math is just delicious”.

 

List of attachments

Photographs

 

 

Name of school/country

Käthe-Kollwitz-Schule-Gießen/ Germany

Snowman made of shapes

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