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maths week

Maths in real life

rom 14th - 18th of March, calculated a budget. First, they represented. All pictures were
FEIC held a Maths Week to decided where they wanted to displayed at the entrance and they
continue promoting learning go and checked the price of their were very creative!
and enthusiasm for the subject. flights and hotels. Then they had It was a week full of real life learning,
Kids learned that Maths is not to choose how to spend the rest of cooperative work, creativity,
only about numbers, equations their money during the holidays, decision making, and so much fun!
and algorithms. After spending including food, touristic activities
some time exploring and and even means of transport. They Pol Buelga (6A): “The restaurant
playing, they realized that had to plan everything carefully to project was very fun because we
Maths is found everywhere in avoid spending too much money! learned Maths in a different way“.
the real world around us! Our older students in the
third cycle opened their own Biel and Leyre (6B): “We really
Mr Chávez restaurants. They designed the liked to design our own restaurant
Primary 1 and 2 corridor became a floor plan, described their menus because we practiced real life skills.
car and a train factory and students and carefully set prices for a daily We also enjoyed the game we
built their own cars and train meal and for each item of the played in the morning!“.
wagons. They worked not only menu. Then they calculated how
on measuring and precision but much a group of people would Anna Cabré (5B): “During the
they also practiced their reading pay in their restaurants and some Maths week we learned Maths in
comprehension skills, which students even applied some a different way and I really liked
were essential to understand the discounts to the final price. it because we had the chance to
instructions. Primary 2 also learned Apart from the special projects, work in pairs and be creative“.
how a fuel and electric engine students in all cycles participated
works and how we can power our in a Maths photo contest. Carla and Andrea (3B): “We
own cars. They were so interested They investigated their usual learned how to be adults because
in the topic! environment (outside school) we had to manage our own money.
In primary 3 and 4, students to create situations in which Our favorite activity was to design
planned their dream holiday and a mathematical concept was an airplane ticket“.

Maths in Chinese Buildings

or this year's Maths Week, while some others have
Fin line with the theme 'hidden' symmetrical lines
of 'Everyday Mathematics', within the decoration
Chinese classes in ESO1 to 4, and finer detail of the
investigated various famous buildings. Students had to
architecture in China and identify what/where the
searched for all kinds of famous architecture is; find
symmetry! brief information of the
building such as its history
Mr Hsiao-williams and purpose, and most
Some were obvious thanks to importantly... 'Where are the
the shapes of the buildings, symmetrical lines?'