Why is ‘reality’ TV so popular, when we know so much of it is as unreal as it gets?
Whilst you ponder this, consider your eighth gift from the Sandpit – some paparazzi fun!
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UPDATED: Grammatical typo in download corrected (9th December)
Look what my class did today:
We used a hexagonal Tarsia puzzle on expanding single brackets to create large hexagons.
The puzzles were stuck on paper, cut out and the edges reinforced with tape. Twelve hexagons make a splendid snowflake. Once it was stuck together, the wall display was as tall as a Y7 pupil.
Just think what you could do with Tarsia puzzle shapes: snowflakes from hexagons, christmas trees from triangles and bunting from dominoes.
If you want more puzzles, visit Mr Barton Maths for a plethora of resources.
On the seventh day of christmas my true love sent to me … seven swans a flipping (through a magazine)!
Image credit: babyanimalzoo.com
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On the sixth day of Christmas my true love sent to me … teeny tiny little boots!
Image credit: ebay.com.au
Of course, most geese don’t wear boots these days, but before mass transportation geese were walked to market in little boots or with tar applied to their feet.
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There is a rather splendid video from 31st Dec 1966 on the BBC archive about walking geese to market: http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/chronicle/8619.shtml