--- title: "Decimal Jewellery Making in Year 5!" url: "https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2022-04-19-17-15-00-decimal-jewellery-making-in-year-5" school: "Scotforth St Paul's C of E Primary & Nursery School" --- [Start your school journey with us! Book a visit for September 2027 school starters](https://www.scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/parents/admissions) # Decimal Jewellery Making in Year 5! ![](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/images/blog/04867E57-A443-4008-BACD-F816B310380F.jpeg) 19 April 2022 [Mrs Redmayne](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/author/jredmayne) [Class of 2016](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/category/class-of-2016) Today we started our new maths topic (Decimals, Fractions and Percentages) by making jewellery. We each cut up a whole straw (worth one) into ten equal pieces (worth a tenth) and made this into a tenths necklace. Then we took a tenth piece of straw and cut this up into ten equal pieces (worth a hundredth). These were much smaller than the tenths so we made these into bracelets. We then had the very fiddly job of cutting a hundredth piece into ten equal pieces (worth thousandths) to make earrings. We were shocked at how tiny the thousandths were (and could only imagine the size of ten thousandths!). You can see our handiwork in the pictures below. [Year 5](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/tag/year-5) [Maths](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/tag/maths) [![](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/imagecache/100x100c/blog/08089B92-302F-48B3-A508-452610E5A72E.jpeg)](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2022-04-19-16-30-00-ordering-the-easter-story) Previous ### [Ordering the Easter Story](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2022-04-19-16-30-00-ordering-the-easter-story) [![](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/imagecache/100x100c/blog/407DAF73-F07A-4A29-8190-2352F7E94FFB.jpeg)](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2022-04-20-21-45-00-identifying-trees-plants-in-the-school-garden) Next ### [Identifying trees/plants in the school garden](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2022-04-20-21-45-00-identifying-trees-plants-in-the-school-garden) - ![Healthy Schools](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/images/partners/healthyschoolslogo(3)_(1).jpeg) - ![Ofsted](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/images/partners/Ofsted_Good_GP_Colour(1).jpeg) - ![Vines](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/images/partners/Outlook-gg5hcrqw_(2)_(1).png) - ![QM](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/images/partners/Quality_Mark_5_March_2015(2)_(1).jpeg) - ![Blackbrun Diocese](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/images/partners/Blackburn_Diocese_(1)_(1).jpeg) - ![School Gold Award](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/images/partners/SG-L1-3-gold-2022-23(4).jpeg) ##### Location Scotforth Rd Lancaster LA1 4SE ##### Contact Us 01524 65379 ##### Stay Connected - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/Scotforth.St.Pauls) - [Office staff (Mrs Malin and Mrs Pearce)](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/contact) © Copyright 2017–2026 Scotforth St Paul's C of E Primary & Nursery School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)