Students from across the school could take part in a whole school treasure hunt with maths based clues relevant to each school subject. Maths teachers and Year 11 students also provided a range of short maths based challenges during lunch time.
Pupils were tasked with guessing the total amount of maths teacher Mr Johnson’s shopping list, guessing how many boxes of celebrations it would take to weigh the equivalent of an elephant and trying to accurately count to 30 seconds, getting as close as they could without a stop watch. Year 7 and 8 pupils also took to the Mathletics website to compete against people all over the world.
The day’s activities were designed to help students see how maths works in the real world. Maths teacher Mr Gillies said: “I think it is brilliant that so many of our students have taken part in the World Maths Day Challenges. It think it demonstrates how important maths is to our students and how keen they are to learn.”
Year 9 student William said: “All the activities have been challenging but in a fun way.”
Phoebe, who is in Year 7, said: “I think it's good because it gives people a chance to try different maths questions.”
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