Congratulations to the following pupils who scored highly enough in this year's Junior Maths Challenge to receive a Silver or Bronze award. Pupils were challenged to answer fiendishly difficult Maths problem-solving questions in exam conditions. We hope to see all the Year 5s and 6s who took part scoring even more highly in next year's competition!
Year 6
Jessica Dale - Silver
Aidan Heaton - Silver
Year 7
Drew Hankins - Bronze
Evie Dean - Bronze
Daniella Hawkins - Bronze
Armands Zvaigzne - Silver
Zach Bowen - Silver (highest score in school)
Mille Lloyd-Rogers - Silver
Haydn Wem - Silver
Thirty children from each year group got the chance to test their maths brain power against some of the hardest maths challenge questions possible! We'll be finding out how they did in the coming weeks.
Here's a taste of the kind of question they were answering:
When I have walked 20% of the way to school, I have 1200 metres more to walk than when I have 20% of the walk remaining. How far is it in metres from my home to my school?