Education News
Maths Olympiads and Maths Games
This week all of our Maths Olympiad students received a score 4/ 5 for the competition except Chloe Pham who received 5/ 5. Congratulations Chloe.
Example question:
A cryptarithm is a mathematical puzzle where the digits have been replaced by letters. In the cryptarithm below, each letter stands for a different digit, and no leading digit can be zero. What is the least value FOUR can represent in the given cryptarithm? Total Time Allowed: 30 Minutes Write your answers in the boxes on the back. Keep your answers hidden by folding backwards on this line.
F O U R
+ F O U R
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E I G H T
In Maths Games Anthea Ngyen, Brody Mussard and Tom Greene received a score of 4/5
Hunter Thiedeman. Eva Dell' Orso, Leona Di Campli San Vito, Addison Hosking and Josh Livingston all got 3/5.
Example question:
In a trivia game, each player is asked 10 questions. You get 10 points for each correct answer. If you don’t answer a question correctly, you lose 5 points. At the end of the game, Clint’s total was 55 points. How many questions did Clint answer correctly?
5/6 Masterchef
It’s about that time of the year again when the Year 5/6 students will attempt to outdo the experts on Masterchef! Our very own Year 5/6 Masterchef competition will be taking place in the Church cafe and the Multipurpose hall on Tuesday 13th September. In keeping with our Inquiry Unit, (Intercultural and History) our Masterchef theme will be Multicultural Delights. Students will need to bring their ingredients for their chosen courses. Students may choose an entree, main course or a dessert. They will also need to bring plates and utensils, any cooking equipment required and any decorative items for their display. Classroom teachers will advise more details closer to this event.
Write A Book In A Day (WABIAD)
Write a Book in a Day is a fun, creative and collaborative competition for students in years 5 to 12 as well as adult writing groups throughout Australia. Teams of up to ten have just twelve hours to write and illustrate a book from start to finish. To make it even more fun, unique parameters must be included in the story. Funds raised through sponsorship go to The Kids’Cancer Project, a national charity supporting childhood cancer research. Digital editions of the completed stories are then shared with children’s hospitals across Australia. On Friday 26th August a group of Year 6 students will be participating in this competition. We wish them luck with their book writing!
Jenny Willmott
Curriculum Learning Leader
