Learning Focus

Numeracy at NLPS

A Word from the Maths Team…

Parents often ask us for advice on ways that they can support and extend their children's learning at home. One of the best ways to do this is by playing good-quality games. We’ve pulled together a few of the staff favourites – this collection is by no means exhaustive. It is designed as a starting point for seeing what is out there.

Language Games - Bananagrams, Articulate, 5 Second Rule, A Little Wordy

Classic Games: Shut the Box, Number Boggle, Chess, Scrabble, Pictionary

Card Games: Sleeping Queens, Rat-a-tat-Cat, Sushi Go

Collaborative play logic/reasoning games: Forbidden Island, Duel

Strategy Games: Ticket to Ride, Wyrmspan

Individual Play Problem solving: Various  (Look for the Smart Games Logo)

Straight Number Games: Mobi, Prime Climb

We would love to invite all students to participate in our new Problem Solving Corner problems. Each fortnight we will publish new problems to be solved - both in the newsletter and in the window of The Maths Space. 

If you would like to, have a go at solving the problem. When you have done what you can, post your solution in the letter box outside The Maths Space. 

This Week’s Problem

This logic problem is from Brilliant.org

Three robots have lost their IDs. 

• Rae is not the newest
• Knuck is the oldest
• Lex is not the oldest

What’s the correct order of the robots from newest to oldest?

The following problem is from APSMO (Australian Problem Solving Mathematics Olympiads)