Literacy and Numeracy

Mother’s Day Themed Maths Challenge

Can your family solve this special Mother’s Day maths challenge together? Put your problem-solving skills to the test with this tricky fraction question! 

Remember to read questions carefully. 

Good luck mathematicians and happy Mother’s Day to all the wonderful mums and carers in our community! Send your answers to me at joshua.crowe@sjvermont.catholic.edu.au.

1. Mia is baking muffins for Mother’s Day. She makes 4 trays with 6 muffins on each tray. She gives 5 muffins to her grandmother. How many muffins does Mia have left?

2. A florist has 38 flowers. They want to make Mother’s Day bouquets with 4 flowers in each bouquet. How many bouquets can they make?

3. Luca wants to surprise his mum with breakfast in bed. He buys 2 cartons of juice with 3 bottles in each carton and 12 croissants. If 5 croissants are eaten, how many croissants are left? Bonus: How many juice bottles does Luca have altogether?

 4. For Mother’s Day, Sophie baked a batch of cupcakes for her family.            

She gave:

• ¼ of the cupcakes to her grandmother,
• 1/3​ of the cupcakes to her aunties, and
• kept the remaining 10 cupcakes for Mother’s Day dessert.

How many cupcakes did Sophie bake altogether?

Victorian Premiers' Reading Challenge

The Premiers' Reading Challenge has officially started and everyone at St James is invited to participate! The goal of the Challenge is to foster a love of reading quality literature. The theme this year is ‘Stories to discover. Stories to tell’.

It is not a competition; it is a personal challenge for children to read a set number of books by 4 September 2026. Children from Prep to Year 2 are encouraged to read or ‘experience’ 30 books with their parents and teachers. Children from Year 3 to Year 6 are challenged to read 15 books. All children who meet the Challenge will receive a certificate of achievement signed by the Victorian Premier and former Premiers.

Your child's teacher will distribute your child's log in this week; Prep-2 students will have a sticker in their Reading log books and Year 3-6 student details can be found in their school diary. Please be in touch if you require any assistance.

To read the Premier’s letter to parents, view the booklist and for more information about the Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge, go to https://www.vic.gov.au/premiers-reading-challenge

To log into the Challenge go to https://vprc.eduweb.vic.gov.au/home

Go to Student login, then VPRC login and follow the prompts.