Maths Games Day

On Tuesday 29th October, eight students in Years 4-6 were selected to compete in the Maths Games Day at Keysborough Primary School. 

Participating students were: Nelson, Emily, Betika, Sarah, Huy, Kevin, Laura and Trisha.

Congratulations to all of these students who represented ARPS well during the day.

Below are some reflections from students who participated in the day.

 It was a really fun day overall with a lot of people competing, there were 156 students from 16 local schools. This made up 39 teams who were competing to win a medal. There were a bunch of games and activities including; ‘Honeycomb’, ‘Neighbours’, ‘Quick Maths’, ‘Tetris’ and problem solving. At recess and lunch many different schools put the competition aside and played together! Near the end of the day we did individual challenges in which we scored points for our team! My team consisted of Laura, Betika, Sarah and I. On our badges we had a specific coloured star. I got a yellow star. Closer to the end of the day, we all competed against the people with our coloured star on it to guess the number using the clues on the screen to win a $10 Kmart gift card! I got one because I guessed the number. I was so happy!! By Trisha

There were multiple activities that we did individually and as a group. One where we had to roll a dice and make a number on the board to make three in a row and a honeycomb game that we had to use strategies.  As a group we did a game that they called Tetris, where you had specific blocks to fill in the gaps. By Laura

At the Maths Games Day, we did lots of activities and games. In one activity we had to answer as many questions correctly as possible to earn points for our team. We also did lots of mini games like ‘Countdown’, ‘Neighbours’ and ‘Honeycomb’. We then did a ‘Quick Maths’ activity where we would answer questions from the clues as quickly as we could. By Kevin

We played ‘Honeycomb’, a fun and strategic game that challenged our minds.  In this game there are hexagons that have 6 circles inside of them. You need to put numbers 1-9 inside of them, and try to make the sum of 30. If you do, you must put your name inside of the hexagon. Whoever has the most of their name in the hexagons at the end wins. This game got our brains pumped up and ready to do more maths. By Huy