Learning & Teaching News

Bebras Maths Challenge

OHR students in Years 3-6 will have the opportunity to participate in the Bebras Maths Challenge on Wednesday 30th April at 9am-10am.

To register your child for this mathematical opportunity please email me (phansen@ohrsurreyhills.catholic.edu.au) with your child's name and grade by Monday 28th April. Payment of $5.20 can be made to Heather in the office.

Bebras is one of the largest international computational thinking challenges involving over 2.9 million students from 60 countries.  There are 15 questions – a combination of multiple choice, integer and interactive responses. Example questions are below for your reference.

New Maths Book and our Special Visitors

At the end of last Term, we were fortunate to have Doug Clarke, a retired professor of Mathematics, and his team including; Anne Roche, Matt Sexton and James Russo step into our classrooms. We have a lovely connection to Doug Clarke as he is the grandfather of a family of OHR students. He and his team are well respected mathematicians who have written multiple books of which OHR have previously featured. During this visit, which trialed new maths ideas and lessons, the team of 4 visited 1/2GK, 3/4CP, 5/6KM and 5/6CM. The lessons focussed on Decimals, 2D Shape, Longitude/Latitude and Place Value. The students were highly engaged in mathematics within each lesson and Doug and his team enjoyed working with such mathematical thinkers! We look forward to having them return for the next phase of their book launch.

Penny Hansen

Mathematics Leader