Student and Community Learning and Wellbeing

Maths Olympiads

On Tuesday the 22nd of August our Maths Olympiad team travelled to Heathmont College and participated in collborative problem solving with Year 7 and 8 students and some of their Maths teachers. Thanks to Mr. Corso and Mrs. Elliott for being the bus drivers and working alongside the students at the college.

Students worked in mixed teams to understand, apply, analyse and evaluate maths problems. They collaborated together, strengthening their understanding of how to draw connections between ideas, justify their decisions and support their thinking by making judgements based on evidence. Our HEPS team needs to be congratulated on their teamwork and growth.

If you would like to think like an Olympiad here are some examples of what our team has worked on -

Question 1 - Calculate 4 × 5 × 6 × 25. Explain your thinking.

Question 2 - Velma, Fred and Ted share a locker. Velma says that the locker code is a 2-digit number. Fred says that the locker code is divisible by 9. Ted says that the locker code has 9 factors. What is the locker code?

Question 3 - Think of all the 2-digit numbers that only have the digits 3, 5 or 7 in them. Two of these numbers are 33 and 35. Find the sum of all such 2-digit numbers.

Final ICAS assessment dates at HEPS for 2023 are

Monday the 28th of August - Numeracy

Students participating in ICAS assessments will be withdrawn from class in year levels. They will sit their test and then return to their class. Results from this assessment will be delivered to the school and you will notified of these when they arrive.

Educator/Parent Seminar

Victorian Association for Gifted and Talented

ILPs ADVANCED SEMINAR (A follow up to the Introductory Session)

Thursday 23rd August, 07:30 PM – 09:00 PM (ONLINE)

Kathy Harrison will discuss ILP/IEps, what they are and how you can be involved in developing one for your child, summarising information in the previous seminar (for those who have attended before). New information on how to evaluate an ILP and adjust it using a Response to Intervention approach will be presented along with some sample templates.There will be plenty of time for discussion too.