Issue Number 09 | October 2020
Maths Week Success
Written |
by |
Kathryn |
Muir , S6 |
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During the week of |
Monday |
28thof |
September |
until |
Sunday 4 th October , |
the |
schools |
Math |
department joined in |
with Maths Week as |
well as many other |
schools |
across |
Scotland . |
The department ran |
some |
exciting |
activities for our junior |
to get them involved |
and to promote the |
importance of maths . |
The first activity run for |
the Junior School was |
our S1-S3 Mathletics |
competition . |
This |
involved pupil getting |
involved and playing |
games to gain points . |
All |
points |
gained |
were |
tuned |
into |
house |
points |
and |
awarded |
to |
everyone , so a very |
big |
well |
done |
to |
everyone who took |
part |
and |
gained |
points for their houses ! |
The pupil with the |
highest points totals |
at the end of Maths Week will be awarded a £ 10 Costa voucher for being Marr College ’ s Mathletics Champion . Our top three Mathletes are Olivia Dearing ( 1w ) in first place , Lucy Quinn ( 2W ) in second place and Caitriona Dearing ( 2W ) in third place , congratulations !
The Junior School were also able to get involved in a variety of House Group Challenges , testing their teamwork skills and maths skills to win more house points . They worked together to solve team challenges , murder mysteries and relay races . Well done to everyone who worked in teams to solve the problems and gain house points , a great way to support your houses ! Finally , the Maths Department organised a Maths
Inside Photo Competition for the whole school to get involved . The goal of this competition was to look for maths in our everyday lives and take some snaps of what maths we can see .
This competition got us thinking about where maths is in our lives every day . A very big well done and congratulations to all our winners and participants in Maths Week this year and , of course , a massive thank you to the Maths Department and Mrs McCue for organising such a fantastic week !
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