It’s Friday 4th

March... a.k.a.
World Maths Day.
Aaahhh!

We are so excited
about the day ahead.
We made t-shirts and
everything!
The day kicked
off with...
 Welcome to 50:50

15 Mathionnaire
14 Maths Teacher

Who Wants
13 Mrs Smith
12 Brain the size of Mars
11 Albert Einstein

to be a 10
9
Carol Vordeman
Brain the size of Pluto

Mathionnaire
8 Elle from Legally Blonde
7 Jay Z
6 Marge Simpson
5 George Osbourne
o n s a t
ti
4
s
Homer Simpson
q ue
with
3 George Bush
v el 1 5 !
p t o le 2 A very clever plant

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A plant can do this
 Miss Ryan kicked things
off at 7.50am...

The questions put everyone to the test!

Luckily, there were plenty of audience members
ready to be a lifeline for their House!
The teams put their best into every
question...
 Plato &
Curie

...got knocked out on the second level

 15 Mathionnaire
14 Maths Teacher
13 Mrs Smith
12 Brain the size of Mars
11 Albert Einstein
10 Carol Vordeman

What is the 10th odd 9

8
Brain the size of Pluto
Elle from Legally Blonde

number? 7
6
Jay Z
Marge Simpson
5 George Osbourne
4 Homer Simpson
3 George W Bush
2 A very clever plant
50:50 1 A plant can do this

A: 1 B: 17

C: 19 D: 20
 Newton
&
Socrates

...were left to battle it out!

 Level 9 had
15 Mathionnaire
everyone 14 Maths Teacher
Mrs Smith
stumped! 13
12 Brain the size of Mars
Socrates called for 11 Albert Einstein
10 Carol Vordeman
‘Ask the 9 Brain the size of Pluto
8 Elle from Legally Blonde
Audience’ but 7 Jay Z
6 Marge Simpson
there were loads 5 George Osbourne
of different 4
3
Homer Simpson
George W Bush
answers 2 A very clever plant
1 A plant can do this
submitted...
 15 Mathionnaire

Which shapes contains 14

13
Maths Teacher
Mrs Smith

the most triangles? 12

11
Brain the size of Mars
Albert Einstein
10 Carol Vordeman
9 Brain the size of Pluto
8 Elle from Legally Blonde
7 Jay Z
6 Marge Simpson
5 George Osbourne
4 Homer Simpson
3 George W Bush
2 A very clever plant
50:50 1 A plant can do this

A: Shape a B: Shape b

C: Shape c D: Shape d
Socrates were knocked out and
Newton were triumphant.
 Maths
Olympics
was the next
event...
 Maths Olympics
The object of the game was to total
the previous two numbers in
relay race style.
1 point was given for every correct
answer but -1 for every incorrect!
The House with the most
points at the end won.
Here’s how each team did...
Maths Olympics: Plato
Maths Olympics:
Newton
Maths Olympics:
Socrates
Maths Olympics: Curie
So who won?
Maths Olympics:
Socrates

4 place
th
Maths Olympics: Plato

3 place
rd
Maths Olympics:
Newton

2 place
nd
Maths Olympics: Curie

1 place!
st
 At lunchtime, 32
students and staff took
part in the Human Chess
Game
 Finally, there
was the Thrilling
Treasure Trail
19 teams took
part from each
of the Houses.
 And the winners...
• 4th place: Socrates
• 3rd place: Newton
• 2nd place: Curie
• 1st place: Plato