From primary to Priory - Maths gifted and talented day

Pupils from nine of our feeder primary schools took part in our Mathematics Gifted & Talented day last Thursday. 

Led by Maths teacher Mr Raynor, the pupils were set to the challenge on arrival.  With no time to waste pupils were asked to fill in a class seating plan based on a set of clues and using compass points. This led onto a numeracy 'Countdown' style challenge requiring pupils to create calculations that would give certain answers. 

A fictitious account of life on the Titanic, with plenty of facts and figures weaved in,  got pupils thinking about problem solving as they advanced through the activity.

After resting their brain power with a well-earned break, the group moved to the assembly hall for a collective memory competition where pupils were numbered 1 to 4 and in turn tried to memorise and recreate the fact sheet with the help of their teammates. Points were awarded for accuracy and precision. 

Later, back in the classroom, pupils were given the chance to use Plickers cards to answer multiple choice questions and have their answers instantly scanned into the computer.

After lunch pupils investigated three dice games to see if they could work out if they were mathematically fair or not, considering the probabilities of certain numbers being rolled. 

Mr Raynor said: "The pupils were enthusiastic and gave everything a try even when working on activities they hadn't tried before. Even in the breaks the pupils wanted to try out our Puzzle Club activities and games".

Thank you to our Year 8 pupil helpers:

Tom S, Lucas T Archie M, Eliza W, Ruby H, Elinila A.