E V E RY G I R L - E V E RY DAY 13th March 2020

A Race to the Finish – Maths Scavenger Hunt

For 55 minutes, hearts pounded and brain cells whirred as Year 7

pupils competed against each other in the Learning Resources

Centre. One of the assigned tasks was to build a tower of disused

books within a minute, then to measure the volume. Tameeko and

Virginia took first (chocolate) prize, with a volume of 20,540 cubic

cm. Some were not so lucky…

Other Scavenger Hunt questions included a book search (for

instance, finding the alliterative mathematics-related book title

Fascinating Fibonaccis) and some detective work related to the display of

famous mathematicians like Alan

Turing, the World War 2 code-

breaker. Clues were collated to figure

out the name of Mrs Abrams’ puppy,

Barley, whose favourite novel is The

Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, about a 15-year-old

mathematics whizz. Tania and Sereana were the successful sleuths.

In a homework exercise, the pupils explored the beauty of

mathematics through poetry and through photographs that illustrate

symmetry. Lara’s poem ‘Oh, I just can’t work out this sum!’ earned first

prize, while Alice and Katy, Zariyah, and Zarah were highly

commended. Top spot went to Penelope for her photograph of a piece of

cross-stitch while Uma and Lucia received commendations.

A numerically great time was had by all!

Mrs Abrams

LRC Manager

E V E RY G I R L - E V E RY DAY

13th March 2020

Penelope’s

symmetry

Zarah’s poem

E V E RY G I R L - E V E RY DAY 13th March 2020

Lara’s Oh, I just can’t work out this sum!

Oh, I just can’t work out this sum!

My teacher said this would be fun,

Look over there she’s almost done,

Why do I have to be so dumb?

Finally I’m onto fractions,

I need help with all these subtrations!

I wish there weren’t so many distractions.

The clock is ringing in my ears,

I am going to end up in tears.

I don’t want to be here any more,

How I wish I could sneak out the back door.

My teacher said maths would be great,

But I’ve got myself into a state.