Maths Games Day

On Tuesday, the 17th of September, Isabella Schneider, David Zhang, Ryan Quach, Amour Ooi, Keira Edge, Claire Lee, Rhys Jones and Sonny Lammana were selected to represent St Paul’s in a Maths Games Day. The event was held at St Patrick’s Primary school in Mentone, and St Paul’s was one of 17 schools and a total of 34 teams.

There were three sections of challenging maths activities that they faced in groups of four. The first was problem solving, which involved four booklets of problems which they worked together in a team to solve. The second activity that they participated in was the games, which consisted of Rowco, Mabble, Prime Climb, 24 game and Mancala, these were difficult yet fun. The third part involved a maths trail where everyone had to go around the school to find answers to problems. This included estimating and measuring equipment around the school. At the end of the day there was a presentation to award the schools that had worked well together and everyone received certificates. Then they announced the winners ... and one St Paul’s team won (Isabella, David, Ryan and Amour) came home with a gold medal. The other team was not far behind coming a close 7th. Everyone agreed it was an amazing day and Many thanks to Mrs Epstein for encouraging both teams all the way.

By David and Isabella