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World Maths Day 2023

< Back to News March 16, 2023 Uncategorized

This week, NHP celebrated International World Maths Day in style! Each year group was allocated a specific task or topic to focus on:

Reception used tangrams to experiment with 2D shapes in different orientations and make pictures.

Year 1 took on The Caterpillar Challenge using knowledge of odd and even numbers, halving and subtraction. They investigated which starting numbers would create longer caterpillars.

Year 2 investigated the properties of odd and even numbers through exploration of ‘always, sometimes or never?’ questions. They applied their past knowledge of addition and multiplication to prove or disprove a range of mathematical statements.

Year 3 were given blank ‘100 squares’ and had to represent different numbers by colouring the exact number of squares. They explored the largest and smallest legible representations.

Year 4 learnt about tessellation with a focus on the work of Maurits Escher. The children created their own tessellating patterns, and investigated whether all quadrilaterals can be tessellated.

Year 5 learnt about the Fibonacci sequence, created Fibonacci spirals and discovered how these numbers can be seen in nature.   

Year 6 explored the golden ratio and created their own maps showing the direction, bearings and distance between various points.

Year 7 consolidated on their knowledge of Speed, Distance and Time. They calculated the average speed of their paper aeroplanes.

Year 8 investigated permutations and combinations using factorials. They also looked at some advanced Fibonacci questions.

The winners of this year’s Upper School World Maths Day Quiz were: Ingrid, Arlo and Milo W from Year 7. Congratulations to our champions!

I would like to thank all of the children for their enthusiasm and the fantastic work they produced, and to the teachers for delivering the sessions so passionately!

Mr Lee


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