As part of King Edward's School outreach programme, on Thursday 30th January, Mrs Groen, Mrs Shipway and four talented pupils from yr4 were invited to participate in an exciting and challenging maths day. The day began with a crossnumber competition which involves team members working together to solve as many clues of a mathematical crossword as they can. This was followed by a fast and fun relay race where the team split into two pairs and each pair had to solve a mathematical puzzle.After a well deserved lunch, the children then took part in a variety of maths games and activities and the children were asked to consider the degree of strategy required to win the games. Dr Katie Steckles from 'Think Maths'  then gave a fascinating presentation about her favourite shapes, we were particularly fascinated by the torus or doughnut shape which Katie demonstrated with smoke rings and the mobius strip which is a one-sided surface with no boundaries.The day concluded with a prize giving presentation and we were pleased to discover our team came fourth, so well done to our talented mathematicians who were Aidan, Sarthak, Arjan and Husayn.

Rachael Groen
Maths Coordinator

Thursday, 30 January 2020