On Tuesday 27th June, four our of year five mathematicians headed to KES Birmingham with Mrs Groen and Mrs Lynch to compete against a number of other independent schools from Solihull, Birmingham and surrounding areas. We started the day with some warm up activities before the first part of the competition which involved working together as a team to complete a numbercross. The team applied all of the techniques we had practised in school in order to successfully answer the clues methodically. The second part of the competition involved a relay race with challenging problem solving questions.After lunch we took part in a ratio and proportion lesson which made us think about how we use ratio in everyday life. This was followed by a Maths-themed show and presentations by Dr Ken Farquhar from the Inspirational Science Theatre Company. Ken showed us a number of tricks with a mathematical focus and we enjoyed predicting the outcome when we played a game called 'One left' this required two players to take 1, 2 or 3 straws from a bundle of 15 straws and the loser was the one that took the last straw. We thought carefully about the mathematical strategy required to win.Finally, the winners were announced and we were delighted to come second place and to know that we were only one point behind the winning school. A fantastic result to end a fun-filled day, well done Anya, Roger, Zayan and Arnav!

Mrs Groen, Maths Co-ordinator.

Tuesday, 27 June 2023