Junior Maths Team Challenge
On the 25th of March, two Year 8s, Katie and Charlie, took part in a maths competition at Heddon-on-the-Wall. They were joined by two former GEMS pupils, who are currently in year 9 at Gosforth Academy. The two year 8s had practised problem solving during their Friday maths lessons with two other people in Year 8 top set.
They spent the whole day solving problems in four rounds. The rounds were a crossnumber (similar to a crossword), a relay (a combination of maths and racing), shuttle (teams work in pairs to solve 4 questions) and the group round (teams work together to solve 10 questions). They managed to get second place, behind Gosforth Central Middle School while RGS was third.
On the 25th of March, two Year 8s, Katie and Charlie, took part in a maths competition at Heddon-on-the-Wall. They were joined by two former GEMS pupils, who are currently in year 9 at Gosforth Academy. The two year 8s had practised problem solving during their Friday maths lessons with two other people in Year 8 top set.
They spent the whole day solving problems in four rounds. The rounds were a crossnumber (similar to a crossword), a relay (a combination of maths and racing), shuttle (teams work in pairs to solve 4 questions) and the group round (teams work together to solve 10 questions). They managed to get second place, behind Gosforth Central Middle School while RGS was third.
Katie Year 8