{"id":20980,"date":"2026-03-12T20:46:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T20:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/LeswaltPrimarySchool\/?p=20980"},"modified":"2026-03-12T20:46:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T20:46:48","slug":"20980","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/LeswaltPrimarySchool\/2026\/03\/12\/20980\/","title":{"rendered":"Magnificent Maths Brains \ud83e\udde0 \ud83e\udd49"},"content":{"rendered":"
Today 3 of our fabulous Primary 7’s, Colin, James and Rebecca had the exciting opportunity to take part in the Enterprising Maths Challenge at Douglas Ewart High School in Newton Stewart. They joined 11 other teams from the Rhins and Machars to show off their amazing maths brains! \ud83e\udde0<\/div>\n
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The challenge was made up of three different activities, designed to really get their maths brains thinking and applying what they’ve been learning to new, exciting concepts.\u2795\u2796\u2797\ud83d\udff0<\/div>\n
The P7 trio began the morning with a poster making competition\u00a0based on \u201cThe Story of Money.\u201d \ud83d\udcb0 This creative task encouraged teams to explore how money has developed over time, from early trading systems to the modern forms of currency we use today. In the weeks leading up to the challenge the Primary 7s had been busy researching foreign currency and up and coming, new digital currencies including Bitcoin- impressive stuff! \ud83d\udcb7\ud83d\udcb5\ud83d\udcb3\ud83e\ude99<\/div>\n
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Teams were challenged to take part in a Prophecies game which challenged pupils to think strategically to place numbers on a grid, predicting how many numbers would be placed in that row\/column. Have a go at home! https:\/\/mathgameswithbaddrawings.com\/games\/prophecies<\/a>\u00a0\ud83d\udcad<\/div>\n
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The final part of the day challenged pupils to answer past paper questions in the form of a relay race! The three P7, really put their heads together and showed excellent team and work and mathematical thinking! \ud83d\ude01<\/div>\n
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Colin, James and Rebecca represented Leswalt exceptionally well and were so well deserving of the 3rd<\/sup>\u00a0place prize!<\/b>\ud83e\udd49Their effort, positively and hard work and truly inspiring and we are all so proud of them!\ud83d\ude01<\/div>\n
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