{"id":12825,"date":"2025-03-11T17:07:07","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T17:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcolmprimary\/?p=12825"},"modified":"2025-03-11T20:59:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T20:59:38","slug":"enterprising-math-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcolmprimary\/2025\/03\/11\/enterprising-math-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Enterprising Maths Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #800000\">Today we sent away a few of our math&#8217;y brained individuals to represent the school at the &#8216;Enterprising Maths Challenge&#8217; held at Stranraer Academy. Ivan, Arran and Alistair went away to represent the school (and a <strong>huge<\/strong> shout out to Arran who stepped up to the challenge last minute this morning!) and take part in a day centred around all things maths. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000\">Pupils had to create a posted themed around Codes &amp; Ciphers, partake in problem solving challenges and play Head-to-Head &#8211; a game based around math logic and strategy. Our pupils worked hard to try and do the preparation beforehand with a tough task for the poster ahead of them!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000\">The boys gave it their best shot and had a smashing time putting their brains to the test! \ud83e\udde0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-12825 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcolmprimary\/img_3386\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/kirkcolmprimary\/uploads\/sites\/5370\/2025\/03\/11152907\/IMG_3386-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcolmprimary\/img_3383\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/kirkcolmprimary\/uploads\/sites\/5370\/2025\/03\/11152858\/IMG_3383-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcolmprimary\/img_3389\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/kirkcolmprimary\/uploads\/sites\/5370\/2025\/03\/11152851\/IMG_3389-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcolmprimary\/img_3392\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/kirkcolmprimary\/uploads\/sites\/5370\/2025\/03\/11152842\/IMG_3392-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcolmprimary\/img_3393\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/kirkcolmprimary\/uploads\/sites\/5370\/2025\/03\/11152835\/IMG_3393-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcolmprimary\/img_3396\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/kirkcolmprimary\/uploads\/sites\/5370\/2025\/03\/11152825\/IMG_3396-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcolmprimary\/img_1307\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/kirkcolmprimary\/uploads\/sites\/5370\/2025\/03\/11152744\/IMG_1307-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Meta Skills:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Curiosity Carlos<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Collaborating Cora\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Communicating cate\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Focusing Fergus\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Articles:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Article 28 \u2013 Access to Education<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Article 29 \u2013 Aims of Education<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we sent away a few of our math&#8217;y brained individuals to represent the school at the &#8216;Enterprising Maths Challenge&#8217; held at Stranraer Academy. 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