{"id":21454,"date":"2026-10-08T08:34:03","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T07:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/?p=21454"},"modified":"2026-10-08T08:34:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T07:34:03","slug":"heads-down-for-the-maths-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/2026\/10\/08\/heads-down-for-the-maths-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Heads Down for the Maths Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"longdesc-return-21455\" longdesc=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool?longdesc=21455&#038;referrer=21454\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2026\/10\/08083250\/2026-10-07-Maths-Challenge-1-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"Heads Down for the Maths Challenge\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-21455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2026\/10\/08083250\/2026-10-07-Maths-Challenge-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2026\/10\/08083250\/2026-10-07-Maths-Challenge-1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2026\/10\/08083250\/2026-10-07-Maths-Challenge-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2026\/10\/08083250\/2026-10-07-Maths-Challenge-1.jpeg 1260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday 7th October 44 S4, S5 and S6  learners took part in the <a href=\"https:\/\/ukmt.org.uk\/\">UK Maths Trust<\/a> Senior Mathematics Challenge. The paper is full of stimulating problems for both beginners and experienced problem-solvers. It is not an easy challenge; I am proud to say that our learners demonstrated both enthusiasm and resilience. Results from this national competition will be sent out soon, well done to all who took part! <\/p>\n<p>Worry not, younger learners can get in on the action later this session! S3 &amp; S4 pupils will get the chance to take part in the Intermediate Challenge in January. S1 &amp; S2 students will get their opportunity to try out the Junior Challenge in May. <\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-21454 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/2026\/10\/08\/heads-down-for-the-maths-challenge\/2026-10-07-maths-challenge-1\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2026\/10\/08083250\/2026-10-07-Maths-Challenge-1-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Heads Down for the Maths Challenge\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/2026\/10\/08\/heads-down-for-the-maths-challenge\/2026-10-07-maths-challenge-2\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2026\/10\/08083256\/2026-10-07-Maths-Challenge-2-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Heads Down for the Maths Challenge\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/2026\/10\/08\/heads-down-for-the-maths-challenge\/2026-10-07-maths-challenge-3\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2026\/10\/08083300\/2026-10-07-Maths-Challenge-3-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Heads Down for the Maths Challenge\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/2026\/10\/08\/heads-down-for-the-maths-challenge\/2026-10-07-maths-challenge-4\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2026\/10\/08083310\/2026-10-07-Maths-Challenge-4-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Heads Down for the Maths Challenge\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday 7th October 44 S4, S5 and S6 learners took part in the UK Maths Trust Senior Mathematics Challenge. The paper is full of stimulating problems for both beginners and experienced problem-solvers. It is not an easy challenge; I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/2026\/10\/08\/heads-down-for-the-maths-challenge\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10574,"featured_media":21455,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[151,152,72,108,60,52,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2026-2027","category-autumn-term-2026-2027","category-latest-news","category-maths","category-s4","category-s5","category-s6"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/public\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/12475\/2026\/10\/08083250\/2026-10-07-Maths-Challenge-1.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10574"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21454"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21459,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21454\/revisions\/21459"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/kirkcaldyhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}