We went along to Stoneyburn Primary School to take part in a Maths Problem solving challenge day.

We talked about different types of problems we can be given and the different strategies we might use to solve them.

We had lots of opportunities to work through different types of problems – logic, finding different possibilities, visual and rules and patterns.

Scott – I really enjoyed the logic problem all about Lego.

Jason – I really liked when I got to work out how many ways I could arrange number cards 1-15.

In the afternoon, we tackled 3 challenging questions. One was about how many jelly babies we would need to pull out of the bag to ensure we got one of each colour. The second question asked us to work out whether it was quicker to travel by horse and cart then a donkey or to walk the whole way.

The last question was the hardest and most challenging. We had to use our logic problem skills to work out the name and job of the son and Father.  We found it hard but we didn’t give up.

Can you solve the problem?

Messrs. Baker, Butcher, Farmer, Joiner and Plumber are all residents of the small village of Haar. They are the sons of a baker, a butcher, a farmer, a joiner and a plumber, who are all retired, and they themselves work as a baker, a butcher, a farmer, a joiner and a plumber. None of the five has a name which is that of his father’s occupation or of his own occupation; and none follows his father’s occupation. None has, as yet, a son of his own. Here are five clues to help you find out the occupation of each of the five villagers and the occupations of their fathers. 1. The retired plumber’s son is engaged to a girl in the neighbouring village of Smirr. 2. The village badminton team, which has four players, consists of Mr Baker, Mr Plumber, the retired butcher’s son and the joiner. 3. Mr Butcher and the retired baker’s son married sisters. 4. The village folk group, HearHaar, is made up of the retired farmer’s son on guitar, the plumber on fiddle and Mr Butcher on percussion. 5. The joiner is the only unmarried man in the list.

Well done to our Prize Winners…

Handwriting

Primary 1 1st Abbey Kefferty, 2nd Kayla Sinnet

Primary 2 1st Szymon Janus, 2nd Scot McGrogan

Primary 3 1st Kaitlin Clements, 2nd Natalie McAdam

Primary 4 1st Jamie McGrogan, 2nd Jayden Kerr

Primary 5 1st Eeman Aslan, 2nd Karis Maturi

Primary 6 1st Elise Hastie, 2nd Carla Holliday

Primary 7 1st Josie MacDonald, 2nd Jamie Donkin

Painting

Primary 1 1st Kimberley Shek, 2nd Mackenzie Marshall

Primary 2 1st Cate Evans, 2nd Poppy-Grace Baird

Primary 3 1st Kaitlin Clements, 2nd Natalie McAdam

Primary 4 1st Ava Dubb, 2nd Chelsea McWhir

Primary 5 1st Reece Fulton, 2nd Sophie

Primary 6 1st Emma Mackay, 2nd Emma Drummond

Primary 7 1st Boyd Topping, 2nd Jason Gray

Collage

Primary 1 1st Abby Kefferty, 2nd Tyler Harmon-Abbot

Primary 2 1st Luca Meldrum, 2nd Aiden Gillies

Primary 3 1st Jaxon Queen, 2nd Elise Bunton

Primary 4 1st Chelsea McWhir, 2nd Rebecca Quigley

Primary 5/4

1st Matthew Beglin, 2nd Jamie McGrogan

Primary 6/5  1st Arron Wong, 2nd Sophie Kay

Primary 7 1st Jason Gray, 2nd Jake Laing

This week we have started our topic of World War 2. We began to learn about countries involved. We have also finished our collages for the Flower Show and are super excited about entering the competition. Mr Henry, our new art teacher, taught us how to shade in a negative space. Our new PE topic is net games and we have had a few badminton keepie-uppie challenges already.

We have had a great week but we are desperate for the weekend as we are super tired. Our teachers have worked us to the bone to the bone, but we can’t wait for next week!