{"id":6184,"date":"2020-12-11T10:44:10","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T10:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/serviam\/?post_type=article&#038;p=6184"},"modified":"2020-12-11T10:44:10","modified_gmt":"2020-12-11T10:44:10","slug":"collaboration-and-competition-add-up-to-a-day-of-maths-fun","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/serviam\/article\/collaboration-and-competition-add-up-to-a-day-of-maths-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Collaboration and competition add up to a day of Maths fun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As part of the Year 10 transition period, the Maths Department organised a <\/span><b>Maths Fun Day<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to show that maths is fun, challenging and highly relevant to everyday life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The day started with a team challenge involving maths problems to promote learning and collaboration. Bonus points were awarded at several times throughout the session, with some teams being so close in score that the last round determined the overall winners. Congratulations to the Funky Monkeys for their great work throughout the competition. Second<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> place, with only a single point difference, went to Mathletes2.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In line with this theme, we watched <em>Hidden Figures<\/em>. The movie is based on real events and highlights that women who are determined, driven and face adversity with strength, are capable of great things.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With lunch and recess provided, I\u2019m sure all would agree that the day was a great success.<\/span><\/p>\n<h6><b><i>Diane Booth<\/i><\/b><\/h6>\n<h6><strong><em>Maths Teacher<\/em><\/strong><\/h6>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maths Fun Day provides an enjoyable challenge for Year 10 students&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-6184","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/serviam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/6184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/serviam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/serviam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/serviam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/serviam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}