Congratulations to our team for representing the school at the Southwark 24 Game Tournament. Twelve Schools participated in the first of two preliminary rounds with the four highest scoring teams gaining places to the Finals. The hall was full of nerves, whirling brains of mathematical formulae and, above all, enjoyment at competing in this exciting subject. Our team played brilliantly, with every member scoring points on each round and winning some individual rounds. When the final scores were read out Charles Dickens took 5th place with 188 – only 1 point behind 4th, 4 behind 3rd and 8 behind 2nd place! A close and nail biting competition all round. Despite not making it through to the next round, the children enjoyed it and, as ever, were a credit to the school with their manners, politeness and friendliness when meeting pupils from other schools. Well done!
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On your marks, set……24!
Today the members of 24 Club took part in an exhilarating and nerve racking tournament to select the squad who will represent the school at the Southwark Tournament. The children have been honing their skills with their Maths’ Volunteers, from PWC (Price Waterhouse Coopers), on Wednesday and Thursday lunchtimes and today they tested them in a competitive arena.
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The children were split in to teams of three and rotated from table to table collecting points for both themselves and the team. Look at the photos and see how many cards you can solve. For each card you need to use all the numbers, any of the four operations and make a total of 24. The first person to solve it gets the points. The number of dots in the corner shows how many points each card is worth – 3 being the most challenging.
Well done to the individual winners and to the winning team. Watch this space to see who is selected to represent the school at the tournament in June. A big thank you goes to Mrs Taylor who ran the event and to the Volunteers for PWC for umpiring mathematical decisions and presenting the certificates.
24 Club
How would you make 24? What times tables, addition, subtraction and division facts would you use? Could you do it under pressure? Could you explain it without stuttering or making mistakes?
These are some of the challenges faced by children in Years 5 and 6 who attend ’24 Club’ on Wednesday and Thursday lunchtimes with volunteers from PWC (Price Waterhouse Coopers). Later in the term there will be an inter-house competition to choose the three fastest players and they will represent Charles Dickens at the Southwark 24 Tournament in June.
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Have a go yourself. The rules are that you must use all 4 numbers, can only use them each once, can use any of the four operations and the answer must be 24. The cards with one dot (worth one point in the tournament) in the corner are the easiest and often have multiple ways of solving; the cards with three dots (worth three points in the tournament) are far more of a challenge. Good luck!