Student achievement

NEWCASTLE PERMANENT MATHS COMPETITION

Each year students in Years 5 and 6 compete in the Newcastle Permanent Primary School Mathematics Competition. This challenging competition is a valuable learning opportunity for mathematically inclined students to apply their numeracy and problem-solving skills.

Congratulations to Taran Peddu, Zoraiz Minhaj from Year 5 and Kate L from Year 6 who blitzed this year’s competition. These students were invited to attend a presentation ceremony to receive their award from the team at Newcastle Permanent Greenhills and excitingly opened their very own bank accounts. What a fantastic achievement!

Are you smarter than a 5th grader?

How quickly can you solve this question that appeared in this year’s Newcastle Permanent Mathematics Competition paper? The Fibonacci number pattern is 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, …. and so on. To get the next number you add together the two previous numbers. What is the first 3-digit Fibonacci number?

Hint: Turn upside down for the answer

Answer: 144

Helping an important cause

Who can forgot the damage sustained in the recent floods?! As a way to say thanks to the wonderful volunteers from the SES who helped so many people and properties (our own included) during the recent terrible weather, the Junior School SRC decided on a fundraiser to raise much needed funds for the SES.

Each class received a coin jar to collect loose change and students could also “buy a number” off a 100’s chart! Service and learning in action!

All that small change ultimately made up a large amount of money – enough to spell out “Thank you from HVGS” in coins which totalled $3,000! Well done Junior School! We are sure the SES very much appreciated the kindness and the support.