Magdalene Catholic College Narellan
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101 Smeaton Grange Rd
Narellan NSW 2567
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Phone: 02 4631 3300

Maths Week

How many digits of PI can you recite? I can hear you start with 3.1415...

Maybe you know 5 digits, maybe even 10.

Mr Koch, who organised the PI tournament, was surprised that three Year 9 and 10 students were vying for the top spot after accurately recalling 50 digits!!!

The champion was Kyna Kelly of Year 9, who took out top spot by recalling 98 digits accurately (she had recalled 114, but placed an incorrect digit in the 99th position). What an amazing effort!

Year 8 competed in a Mathematics Spelling Bee, challenging the students in an area of Mathematics that they certainly were not expecting! Marcus Attard took first prize, followed by Charlie Roberts and Jimmy Macri.

Earlier in the week, Year 7's critical thinking, problem-solving, reasoning ability and communication skills were put to the test when pastoral classes battled it out in a Maths Trivia Quiz held in the CAPA space during lunch. The room was full of flashing lights and buzzers as each team went head to head. Congratulations to all the contestants...but 7H took it out! Thanks also to the Year 12 students who helped out in the running of the event.

And finally, on Friday the senior students were challenged with a head-to-head Numbers battle against teachers. Zach Gunner was declared the winner.

We had fun watching the kids get involved. 
Even the English staff were spotted getting in on the action, bopping to the Maths bell song which featured the songs "It's Hip to be Square" and the "Fractions Decimals Percentages" song.
Renee Pickles

Leader of Learning - Mathematics