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Firefly ‘down’. Again.
Another complaint: ‘tasks not appearing.’ S2-1W triumph in national maths
Bearing the brunt of adolescent apathy,
A sacrifice to leave one seething. competition
Laurence Linklater and Charlie Hogg (S6)
PARENTS On a Monday morning in Term 1, our class walked in, expecting to solve some equations, but
We are working full time and now it is double ending up taking part in Maths Wi Nae Borders. This was a national competition that is run as
time. part of Maths Week Scotland. During lessons, we tackled the problems in small groups.
We cannot make a barricade to keep out the On completion we presented our explanations and answers in unique ways, such as posters,
noise. videos and models. The class then voted which submission was the best for each question,
How do you work when the load has gone from and Mr Webster sent them off. The questions involved: a seemingly impossibly folded shape
two to fifteen? (though most of the class were able to solve it!), a mind-blowing question involving the mass
Iona Henderson and Hannah Gribbon (S6) of polyhedra, a confusing word play including a lot of hypothetical non-existent numbers, and
THE HERIOTER EDITOR bewildering logic to open a padlock. To make things more perplexing, the answer to an algebraic
The pages are ready assembled, calculator club question had to be explained in either Gaelic or Scots. This was not in our
With anticipation pupils tremble, expertise, but we tried!
Then chaos erupts, A few weeks later, in December, Mr Webster received the following email.
The printing press shuts.
And I had to get quite experimental. Dear Mr Webster,
Sofia Macchi Watts and Madeleine Lake (S6) I’m writing to you to thank you personally for your entry to Maths wi nae Borders 2020.
Your class produced some exceptional stuff. Their solutions were well presented (the marking
team loved the videos and the cute designs). The mathematics was impressive, especially
Pupil cards the explanations. And it was obvious that the team had really enjoyed taking part in the
competition.
offer cheer year. Yes, you guys have scooped the top spot, our national winners!
The most exciting news I have for you is that CLASS S2-1W are the Scottish champions this

Scottish champions? That’ll do nicely!
Pupils in S1 sent Christmas cards to all
Heriot’s former pupils who were over Lois Ajilogba (S2)
75. The response from pupils, past and
present, was overwhelming and clearly
meant a lot to all involved. Lots of our
former pupils wrote back to S1 pupils,
inspiring us to keep that connection
going in future, starting with Easter.
A similar initiative was carried out by
P7 pupils (pictured below) who designed
and wrote Christmas cards to care home
residents.
Ms Anne Connor

S1-designed Christmas cards for Former Pupils
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