CRIME CRACKERS … MATHS CHALLENGE

Crime Crackers is a maths-based event run by the Lancaster University Management School (LUMS). A group of LGGS students were invited to participate in this mindengaging, puzzle-solving ‘workshop’, intended to further our knowledge in the mathematical field, and hopefully have a positive impact on our plans for studying Maths post-16. Indeed, it did! It was wonderfully organised, and explained in such a way it would have been difficult to misunderstand the aim of the task. There were quite a few instructions; however, it is all written on a sheet so you can always refer back to it if needed. Overall, the task was thoroughly thought through, and this effort was evident once we started the challenge.

When we first arrived, we were given a few questions to get our minds thinking, but also see a brief synopsis of what was yet to come. The questions did start out easy but escalated quite quickly. As challenging as it may have been, it was interesting to see how the final outcome came together. Working through the problems was really entertaining, while we waited for other schools to arrive. Fortunately, we were informed that this was simply a starter, and the ‘solving the crime”’ segment (as they called it) would not have questions as mind boggling as these, which brought a wave of relief. The main task was then explained to us: we were required to work in teams of four, and each team received 3 ‘taxi tokens’, a tick list to see which places you had ‘visited’, and a sheet to write all the names you had come across and any important details. You could use your taxi tokens in exchange for a puzzle dedicated to a specific location listed on the sheet. You would then solve the puzzle. If you got this correct, you would receive a clue and a taxi token for your team in return. These clues would help distinguish the criminal. If you could not solve the puzzle, you could use another taxi token to get a hint. Technically, at any one point, your team could have been working on 3 puzzles, assuming no hints were needed. After the time limit expired, no more clues were given out, and we were given another sheet to compile all the suspicious details we had gathered, and determine who was the criminal. The entire experience was very beneficial in every aspect, and I would highly recommend future Year 9s to attend ‘Crime

Crackers’, especially if Maths is already part of their plans for studies post-16 - this ‘workshop’ is perfect in preparing you to take Maths further!

Zoya

When the time was up, we had to gather information from all the clues to write up a crime report and judge one of the suspects as guilty. One of the teams from our school guessed the correct suspect and were the runner ups of the competition due to their successful and detailed crime report. Aside from the problem solving, we were also told about what doing Maths means after GSCE. This really widened my perspective, and I learnt a lot about the different job opportunities that taking Maths has to offer. Overall, this event was a great experience and I really enjoyed myself.

Harnoor

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Junior Totals Inter Totals

SPORTS DAY A

1st Perpignan

2nd Lublin

3rd Aalborg

4th Rendsburg

SENIOR TOTALS

SPORTS DAY

1st Aalborg

2nd Perpignan

3rd Lublin

3rd Rendsburg

SPORTS DAY B

1st Lublin

2nd Rendsburg

3rd Aalborg

4th Perpignan

Finaltotals

SPORTS DAY A

1st Lublin

2nd Aalborg

3rd Rendsburg

4th Perpignan

SPORTS DAY OVERALL TOTAL

1st Aalborg 507

2nd Lublin 487

3rd Rendsburg 465

4th Perpignan 419

SPORTS DAY B

1st Aalborg

2nd Rendsburg

3rd Lublin

4th Perpignan

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