Week 7: Pancake Races and the beginning of Lent

I hope you have all had a great half term break!

This week we will be holding our annual Pancake Races on Tuesday so don’t forget your frying pans. The Ash Wednesday service at Church starts at 9.30am and at the end of the day, the Marie Curie Pots of Care daffodils will be on sale outside the classroom.

Parents’ Evenings will be held next week so please remember to bring in your reply slip as soon as possible.

Let’s start this half-term with a Maths Puzzle- you will need to check that you know your square numbers before you start.

Mrs Green pinned numbers onto the backs of three children: Matthew, Ben and Joshua.

Now", she said, "Those three numbers add to a special kind of number. What is it?"

Madeleine put her hand up.

"It's a square number", she answered.

"Correct", smiled Mrs Green.

"Oh!" exclaimed Matthew, "The two numbers I can see also add to a square!"

"And me!" called out Ben, "The two numbers I can see add to a square too!"

"Oh dear", said Joshua disappointedly, "the two numbers I can see don't add to a square! It's either 5 too little or 6 too big!"

What numbers did the three children have on their backs?

Can you solve the puzzle? Any correct answers handed to me (with an explanation of your method) will earn a reward point.