Puzzle Day 2026
On Friday 10th July 2026, it was Puzzle Day for our Year 7 students.
The Year 7s were set a variety of mathematical, logic and physical challenges to challenge their problem-solving abilities. Split up into House teams of up to 7 students, the teams competed against each other in their House to be crowned overall winners as well as competing to be the top House of the year, needing to use teamwork, organisational and communication skills to succeed.
The six tasks are listed here and we will describe two of them in further detail below: Tantrix; Stepping Stones; Hula Hoop race; Build a Cube; The Acid River; Frogs on a Log.
One of the tasks was the Tantrix tiles, where students had to match a coloured loop on their tiles. The challenge increased as additional tiles were added into their loop, and the colour changed for matching up.
Another task was Build A Cube, where students worked in a team with six puzzle pieces, needing to fit them together to build a perfect cube without any gaps. There were six levels of difficulty, with the pattern of the pieces changing as they moved up the different levels. For an additional challenge, students could use multiple cube sets to create one large cube.
The competition was incredibly tight. Well done to Ignis 3 for being the top team overall at Puzzle Day and Ignis for being the overall House winners.
Congratulations to each of the students who took part and thank you to the Year 9 helpers and the Year 10 prefects who assisted the Maths Faculty.
