Students from Court Fields School in Wellington attended the Taunton School Year 7 Maths Challenge last week and came fifth out of 12 teams, missing out on fourth place by one point.

Student William Bailey said: “We started the day working out how much it would cost to re-turf their field – we were running around the field measuring distances with a trundle wheel, trying not to get wet!

“We then completed a really fun Sudoku puzzle but instead of numbers we had to place different flags and different courses for a meal. It really made us think –and made us hungry!

“After that was a mental maths challenge – we had lots of questions to answer without a calculator! We finished with a treasure hunt and a relay race.

“We didn’t stop working and we were having so much fun the morning flew by. It was such a fun day and we learnt lots of different ways of thinking mathematically. The food was also really amazing!”