Firewords

A Maths Starter of The Day

Firewords are Fireworks which display
words in the night sky. You can buy
Firewords to make any word but the
cost depends on the letters in the word.

A costs 1p, B costs 2p etc.

Which Firewords will cost exactly £1 ?

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Keywords: Starter | Arithmetic

  • Class 9X3, Hadleigh High School, Suffolk
  • Friday, September 29, 2006
  • "We have found telephone, primary and Star War. Also we made Bildeston which is a village in which lots of our pupils live!"
  • Amy, Thomas Telford
  • Friday, October 13, 2006
  • "My Word is ELEPHANT'S"
  • Tam, Sussex PGCE
  • Tuesday, October 17, 2006
  • "The pupils loved this one! They were supposed to be doing subtraction afterwards but were much more interested in how much one another's name was worth!"
  • Alice Infante, Turkey
  • Tuesday, October 31, 2006
  • "I had to do home work on this and I was looking for ages but I got there in the end."
  • Chalfonts Community College, Chalfonts Class 11K6
  • Wednesday, November 01, 2006
  • "Wednesday
    Squares
    Towers
    Attitude"
  •  

  • Kim Whitaker, Bishop Ramsey School
  • Wednesday, November 01, 2006
  • "Wednesday"
  • Suzanne Tunait, Bishop Ramsey School
  • Wednesday, November 01, 2006
  • "Suzanne"
  • Geraint Owen, Bishop Ramsey School
  • Wednesday, November 01, 2006
  • "Excellent

    I love this exercise!!! My class are having so much fun!!!"
  • Gregory Farquhar, LEEDS GRAMMAR SCHOOL
  • Wednesday, November 01, 2006
  • "TANGENTS gives 100"
  • , LEEDS GRAMMAR SCHOOL
  • Wednesday, November 01, 2006
  • "PUSSY found by Daniel Saffer and Nicholas Reynolds
    STANDARDS found by Alex Schiffeldrin.

    Both of these words add up to 100 too

    prw@gsal.org.uk"
  • Ella Rogers (class 5YM), Henlow VC Middle School
  • Wednesday, November 01, 2006
  • "Words worth 100p -Nov 5th-
    Irritate
    Resolved"
  • Set 1 Year 5, Henlow Middle School
  • Thursday, November 02, 2006
  • "At Henlow Middle School, Set 1 found some mathematical words:-
    Thirty, Problems, Primary and quarter"
  • Leher Gumber, Myton School, Warwick , Warwickshire
  • Thursday, November 02, 2006
  • "Hello, really good puzzle. I found loads of words."
  • Abdul Kaif, morpeth school
  • Friday, November 03, 2006
  • "Hospital"
  • Tom Nichols & Alex Sanghera, Haybridge High School
  • Friday, November 03, 2006
  • "Tom Nichols & Alex Sanghera,from Haybridge High School, Hagley, Worcs (yr 7) got TOILETS = £1"
  • D Felstead, Garth Hill College
  • Friday, November 03, 2006
  • "Wednesday"
  • Eleanor Panes, 9F St Augustine's Trowbridge
  • Friday, November 03, 2006
  • "quarter"
  • Callum Charles, London
  • Sunday, November 05, 2006
  • "One of my students came up with an odd word yippiy but it still makes 100p"
  • Shannan, Bradford
  • Sunday, November 05, 2006
  • "Wednesday"
  • Brendan Atkinson 9KL, The English College Dubai
  • Monday, November 06, 2006
  • "Brendan found 'towers'. No one else found anything!!"
  • Mark Edgar, sedgar@christs-hospital.lincs.sch.uk
  • Monday, November 06, 2006
  • "Turkey = 100!"
  • Zoe Baker, Ysgol Gyfun Cwm Rhymni
  • Monday, November 06, 2006
  • "writing"
  • Jon Middlecote, The John Kyrle High School
  • Monday, November 06, 2006
  • "Hospital"
  • Tom Armstrong, Bridgemary Community Sports College, Gosport
  • Monday, November 06, 2006
  • "Reciprocal is another £1 word"
  • JORDAN, JORDAN
  • Monday, November 06, 2006
  • "I found the word telephone"
  •  

  • Sam Hayes, English College Dubai
  • Tuesday, November 07, 2006
  • "Numeracy adds up to 100!!"
  • Gordon and James, English College, Dubai
  • Tuesday, November 07, 2006
  • "Telephone adds up to 100"
  • Kerry & Charlie, The John Kyrle High School
  • Tuesday, November 07, 2006
  • "Hospital"
  • Jon Middlecote, The John Kyrle High School
  • Tuesday, November 07, 2006
  • "Hospital"
  • Yr 6 set 1, Bungay Middle School
  • Tuesday, November 07, 2006
  • "An excellent activity. One pupil found chimpanzee worth £1."
  • Ryan Kubilius, 10M St Augustine's
  • Tuesday, November 07, 2006
  • "squares"
  • Gabbie, Burnholme Community College
  • Tuesday, November 07, 2006
  • "Gabbie (Year 8) found the following

    personal

    really good activity that engaged all ability levels(N Lawrenson - Head of Maths)"
  • Nakisha King, Ysgol Gyfun Cwm Rhymni
  • Tuesday, November 07, 2006
  • "Wednesday"
  • Rianna and Heidi, London
  • Tuesday, November 07, 2006
  • "My word is pumpkin"
  • Sebastian Stroud, Maidenhead
  • Wednesday, November 08, 2006
  • "Another 100 word is ATTITUDE"
  • 9MA1, Oxford Community School
  • Wednesday, November 08, 2006
  • "New words:
    Writing
    Elephants
    telescope that add up to 100p
    "
  • Anna, Ansford
  • Wednesday, November 08, 2006
  • ""Excellent" costs £1"
  • Will, Ludlow
  • Thursday, November 09, 2006
  • "My word is

    vacuums"
  • Year 9 Set 1, Leeds Grammar
  • Thursday, November 09, 2006
  • "standards
    tangents
    pussy"
  • Ryan Roberts, Saltus Grammar School, Bermuda
  • Thursday, November 09, 2006
  • "I have found 10 words -
    1) crusts
    2) diagoonally
    3) cruising
    4) hichhikes
    5) Equalized
    6) keyboards
    7) motors
    8) powders
    9) telescope
    10) whiskey
    "
  • George Galbraith, Crieff High School
  • Thursday, November 09, 2006
  • "The word is 'nutty'"
  • 7H, Aylesbury High
  • Thursday, November 09, 2006
  • "We found the word 'turkey'."
  • Amy Thomas, St Martins School
  • Friday, November 10, 2006
  • "New word, excellent"
  • Liam Coleman., Angley School, Cranbrook, Kent.
  • Friday, November 10, 2006
  • "9 set 2 worked hard and found some of the ones mentioned. Liam Coleman came up with "Swimmer". Mrd Jones. JN."
  • Joe Foster, Clifton
  • Saturday, November 11, 2006
  • "I was just having fun when I typed toilets in and it came to a pound!"
  • Joe Foster, Clifton
  • Saturday, November 11, 2006
  • "I found printer."
  • JI, Cardinal Newman, Coventry
  • Sunday, November 12, 2006
  • "Grumpy"
  • Bill, Avery Hill
  • Tuesday, November 14, 2006
  • "Numeracy. at last. how ironic."
  • Philip Cheetham, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
  • Tuesday, November 14, 2006
  • "Lightning"
  • J Defter, Kingsdown School
  • Thursday, November 16, 2006
  • "straws
    wednesday"
  •  

  • J Defter, Kingsdown School
  • Thursday, November 16, 2006
  • "maximize"
  • Mrs Bailey, Denbigh High School, Luton
  • Friday, November 17, 2006
  • "TURKEY"
  • Jonathan Burton, Chatham
  • Monday, November 20, 2006
  • "Tangents!"
  • Matt Brunt, Chatham
  • Monday, November 20, 2006
  • "Reciprocal!"
  • Gavin Coleman, Chatham Grammar School for Boys
  • Tuesday, November 21, 2006
  • "MIDPOINT is £1. This is amazing, hours of fun!"
  • Michael Burton, Chatham Grammar School for Boys
  • Tuesday, November 21, 2006
  • "ROBIN HOOD is £1! This puzzle rules!"
  • David, Stuart and Alfie, Chatham Grammar School for Boys
  • Wednesday, November 22, 2006
  • "We each found a word - Wednesday, fountain and immature"
  • mr jeffrey, warden park
  • Thursday, November 23, 2006
  • "Towers"
  • 10M4 - Wade Deacon High School, Widnes (near Liverpool)
  • Thursday, November 23, 2006
  • "Danny found that ATTITUDE works and Josh found that BEETROOT also adds up to 100."
  • Amy Year 9, Hadleigh High School Suffolk
  • Friday, June 22, 2007
  • "'Turkey' costs £1"
  • 7X2, Hadleigh High School
  • Monday, June 25, 2007
  • "For £1 we found:
    Jade Richards
    lightning
    Bildeston (Feeder primary village)
    War Hammer
    Rebekah
    For 50p we found:
    bush
    animal"
  • Beccy, Shropshire
  • Friday, June 29, 2007
  • "Primary costs 100p"
  • Alice Clack, John Masefield Ledbury
  • Wednesday, July 04, 2007
  • "Wednesday"
  • 5B Numeracy Set, Farsley Farfiels Primary in Leeds
  • Wednesday, July 04, 2007
  • "Wednesday - found by Luke Dowgill"
  • Year 7 set 2, John Masefield High
  • Wednesday, July 04, 2007
  • "killbots- Joey
    whispy- Sam
    telephone - Hannah"
  • 5F Numeracy set, Farsley Farfield Primary School
  • Wednesday, July 04, 2007
  • "Stress by Matthew Robey"
  • Miss Hadden and 6M1, South Wigston High School, Leicester
  • Thursday, July 05, 2007
  • "We found 'violins' and 'chimpanzee'."
  • Miss Keegan & Class, Plumerow Primary School
  • Thursday, July 05, 2007
  • "We found Numeracy, Lightning, Hospital and Therefore"
  • Kristy Blakelock, Monkwearmouth School, Sunderland.
  • Thursday, July 05, 2007
  • "Kristy from 8A2 got 'RECIPROCAL'. What a legend word."
  • Y8N4 Luke, St George's College of Technology Sleaford
  • Thursday, July 05, 2007
  • "Excellent!"
  • Charlie Zammit, 9H
  • Thursday, July 05, 2007
  • "Toilets"
  • Miss Horton, Class 5H Herman Middle School
  • Thursday, July 05, 2007
  • "Our teaching assistant (Mrs Cushing ) found the following word: NUMERACY.
    We have checked it at least 5 times."
  • Thalan, Hylands
  • Thursday, July 05, 2007
  • "Gypsies"
  • Mrs Collins, The Purbeck School
  • Thursday, July 05, 2007
  • "Year 12 A Level Mathematcians (The Purbeck School) would like to add:

    Judiciary
    Swifter
    Shattered
    xylose
    misdirect
    posting"
  • Scott H, Huddersfield
  • Thursday, July 05, 2007
  • "Elephants"
  • 9B2, St Cecilia's, Lancashire
  • Thursday, July 05, 2007
  • "Gemma found 'Numeracy'"
  • Callum R, SRG
  • Thursday, July 05, 2007
  • "My Word is POSTING"
  • John Doran, SRG
  • Thursday, July 05, 2007
  • "Chimpanzee is worth £1"
  • Ben Harrison age 10, St Brigids RC Primary School
  • Thursday, July 05, 2007
  • "Beginnings"
  • Katy, Farsley
  • Friday, July 06, 2007
  • "Primary and Stress both cost 100p"
  • Ana-Maria Broscatan, Wycombe High School
  • Wednesday, July 11, 2007
  • "I have found another £1.00 word: 'rituals'"
  • Lucy Holmes, Ecclesbourne
  • Thursday, July 12, 2007
  • "Toilets!"
  • Marge, Trinity All Saints
  • Thursday, September 06, 2007
  • "Excellent resource! I am in my third year of teaching practice, and can't wait to try out this new resource! Thanks"
  • Kelly Smith, New College, Telford
  • Friday, November 02, 2007
  • "I had alot of fun with this. I found 'Analysis'!"
  • Year 7, BISJ
  • Monday, November 05, 2007
  • "WE found Mr Blindman and yancomamo. Yes, very strange !"
  • Rosheen, Linwood High School Renfrewshire
  • Monday, November 05, 2007
  • "In celebration of Bonfire Night we found SPARKLER"
  • Liam and Joanne, Yr 6 set 1 Cheadle Primary School
  • Monday, November 05, 2007
  • "We found sparkler and spookx"
  • Primary 7, Braidbar Primary School
  • Monday, November 05, 2007
  • "We found SPARKLER."
  • Miss Ellison and Year 7 set 2, Castle Hall School
  • Monday, November 05, 2007
  • "We had fun and Jack found 'SPARKLER' - very appropriate. "
  • Ben, Steven, Jack and Kelly, Linwood High School Renfrewshire
  • Monday, November 05, 2007
  • "We found Sparkler Hospital Elephants and Explodes"
  • 8Y3, Hadleigh High School Suffolk
  • Monday, November 05, 2007
  • "We have found SPARKLER and EXPLODES!"
  • Emma Gorman, Lochend CHS
  • Monday, November 05, 2007
  • "I found that my name added up to £1. "
  • Class 4C, Linwood High School Renfrewshire
  • Monday, November 05, 2007
  • "Class 4C found FOUNTAIN, SPARKLER and QUARTER"
  • Reanna Langdon, 9s6
  • Monday, November 05, 2007
  • "We enjoyed the activity. We found sparkler and Screem Mare, a new name for a firework."
  • 9A2, Harrytown High School Stockport
  • Monday, November 05, 2007
  • "On a bonfire night theme 9A2 from Harrytown in Stockport found SPARKLER"
  • Rebecca, Alice, Charlie, 8Y1 Hinchley Wood School, Esher
  • Monday, November 05, 2007
  • "We found sparkler, violins and writing."
  • Gary Hyland and co, King Edward VI School
  • Monday, November 05, 2007
  • "Flash Grenade
    Roman Candle
    Sparkler
    Elephant
    Lynsey (one of the students)"
  • Mr Riddler, The Whitby High School, Ellesmere Port
  • Monday, November 05, 2007
  • "Charlotte Simcott found SPARKLER, how apt. "
  • Kelly and Lauren, Linwood High and Woodies Primary
  • Monday, November 05, 2007
  • "We found 11 words

    WEDNESDAY
    ATTITUDE
    SUZANNE
    SQUARES
    TOWERS
    EXPLODES
    SPARKLERS
    ELEPHANT
    HOSPITAL
    TELEPHONE
    EXCELLENT"
  • Rachel, Leeds
  • Wednesday, November 07, 2007
  • "I had to do this for my homework and only found this website after! I got about 25 words which I was happy with. I also found shortcake I am not sure about it but oh well!"
  • Samuel Thompson, De La Salle School St Helens
  • Thursday, November 08, 2007
  • "Wizards"
  • Luke B, 8D1 Carshalton Boys
  • Thursday, November 08, 2007
  • "Quarry - couldn't see this one already here. Love the game and will do it again but with different totals."
  • Fergee, Beacon Community College
  • Friday, November 09, 2007
  • "I found 'glittered' works to 100p"
  • Sylvia Markowska, 7H, Harrytown, Stockport
  • Monday, November 12, 2007
  • "Sylvia found SPARKLER"
  • Steve Thomas, Hounslow Community Education
  • Wednesday, December 05, 2007
  • "Gina from my numeracy class was captivated by this activity and was up to all hours coming up with her list:
    Wholesale
    Vouchsafe
    Utensil
    Traction
    Thirty
    Taurus
    Quadrangle
    Quarry
    Quarter
    Nestling
    Hospital
    Pringles
    Fountain

    Well done, Gina!"
  • Amy and Oscar Kelly, Holyport
  • Saturday, January 12, 2008
  • "we got starfish it took us a long time but we finaly did it!"
  • Annie, Glasgow
  • Wednesday, October 29, 2008
  • "The word 'gobbledegook' = £1. Its actually in the dictionary!"
  • Fergus and Jeremy, British International School, New York
  • Tuesday, November 04, 2008
  • "WE found "TOASTY""
  • Sophie W, Bourne Grammar School
  • Tuesday, November 04, 2008
  • "I found 10 words:
    Elephants
    crusts
    whisky
    grumpy
    straws
    maximize
    turkey
    towers
    beetroot
    primary.
    I'm just amazing at it!"
  • Mr Bullock, Gloucester School
  • Wednesday, November 05, 2008
  • "One young man found "A lemonade beer" which costs £1"
  • Year 9or Set 2, Highlands School
  • Wednesday, November 05, 2008
  • "We found:
    oxtails
    beetroot
    printer
    excellent
    variety
    activities
    hospital"
  • 9 set 2, Sturminster Newton High School
  • Wednesday, November 05, 2008
  • "We found "clockwise", "turkey" and "large fries" !"
  • Halesworth Middle School, Class 6
  • Wednesday, November 05, 2008
  • "We found Sparkler and Pumpkin"
  • Charlotte Fargie, Kettlethorpe High School
  • Wednesday, November 05, 2008
  • "Drizzle"
  • Class 5/6 G, St Patrick's
  • Wednesday, November 05, 2008
  • "TURKEY - Sophie, Tim & Hindolo
    WEDNESDAY - Rosie & Ashley
    ELEPHANTS - Class 5/6G"
  • Miss Adcock, Top Set Year 6 Maths @ Bovington Middle School
  • Wednesday, November 05, 2008
  • "We found SPARKLER!"
  • Hadleigh High School, Suffolk
  • Wednesday, November 05, 2008
  • "Found today:
    Buzzy (from Geraint and Ben)
    Sao Paulo (from Luke)
    Chicken Masala
    Mary Moo
    Oliver's"
  • Alex, King Henry VIII School, Abergavenny
  • Wednesday, November 05, 2008
  • "Alex also found Roman Candle and starfish.Yeah, go Alex!"
  • Mr.T, King henry Vii school School Abergavenny
  • Wednesday, November 05, 2008
  • "I got 2 words. Postman B and mister.P Yay me and my calculator woo."
  • Rachel, Gloucester
  • Wednesday, November 05, 2008
  • "I asolutely positutaly love this site its awesome
    my pupils love it and they go on it at home I even set it as homework once
    ^^ hehe I love it !!!!"
  • Mrs Smith, The Leventhorpe School
  • Thursday, November 06, 2008
  • "Ral Onyema in 7Y1 found 'striker'."
  • Miss Legrove, Sir Graham Balfour
  • Thursday, November 06, 2008
  • "Words worth £1 are Sparkler: Y10 Sir graham balfour"
  • Archimedes maths group, Mornington Primary School
  • Thursday, November 06, 2008
  • "Our word is FOUNTAIN"
  • Miss Yuill, The Kimberley School
  • Friday, November 07, 2008
  • "My class of Year 10's enjoyed this activity and managed to find 'starfish' which cost 100p."
  • Year 10- Statistics, Bilericay School
  • Friday, November 07, 2008
  • "Hi everyone
    We found:
    Hooligans
    Pounding
    Posting
    Carpenter"
  • Vikram Foot ring, Billericay
  • Friday, November 07, 2008
  • "I found 2 funny ones:
    scream (as in aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah)

    and scream as in eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee"
  • Set 2, Kings College Taunton
  • Saturday, November 08, 2008
  • "We got pounding, plunging, fibre work and sky-fire-bad. This puzzle is venom! Maths rocks!"
  • S Cox, Dereham, Norfolk
  • Tuesday, November 11, 2008
  • "This began as a starter for my year 8 class, but they got so into it, it turned into a homework, and between them they found 51 words costing £1 (most of these found by Luke Copping!). Here are a selection: Football Lad, mailboxes, acknowledge, riverbank, crusts, pumpkin, resumes, clockwise, delivery, mirrored, identifies, chimpanzee, apropos, cruising, rewound, fountain, swimmer."
  • Undeg Steffan, Ruthin, Wales
  • Wednesday, November 12, 2008
  • "Loved this one!! Me and my class had so much fun but I won with wizards and "athrawon" which means teachers in welsh."
  • George's maths club, Taunton School
  • Tuesday, November 25, 2008
  • "George Wayman wanted me to tell you that he found Presley. "
  • James O, St Patricks
  • Saturday, January 17, 2009
  • "Forest Green
    Toilets
    Turkey"
  • Jack Robinson/Reece Matthews, Bruntcliffe
  • Thursday, February 12, 2009
  • "BASSLINES"
  • Dave Harwood, Swansea
  • Sunday, April 19, 2009
  • "Toilets, telephone and starfish."
  • Miss Van Der Veen, Victoria Park State School
  • Tuesday, April 28, 2009
  • "This is a good puzzel, but would be better if you use dollars as well as pounds."
  • Desmond Doyle, Liverpool, England
  • Wednesday, August 26, 2009
  • "Sparklers, elvis and numeracy add to 100."
  • Laura, Homeschool
  • Friday, October 16, 2009
  • "'Friendlier'
    After re-working it out about 10 times, I finally got it!"
  • Year 8, Clevedon School
  • Tuesday, November 03, 2009
  • "We found loads-
    Wednesday
    Turkey
    Toilet
    Sparkler
    Robin Hood
    Pringles
    Starfish
    And more!!!! Too many to type!!
    Cat Wynn is one also!!"
  • 9p2y, Prince Henry's High School, Evesham
  • Wednesday, November 04, 2009
  • "We found RIVERBANK and SQUARES."
  • 9/10 Ge Maths - Fiordland College, Te Anau, New Zealand
  • Wednesday, November 04, 2009
  • "Pumpkin
    Sasha Alexander
    Jono Hayest
    Trizza
    Lots of fun."
  • Year 8, MSJ
  • Thursday, November 05, 2009
  • "We found this starter difficult but the class were very enthusiastic about trying to work it out!"
  • Mrs P Cain, Chellaston School Derby
  • Thursday, November 05, 2009
  • "We spent the time trying to think of firework related words....the only one apart from SPARKLER we came up with was ROMAN CANDLE.
    Once we had looked at other schools entries it made the task easier but we persevered with our Firework theme!!!
    Good fun!
    Year 10
    Chellaston School
    Derby."
  • M Asker, Y6 St James
  • Thursday, November 05, 2009
  • "A pupil from St James Middle got WATSUP = 100!!"
  • Vanessa Sarpong, Connaught School For Girls
  • Thursday, November 05, 2009
  • ""squares" and "collecting" from Vanessa."
  • Rebecca, Dunfermline High School
  • Thursday, November 05, 2009
  • "We found SHORTCAKE."
  • Matt Peters, Filsham Valley School
  • Thursday, November 05, 2009
  • "I found the word "squares"."
  • The Best Maths Group Ever (8cd/m2), King Alfred's College OXON
  • Thursday, November 05, 2009
  • "We found these words
    Wholesale
    Vouchsafe
    Utensil
    Traction
    Thirty
    Taurus
    Quadrangle
    Quarry
    Quarter
    Nestling
    Hospital
    Pringles
    Fountain
    starfish
    sparkler
    romancandle
    wednesday
    attitude
    tower
    telephone
    toilets
    hooligans
    fountain
    pounding
    posting
    we found 25 words and this starter was really fun."
  • Mrs Smith, Year 8 Class At KGGS
  • Thursday, November 05, 2009
  • "Hannah Grain found TURKEY and Anya Faulkner found PROBLEMS."
  • Penny Harris, The Market Weighton School
  • Thursday, November 05, 2009
  • "Seashells."
  • A O'hagan, Class 3G Holyrood Sec Glasgow
  • Thursday, November 05, 2009
  • "The words we found are romancandle,sparkler,pumpkin,turkey and caitlynmc!"
  • Allan Haney, Holyrood Sec Glasgow
  • Thursday, November 05, 2009
  • "Fountain!"
  • Jay Vachhani, Durrington High School
  • Thursday, November 05, 2009
  • "Pumpkin."
  • Amy Holden, Radcliffe Riverside High
  • Thursday, November 05, 2009
  • "From radcliffe riverside we found
    "riverside" by Tom Bolton
    "sparkler" by Amy Holden and Dom Porter
    "explodes" by Danielle Broderick."
  • MSJ, Y10
  • Thursday, November 05, 2009
  • "Martin Smith came up with personal, Martin love maths."
  • David Payne, St Anne's Catholic School, Southampton
  • Thursday, November 05, 2009
  • "As an extension can you find letters whose values multiply to make 100 or any other given value?
    My only answer so far is BABY (2 x 1 x 2 x 25)."
  • A O'hagan, Holyrood Sec Glasgow Yr 5
  • Thursday, November 05, 2009
  • "Enjoyed doing this...we found
    plastered,temperance, telephone,styles,sparkler,mclaughlin,toilets,elephants,pumpkin,attitude."
  • Josh Dewes, 7X1 Hadleigh High School
  • Thursday, November 05, 2009
  • "I found 'pinecones' which we couldn't see already listed."
  • Kirsty Ferguson, West Lothian
  • Thursday, November 05, 2009
  • "Vivienne works."
  • Class 1A, James Hamilton Academy
  • Thursday, November 05, 2009
  • "We found Wednesday
    Romanski
    maximize
    starfish
    starling
    elephants
    great tit
    standards."
  • Annabelle Gild, Melbourne, Australia
  • Friday, November 06, 2009
  • "I found culture!"
  • Mr Dearnley, Rose Bridge High School, Wigan
  • Friday, November 06, 2009
  • "Fountain found by Lewis and Sparkler found by Olivia."
  • Class 8L3, Northgate High, Dereham Norfolk
  • Friday, November 06, 2009
  • "Rebecca found 40! as wel as the ones we found in class.
    tooting
    attitude
    discipline
    posting
    jostles
    clockwise
    arrivals
    crusts
    courses
    borrowed
    pounding
    prevent
    problems
    raincoats
    profiles
    restore
    sevices
    telephone
    stress
    status
    bedazzles
    straws
    printer
    arrest
    elephants
    addressing
    keyboards
    hospital
    explains
    motor
    twisted
    thirty
    stools
    sessions
    sources
    towers
    upsets
    whistled
    swimmer
    writing."
  • Mr McQuade, John Paul Academy
  • Tuesday, November 10, 2009
  • "Sparkler, Telephone, Elephants and A New Moon were our attempts.
    Class S3/1 at John Paul Academy, Glasgow."
  • Jessica Mcdonald, Prenton High For Girls
  • Monday, November 16, 2009
  • "Happyfaces."
  • Year 8, Ecclesbourne School
  • Tuesday, November 17, 2009
  • "Mongolian
    Buzzy
    Starfish
    A creature that lives in the bottom of lakes on the Mongolian Plain and makes a strange bee like noise."
  • Samba, Gambia
  • Wednesday, November 25, 2009
  • "We found sparkla."
  • Lewis, David Young Community Academy
  • Monday, October 11, 2010
  • "Lewis found tooting! for £1."
  • 7x3, Murray Park, Derby
  • Thursday, November 04, 2010
  • "Kyle has found Sparkler. James found Wednesday. We loved this!!!"
  • JSD 6EM, The Netherlands
  • Friday, November 05, 2010
  • "We found Afghanistan, Turkey and starfish. Good activity and it has gone on much longer than needed!!!"
  • WIlliam Edwards School (Class 8.4), Grays, Essex
  • Friday, November 05, 2010
  • "Pringles = 100."
  • Harrytown, Stockport
  • Friday, November 05, 2010
  • "Declan Moran from Harrytown in Stockport found his name was £1."
  • Mrs Simpson, Torry Academy, Aberdeen
  • Friday, November 05, 2010
  • "Owen S found "styles"."
  • Keswick School, 8A2
  • Friday, November 05, 2010
  • "My guys are amazing! Guy E Falks, Sparkaler, Attitude, Crackle Pop, School-Fail, U - Spinner, Fired Star, Noddy Cot."
  • Jai Hayward, Skegness Grammar School
  • Friday, November 05, 2010
  • "My own name JAI HAYWARD IS 100p."
  • Tobyt, Tupton Hall School
  • Friday, November 05, 2010
  • "Sparkler is appropriate for £1."
  • S1 Maths, John Paul Academy
  • Friday, November 05, 2010
  • "We found Connelly,surname of one of our first year pupils!"
  • Mrs Boussouara's S2 Class, Holyrood Secondary
  • Friday, November 05, 2010
  • "Mrs Boussouara's class just loved this puzzle.It was supposed to be a starter but we kept going for the whole period!"
  • 2m1, Lochend Community High School
  • Friday, November 05, 2010
  • "2m1 came up with
    explodes
    sparkler
    fountain
    shooter
    hooligans
    hospital."
  • Jake S, Illinois
  • Friday, November 05, 2010
  • "We found the word MATHSTAR."
  • CSS, CSS
  • Friday, November 05, 2010
  • "Uzzy found Quarry
    LMJ discovered 'Sausage Care'
    TNH found 'Words Bar'
    There were others, but they were a touch poor."
  • K Mackie, Forfar Academy, Scotland
  • Friday, November 05, 2010
  • "Ryan is the only person in my class to have found a word on his own.
    He had 'problems' while the rest of the class had problems finding words..."
  • Cheyenne, Gloucester
  • Saturday, November 06, 2010
  • "I can up with My name and my second name which was 99 points and I also came u with wednesday and elephant."
  • Year 7 Set 1, Northwood School
  • Monday, November 08, 2010
  • "We found television,pringles,toilets."
  • Lizzie Lucas, Holcombe Brook Y5
  • Wednesday, November 24, 2010
  • "I found
    exactiy = 100
    hospital= 100
    exerlentay= 100."
  • Mrs Boyle, Our Lady's P.S
  • Tuesday, November 30, 2010
  • "We loved this-great way to get the brain going! Caitlin got
    WHOLESALE
    Isn't she clever!!!
    Mrs Boyle and girls
    Our Lady's P.S Belfast."
  • 7c4, Christ The King
  • Monday, June 27, 2011
  • "'Maddie Nikita' found that her name added up to 100!"
  • Shakil, Aliya
  • Sunday, July 10, 2011
  • "We found elephant, hospital, Wednesday, Excellent, Squares and towers it was great fun working these out and I would give this a 4."
  • Philip Bam, Tobermory
  • Tuesday, November 01, 2011
  • "Australia = 100p."
  • H Hand,
  • Friday, November 04, 2011
  • "My class LOVED this activity!!!!!!"
  • Bob Turnip, Torphecan
  • Friday, November 04, 2011
  • "Smirnoff works!!! Oooosh!"
  • Natasha, Brockington College
  • Friday, November 04, 2011
  • "I found that "explodes" come to £1."
  • Tej And Jaya, London
  • Monday, November 07, 2011
  • "We found:
    Quentin
    telephone
    wednesday
    primary
    elephants
    problems
    producer
    squars
    towers
    attitude
    exellent
    pussy
    standards
    irritate
    resolved
    quarter
    thirty
    toilets
    turkey
    writing
    numeracy
    chinpanzee
    personal
    telescope
    pumpkin
    vaccums
    crusts
    crusing
    hichhites
    equalized
    keybords
    motors
    powders
    whisky
    nutty
    swimmer
    printer
    grumpy
    lightning
    straws
    maximize
    reciprocal
    foutain
    immature
    beetroot
    stress
    violins
    gypsies
    therefor
    swifter
    shattered
    misdirect
    posting
    begginings
    sparkler
    explodes
    firework
    shortcake
    wizards
    quarry
    glittered
    traction
    wholesale
    vouchsafe
    untesil
    thirty
    taurus
    quadrangle
    nestling
    pringles
    starfish
    toasty
    oxtails
    variety
    activities
    clockwise
    drizzles
    buzzy
    calculator
    striker
    hooligans
    pounding
    carpenter
    plunging
    mailboxes
    acknowledge
    riverbank
    resumes
    delivery
    mirrored
    identify
    rewound
    freindlier
    period
    australia
    afghanistan
    whistled
    upsets
    sources
    sessions
    stools
    twisted
    explains
    addressing
    arrest
    services
    restore
    profiles
    raincoats
    prevent
    borrowed
    arrivals
    jostles
    discpline
    tooting
    culture
    pinecoans
    seashells
    sorry if there are any wrong!
    It was very very fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
  • Maths Set 1, Alban Church Of England Academy
  • Monday, November 07, 2011
  • "In keeping with the topic we found "Sparkler"."
  • H.Hand, George Watson's
  • Wednesday, November 09, 2011
  • "Caitlin from P5L found "mummify"."
  • Elodie, 6S
  • Friday, November 18, 2011
  • "We found as a class lightning, sparkler, explodes, firework and wizards!"

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