Spring Term 2023 report Maths

On Monday 27 February, 24 Lower Sixth students went to Maths Fest at the Royal Institution. They enjoyed talks from the following Maths speakers:

• Tom Crawford: Using Maths to Save the Planet

• Yolanda Ohene: Imaging our Insides

• Zoe Griffiths: Numbers in the News

• Rob Eastaway: A Stationery Talk

• Colin Wright: Patterns, Predictions, and Juggling

On Wednesday 8 March, Sophie Maclean (Maths graduate from Trinity College, Cambridge) came into school to give the following talks:

• Sixth Form: How to get Rich Quick and Careers with Maths

• Middle 5: Putting the Colour into Maths

• Upper 4: Discovering Pascal’s Triangle.

The students found the talks fascinating and inspiring.

On Tuesday 14 March (π day!), Larissa (M5 Aesc), Jody (M5 Aesc), Alisha (M5 Alpha) and Maya (M5 Aib) went to AMSP Maths Feast, a competition for Year 10 students. They competed against 18 other teams in five rounds of questions which included estimating π and learning about radians. They came in the top five of teams entered.

On Thursday 23 March, Upper 4 students went to Legoland to attend an interactive workshop where they built, coded, and debugged their own robots using robotics sets. They developed their problemsolving skills and this experience enabled students to learn more about algorithms, sequences, and inputs and outputs. They also had time in groups to explore Legoland at their own pace.

Earlier in the term, 82 students from Lower 5 to Upper 5 entered the Intermediate Mathematical Challenge. The following certificates were awarded: 17 gold, 27 silver and 30 bronze. Ellen (U5 A) qualified for the Maclaurin Olympiad, 10 students qualified for the Pink Kangaroo and five for the Grey Kangaroo.