School News

UKMT Junior Maths Challenge

Mrs Wragg

On Thursday 18 April 2022 some of your year 7 and 8 students represented Highfields School in the UKMT Junior Maths Challenge 2022.

The Junior Mathematical Challenge is a 60-minute, multiple-choice challenge that students completed outside of school. The challenge assesses student’s mathematical reasoning, precision of thought and fluency in using basic mathematical techniques to solve interesting problems. The challenge was open to entries from students across the whole of the UK and China. Congratulations to all who represented Highfields School in the 2022 Challenge:

 Zara J (Y7)  Rose M (Y7)  Katie C (Y7)  Anna H (Y8)

A special congratulations to the following students who were awarded a Bronze medal (which means they were in a top 50% of ALL entries across the UK)

 Dylan J (Y7)  Hannah W (Y7)  Rafe L (Y7)  Matthew R (Y7)  Harry J (Y7)  Max N (Y7)  Olivia S (Y8)  Imogen R (Y8)

Even bigger congratulations to the following students who were awarded a Silver medal (which means they were in a top 20% of ALL entries across the UK)

 Finley D (Y7)  George P (Y7)  Michael G (Y8)  Sophie W (Y8)  Alexander C (Y8)  Charlotte F (Y8)

And a super-huge congratulations to the following students who were awarded a Gold medal (which means they were in a top 10% of ALL entries across the UK)

 Robbie D (Y7)  Samson R (Y7) – Best in Year 7 Award  Emily L (Y8) – Best in Year 8 Award Samson not only won ‘Best in Year 7’, but has also qualified for the next round, The Kangaroo. Emily, who won ‘Best in Year 8’ was also awarded ‘Best in School’. Her score was so high she has not only qualified for the next round, but she has by-passed this next round and automatically qualified for the ultimate challenge, The Olympiad!

Well done to all students who took part.

We really look forward to seeing how Samson and Emily get on in the next rounds and wish them the very best of luck!

Team Maths, #We Are Highfields!

Knife Crime Assembly

Mr Waller

On Wednesday we had a PC and PCSO come in to speak to our year 9's about knife crime and the importance of staying safe when in and out of school.

It was a fantastic experience for our students to learn about this topic in a much more real world context than they normally have access to. This assembly has also linked with the work they are doing currently in PSHE lessons on knife and gang crime.

We would like to thank PC Nick and PCSO Fiona for coming in and we certainly look forward to working with them in the future to build on a strong relationship between police and the local community.

Music Concert