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Hosts win UKMT Maths Challenge
Congratulations to our UK Mathematics Trust Team Challenge winners David Turner, Shannon High, Ethan Bryers and Samarth Kumar, who came first in the regional finals. The event was hosted by Birkenhead School in Bushell Hall and was attended by 19 schools from across the Merseyside and Cheshire areas. Teams of four students from Years 7, 8 and 9 competed in a variety of mathematical challenges throughout the day. Runners-up were Christleton High School who came second and The King's School Chester who came third. The organisers from UKMT thanked School for providing a fantastic venue and also the teachers and students who have been working so hard this year on their Maths. The School team then went on to the finals in London where they placed 40th out of 88 schools.
Maths Easter Eggstravaganza
Merseyside Maths Award Year 7 students, Nicole Dowell and Anoushka Kapoor were recently presented with certificates and prizes at the University of Liverpool for their entries to an annual maths competition organised by MEM (Mathematical Education on Merseyside), which involved solving a number of challenging Maths problems. Ninety-five schools entered from the North West of England and North Wales with the entries from Birkenhead School in the top five for prizes awarded. Other prize and certificate winners were Shannon High, Bria Titu and Louisa Titu for the Junior Challenge (Years 7 and 8), and Aden Husseyn, Shivank Sharma and Heather Tran for the Senior Challenge (Years 9 and 10).
Year 4 took part in a campus-wide Easter Egg hunt, which involved solving a variety of mathematical problems which led them to the next clue and eventually to a tasty treat prize! In February our students were invited to take part in one of three competitions organised by the Liverpool Mathematical Society and Mathematical Education on Merseyside. We were amazingly successful, with Tom Parkes of L6 winning the first prize, Shikhar Kumar of L6 winning one of the four third prizes and James Budworth of U6 and Alex Poulson of L6 winning certificates. We therefore gained four of the 23 prize winners! This is the first time a Birkenhead School student has won first prize in this competition and we have never had so many prize winners before. Congratulations!