Welcome to the new Mathematics team for 2019 - 2020: Mr.Morgans, Mr.Parnham, Mr.Seigel & Head of Faculty Mr.England.
Some Year 6 induction information attached.
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Pythagoras turned up recently in one of our online learning lessons : )
More resources and a celebration of our online learning can be found on our on page by clicking the link below:
https://bistmaths.weebly.com/online-learning.html
More resources and a celebration of our online learning can be found on our on page by clicking the link below:
https://bistmaths.weebly.com/online-learning.html
Mathematics results for 2018- 2019, a quick summary:
The Mathematics faculty continued to perform well in our KS4 & KS5 results this year; the students have once again made us very proud:
85% A/A* for Maths Alevel,
70% A/A* for Further Maths Alevel.
IGCSE students 44% achieved a level 8 or 9, 60% 7, 8 or 9.
Further Maths IGCSE students achieved 100% 9-1, 50% 7, 8 or 9, 20% level 9.
The winners of our Mathematics postcard design competition have been chosen by the Mathematics department. Congratulations to Jacob, Melissa & Victoria for their creative designs.
We look forward to issuing the postcards to students who submit Mathematics' ELOs and display a good attitude to learning : )
We look forward to issuing the postcards to students who submit Mathematics' ELOs and display a good attitude to learning : )
Below are the top 4 best students for Dr.Frost Mathematics in the school. Dr.Frost is a great website for extending the learning of Mathematicians across KS3, KS4 & KS5.
Congratulations to Bei Bei who has achieved a fantastic Bronze award on the SEAMO Olympiad paper : ) Bei Bei has been cordially invited to the Gold Coast of Australia for the next Global, how exciting! What a trip, we wish her well on her next step of her Mathematical SEAMO journey in January 2020.
Well done to I-tim, who competed over the summer break to keep her Mathematics skills sharp: she took part in a mental arithmetic mathematics competition with hundreds of other competing students. The competition was the "19th International Championship 2019" and I-tim won the "HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Cup" An amazing achievement! Well Done I-Tim, here she is pictured with her certificates, medal, trophy & her Mathematics teacher, Mr.England.
Congratulations to Bei Bei in Year 8 worked hard over the summer break and achieved a fantastic Certificate of Excellence level J in Kumon Mathematics, displaying skills solving quadratic equations. Here she is proudly pictured with her Kumon trophy alongside her Mathematics teacher, Mr.Seigel.
Mathematics results for 2017 - 2018 summary:
Year 11 iGCSE = 29 entries: 66% A*/A, 93% A*-C, 100% PASS.
Year 12 = 30 entries: 60% A, 87% A - C, 97% PASS.
Year 12 Further = 12 entries: 58% A, 100% A - C.
Year 13 = 8 entries: 25% A/A*, 75% A- C, 100% PASS.
Year 11 iGCSE = 29 entries: 66% A*/A, 93% A*-C, 100% PASS.
Year 12 = 30 entries: 60% A, 87% A - C, 97% PASS.
Year 12 Further = 12 entries: 58% A, 100% A - C.
Year 13 = 8 entries: 25% A/A*, 75% A- C, 100% PASS.
Eight of our Year 7 and 8 students attended the annual FOBISIA Maths trip in Kuala Lumpur, from Thursday to Sunday last week.
It was a lovely educational trip; the students had lots of fun and took part in very creative and enriching Mathematical activities over two days.
The students had two 12 hour days of Mathematical challenges where they displayed and developed attributes of dedication, perseverance and application of mathematical knowledge in new and challenging environments.
Our students competed against 250 other students, 65 other teams from 35 FOBISIA schools, including Dulwich South Korea, Dulwich Beijing, British School Manila and Harrow Bangkok.
Our overall results are very encouraging: our highest team ranking was 19th, our highest individual ranking was 157th, and our overall rank across all competitive elements was 36th.
We would like to thank Alice Smith for a fantastic event & we look forward to building on our team's success at next year's event.
Thank you,
It was a lovely educational trip; the students had lots of fun and took part in very creative and enriching Mathematical activities over two days.
The students had two 12 hour days of Mathematical challenges where they displayed and developed attributes of dedication, perseverance and application of mathematical knowledge in new and challenging environments.
Our students competed against 250 other students, 65 other teams from 35 FOBISIA schools, including Dulwich South Korea, Dulwich Beijing, British School Manila and Harrow Bangkok.
Our overall results are very encouraging: our highest team ranking was 19th, our highest individual ranking was 157th, and our overall rank across all competitive elements was 36th.
We would like to thank Alice Smith for a fantastic event & we look forward to building on our team's success at next year's event.
Thank you,
Our annual Year 9 Mathematical enrichment trip to The Ancient City at MuangBoran was a great success, the students thoroughly enjoyed cycling, map reading & solving Mathematical puzzles in & around Thai cultural buildings & heritage.
The best solutions to the functional questions were completed by Pin, Amy, Shutin, Nano & Mike. Please check out the photos & video clip of the day below:
SEAMC 2018 - SINGAPORE.
"Our SEAMC students had a very productive first day that started with a challenging code breaking competition. The students then competed in an individual Mathematician competition and the questions included an assortment of topics including higher level algebra, logs, functions and trigonometry, to name a few!
We all then had a great afternoon at the world famous universal studios amusement park where the student's task was to make a 2 minute inspirational video with a mathematical perspective. It was a lot of fun.
Our evening involves working on interesting open ended maths questions that help to develop reasoning and critical thinking skills. Phew.
"On Saturday our SEAMC students had another busy and productive day of energetic and challenging Mathematical activities. The day ended with a glamorous evening gala award ceremony.
We won 2 awards this year:
Pun was part of a 3 person winning team and won a senior gold medal for Collaboration. His contribution to the lightening, innovation and open question rounds was admirable, he showed great teamwork and communication skills and thoroughly deserved his gold medal.
Abraham won an individual senior gold medal for Stategy. His scores in the innovation, duel and pursuit rounds were outstanding, with excellent application in critical and strategic thinking. These rounds are extremely challenging and require quick decision making under pressure.
A special well done to both Pun and Abraham.
We are extremely proud of Pun, Abraham and all our SEAMC students who conducted themselves with good manners, mathematical focus and an enthusiastic charm.
Thank you also to Mrs.Dixon for organising a successful Maths trip.
9 - 1 Information for Parents:
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August 2017: We are once again very proud of our Mathematics students at Key Stage 4 & 5 who achieved pleasing results in their iGCSEs & GCE A level results.
To summarise –
100% A*-C at Key Stage 4: 43% A*, 30% A, 12% B, 15% C. 100% of our students achieved or exceeded their CAT predicted targets.
89% A*-C at Key Stage 5 A2 GCE A level Mathematics & 80% A*-C A2 GCE A level Further Mathematics. 86% of KS5 students achieved or exceeded their CAT predicted grades.
To summarise –
100% A*-C at Key Stage 4: 43% A*, 30% A, 12% B, 15% C. 100% of our students achieved or exceeded their CAT predicted targets.
89% A*-C at Key Stage 5 A2 GCE A level Mathematics & 80% A*-C A2 GCE A level Further Mathematics. 86% of KS5 students achieved or exceeded their CAT predicted grades.
March 2017: "We are proud to congratulate our set 1 Year 11 students who achieved very pleasing results today in their IGCSE Extended Mathematics exam: 100% of the students entered achieved grade A or above, with 87% of students entered achieving an A*. This is a fantastic achievement by our students, and well deserved after all their hard work. They are now preparing for their IGCSE in Further Mathematics, we wish them all the very best."
Our annual Mathematical enrichment trip to The Ancient City at MuangBoran was a great success, the students thoroughly enjoyed cycling, map reading & solving Mathematical puzzles in & around Thai cultural buildings & heritage. Please check out the video below:
MATHS DROP DOWN DAY: We recently celebrated Mathematics for an entire day with every student in Years 7, 8, 9 & 10. There were 2 main sections - Crystal Maze & Murder Mystery CSI.
The students enjoyed themselves and hopefully they were enriched by the activities.
Check out some of the videos students made during the activities : )
The students enjoyed themselves and hopefully they were enriched by the activities.
Check out some of the videos students made during the activities : )
PI DAY: "Today was international Pi day 14/3 & pictured are some of our students with their winners badges from some of the Pi classroom activities"
2017 - We are very fortunate to have 2 teams representing Bromsgrove International school this academic year at the prestigious SEAMC Maths competition being held at the British International School, Jakarta.
Ms.Rae & Mr.England accompanied Wonwoo, Tonfon, Mark, Jeana, Heather and Yeoeun.
Ms.Rae & Mr.England accompanied Wonwoo, Tonfon, Mark, Jeana, Heather and Yeoeun.
Heather, one of our participating students at SEAMC wrote an article about the trip for a Korean parental newsletter:
SEAMC (South East Asia Math Competition)
Y10 전지현
3월 2일부터 3월 5일까지 인도네시아의 수도 자카르타에 가서 SEAMC 수학 경시대회에 남자 3명이 한팀 (원우, Mark, Tonfon ) 그리고 나를 포함하여 BDST 여학생 세명이 한팀 (지나, 지현, 여은) 으로 이루어져 참가하게 됐다. 첫째날 아침에 학교에서 출발하여 오후에 자카르타에 도착했다. 도착하고 우리는 먼저 호텔로 이동하였고 컵, 티셔츠, 명찰, 일정 등 받고 방을 배정받아 짐을 풀었다. 개회식때 우리는 앞으로 4일간 함께할 친구들을 만났다. 대회에 참가하는게 처음이 아닌 학생들도 꽤 많았고 여러 학교에서 온 다양한 국적의 친구들을 만날 수 있었다. 저녁식사 후 soto ayam이라는 게임을 했다. 게임을 하며 새로운 친구들을 알아가고 사귀는 시간을 가질 수 있었다. 둘쨋날 우리는 호텔에서 조식을 먹고 본격적인 경시대회를 위하여 학교로 이동했다. 대회 경기들은 Passback, Energiser, team questions, Codebreaker, long term questions, individual rounds 등 많은 경기들이 있었는데 개인전 외에 다른 활동들은 모두 팀으로 이루어져 진행되었다. 나는 Passback이라는 활동이 제일 재미있었고 팀으로 푸는 문제가 가장 어려웠다. 문제들이 대부분 준비하며 풀었던 문제들 보다 더 어려워서 단황스러웠지만 최선을 다해서 풀었다. 경시대회 참가후 느낀점은 세상에 수학을 잘하는 학생들이 많다는것을 깨닫게 해주고 이는 나에게 공부를 더 열심히 할 수 있게 동기부여가 되었다. 상을 받지 못해서 아쉬웠지만 좋은 경험 이었다. 다음에 기회가 또 생긴다면 다시 참가하고싶다.
SEAMC (South East Asia Math Competition)
Y10 전지현
3월 2일부터 3월 5일까지 인도네시아의 수도 자카르타에 가서 SEAMC 수학 경시대회에 남자 3명이 한팀 (원우, Mark, Tonfon ) 그리고 나를 포함하여 BDST 여학생 세명이 한팀 (지나, 지현, 여은) 으로 이루어져 참가하게 됐다. 첫째날 아침에 학교에서 출발하여 오후에 자카르타에 도착했다. 도착하고 우리는 먼저 호텔로 이동하였고 컵, 티셔츠, 명찰, 일정 등 받고 방을 배정받아 짐을 풀었다. 개회식때 우리는 앞으로 4일간 함께할 친구들을 만났다. 대회에 참가하는게 처음이 아닌 학생들도 꽤 많았고 여러 학교에서 온 다양한 국적의 친구들을 만날 수 있었다. 저녁식사 후 soto ayam이라는 게임을 했다. 게임을 하며 새로운 친구들을 알아가고 사귀는 시간을 가질 수 있었다. 둘쨋날 우리는 호텔에서 조식을 먹고 본격적인 경시대회를 위하여 학교로 이동했다. 대회 경기들은 Passback, Energiser, team questions, Codebreaker, long term questions, individual rounds 등 많은 경기들이 있었는데 개인전 외에 다른 활동들은 모두 팀으로 이루어져 진행되었다. 나는 Passback이라는 활동이 제일 재미있었고 팀으로 푸는 문제가 가장 어려웠다. 문제들이 대부분 준비하며 풀었던 문제들 보다 더 어려워서 단황스러웠지만 최선을 다해서 풀었다. 경시대회 참가후 느낀점은 세상에 수학을 잘하는 학생들이 많다는것을 깨닫게 해주고 이는 나에게 공부를 더 열심히 할 수 있게 동기부여가 되었다. 상을 받지 못해서 아쉬웠지만 좋은 경험 이었다. 다음에 기회가 또 생긴다면 다시 참가하고싶다.
Our annual Mathematical enrichment trip to The Ancient City at MuangBoran was a great success, the students thoroughly enjoyed cycling, map reading & solving Mathematical puzzles in & around Thai cultural buildings & heritage. Please check out the photos below:
May 2016. Important Information about exams: Queries about the use of calculators tend to increase exponentially at this time of year -
The Joint Council for Qualifications advice on the use of calculators in examinations can be found on page 13 of the Instructions for conducting examinations booklet here. However, it makes no mention of particular models - and it would be an impossible job trying to keep up with them, particularly once international varieties had to be considered. So being impossible, I will have a try.
Some calculators I know about which I believe cannot be used in GCE, GCSE and IGCSE examinations are these:
Casio: Algebra FX2.0, Algebra FX2.0 PLUS, ClassPad 300 (all models)
Hewlett Packard: HP 40G, HP 40GS, HP 48G, HP 48G II, HP 49G, HP 49G PLUS, HP 50G, HP Prime
Texas Instruments: TI-89, TI-89 (Titanium), TI-92, TI-92 PLUS, Voyage 200, TI-nspire CAS
They all have either a capacity for symbolic differentiation and integration, or else they can communicate with other calculators. There may well be other calculators in this category that I haven't come across; they would be likely to cost upwards of £100, though.
Models we are asked about often, and which can be used in examinations, are mainly from Casio - they include the fx-50, fx-50F, fx-50 PLUS, fx-50FH, fx-82, fx-82SX, fx-82MS, fx-82ES, fx-83GT PLUS, fx-85ES, fx-991ES, fx-991 ES PLUS, fx-7400, fx-7700, fx-9750, fx-9860, fx-9860GII.
Also permitted are the Sharp EL-531, EL-520, EL-506 and EL-9900 models and the Texas TI-30, TI-34, TI-83 PLUS, TI-84 PLUS, TI-nspire and TI-nspire CX.
Any others I have missed (and there will be many) does not mean they necessarily can or can't be used. However, if they cost less than £40, they're likely to be permissible. If I've got anything dramatically wrong here, I'm sure the calculator companies will let me know.
The other query we are often asked is about clearing the memory on the calculator. Students should be reminded that "calculators must not:have retrievable information stored in them (this includes databanks, dictionaries, mathematical formulas and text) and that the candidate is responsible for clearing anything stored in the calculator." Students risk being disqualified if they ignore this regulation.
I hope this is helpful and that your students have all have the right sort of calculator (and some spare batteries) ready for the exams on Wednesday and Thursday and beyond.
The Joint Council for Qualifications advice on the use of calculators in examinations can be found on page 13 of the Instructions for conducting examinations booklet here. However, it makes no mention of particular models - and it would be an impossible job trying to keep up with them, particularly once international varieties had to be considered. So being impossible, I will have a try.
Some calculators I know about which I believe cannot be used in GCE, GCSE and IGCSE examinations are these:
Casio: Algebra FX2.0, Algebra FX2.0 PLUS, ClassPad 300 (all models)
Hewlett Packard: HP 40G, HP 40GS, HP 48G, HP 48G II, HP 49G, HP 49G PLUS, HP 50G, HP Prime
Texas Instruments: TI-89, TI-89 (Titanium), TI-92, TI-92 PLUS, Voyage 200, TI-nspire CAS
They all have either a capacity for symbolic differentiation and integration, or else they can communicate with other calculators. There may well be other calculators in this category that I haven't come across; they would be likely to cost upwards of £100, though.
Models we are asked about often, and which can be used in examinations, are mainly from Casio - they include the fx-50, fx-50F, fx-50 PLUS, fx-50FH, fx-82, fx-82SX, fx-82MS, fx-82ES, fx-83GT PLUS, fx-85ES, fx-991ES, fx-991 ES PLUS, fx-7400, fx-7700, fx-9750, fx-9860, fx-9860GII.
Also permitted are the Sharp EL-531, EL-520, EL-506 and EL-9900 models and the Texas TI-30, TI-34, TI-83 PLUS, TI-84 PLUS, TI-nspire and TI-nspire CX.
Any others I have missed (and there will be many) does not mean they necessarily can or can't be used. However, if they cost less than £40, they're likely to be permissible. If I've got anything dramatically wrong here, I'm sure the calculator companies will let me know.
The other query we are often asked is about clearing the memory on the calculator. Students should be reminded that "calculators must not:have retrievable information stored in them (this includes databanks, dictionaries, mathematical formulas and text) and that the candidate is responsible for clearing anything stored in the calculator." Students risk being disqualified if they ignore this regulation.
I hope this is helpful and that your students have all have the right sort of calculator (and some spare batteries) ready for the exams on Wednesday and Thursday and beyond.
2016 - We are lucky to have several teams representing Bromsgrove International school this academic year at the annual SEAMC Maths competition & FOBISIA Mathematics competition, both being held in Kuala Lumpur.
Ms.Dixon accompanied Cindy, Devi, Daisy, Victor, JunYoung & PunPun for the Year 10 team.
Ms.Dixon accompanied Cindy, Devi, Daisy, Victor, JunYoung & PunPun for the Year 10 team.
SEAMC is an international Mathematics competition involving 240 students from 41 schools, across South East Asia, hosted this year by Garden International School and Alice Smith School in Kuala Lumpur.
We started with the opening ceremony in which we found our Buddy Teams (a team where each member is from a different school). After some easy Maths questions and a quiz, we got to the main activity where we were asked to build a newspaper tower. After we said goodbye to our new friends, we went back to our rooms to start solving the long term questions (hard questions we work on with the buddy teams) and got some sleep ready for the challenges that the next day would bring.
After a good night’s rest, we were woken up by the buzzing of the alarm clocks at 6am in the morning. At Alice Smith School we spent an intense hour in the individual round followed by a short break. Shortly after, we re-entered the main hall for the passback round. This activity required speed, teamwork and trust in your teammates. Person A had to pass back his/her own answer for person B to use in his/her own problem and finally passes his/her own answer to person C to solve the final problem. Hand in one wrong answer and the whole team is affected.
On the final competition day at Garden International School, we had the energizer round which everyone really enjoyed. Devi and Victor were the runners for our teams and they were running their fastest for an hour, to collect the questions and make their way back to their respective teams to solve questions as fast as possible.
In the afternoon we began the carousel round. Challenges included building a marshmallow tower, solving sequences, some origami and much more. Our favourite challenge was to make a circular ring out of Pringles and then being able to eat it right after. After 2 hours of intense challenges and games, we gathered back into our school teams and went back to the hotel.
We enjoyed the gala dinner where we got to dress up and had a really nice dinner before awards were given out. We also had some fun pictures taken to take home from the evening.
On the Sunday we met up with Mr Lee and the year 7 FOBISEA group and went to visit the King’s Palace, the National Monument and Independence Square followed by a visit to the top of the Petronas Towers where we got to walk across the bridge that joins the two towers. It was nice to get some pictures of Kuala Lumpur and spend some time relaxing after a long weekend of challenging Mathematics.
Well done to the two Year 10 BIST teams of Devi, Cindy, Daisy, Victor, JunYoung and PunPun.
We started with the opening ceremony in which we found our Buddy Teams (a team where each member is from a different school). After some easy Maths questions and a quiz, we got to the main activity where we were asked to build a newspaper tower. After we said goodbye to our new friends, we went back to our rooms to start solving the long term questions (hard questions we work on with the buddy teams) and got some sleep ready for the challenges that the next day would bring.
After a good night’s rest, we were woken up by the buzzing of the alarm clocks at 6am in the morning. At Alice Smith School we spent an intense hour in the individual round followed by a short break. Shortly after, we re-entered the main hall for the passback round. This activity required speed, teamwork and trust in your teammates. Person A had to pass back his/her own answer for person B to use in his/her own problem and finally passes his/her own answer to person C to solve the final problem. Hand in one wrong answer and the whole team is affected.
On the final competition day at Garden International School, we had the energizer round which everyone really enjoyed. Devi and Victor were the runners for our teams and they were running their fastest for an hour, to collect the questions and make their way back to their respective teams to solve questions as fast as possible.
In the afternoon we began the carousel round. Challenges included building a marshmallow tower, solving sequences, some origami and much more. Our favourite challenge was to make a circular ring out of Pringles and then being able to eat it right after. After 2 hours of intense challenges and games, we gathered back into our school teams and went back to the hotel.
We enjoyed the gala dinner where we got to dress up and had a really nice dinner before awards were given out. We also had some fun pictures taken to take home from the evening.
On the Sunday we met up with Mr Lee and the year 7 FOBISEA group and went to visit the King’s Palace, the National Monument and Independence Square followed by a visit to the top of the Petronas Towers where we got to walk across the bridge that joins the two towers. It was nice to get some pictures of Kuala Lumpur and spend some time relaxing after a long weekend of challenging Mathematics.
Well done to the two Year 10 BIST teams of Devi, Cindy, Daisy, Victor, JunYoung and PunPun.
Mr.Lee accompanied Isaac, Mike, Tham, Nano, Je t'aime, First, Laura & Eva on the FOBISIA team.
FOBISIA Check out the mega cool video made by M.Lee:
https://vimeo.com/157566635
https://vimeo.com/157566635
BIST welcomed several International Primary schools from the Bangkok area to partake in our Primary Mathematics G & T day. It was an investigative Mathematics day and involved group activities such as a Mathematical treasure hunt, and involved using estimation, proportion & scale. Please peruse the photographs and contact us if you would like your students to attend next year.
We had another successful Maths enrichment trip to Ancient Siam on Friday 22nd May 2015. The pupils enjoyed cycling in the fresh air whilst improving their map reading skills and applying their Mathematical knowledge to solving Mathematical puzzles around the park. An enjoyable day was had by all. Please enjoy the slideshow of photos below.
Hi and welcome to the Bromsgrove International School Mathematics Department website. The aim of this website is to promote, enthuse and celebrate Mathematics across all age and ability ranges. Have a look around and please do not hesitate to contact us.
We all arrived home safely after a very eventful & fun-filled weekend. It was a very busy few days and I have the utmost respect to our students for persevering with challenging Maths tasks from Thursday evening up until Saturday evening.
When you consider that there are approximately 850 international schools in SE Asia and we were competing with the top 10% of SE Asia Mathematicians it was a great learning experience for our students and will hopefully inspire them to study Mathematics to a higher level and in the future. Our brave team of students involved Ted (Year 8), Geon Lee, Raf, Cindy, Elin & Pun Pun (Year 9).
Keeping all this in mind I think we achieved decent results, our competition this year was exceptional & the tasks were geared totally towards level 8 and upwards - there were no easy tasks. There were lots of different rounds - individual and teamwork rounds. All the students were focused over the 3 days considering the challenging nature of the Maths.
The trip was a great success because it opened the students up to a truly international learning experience. I thoroughly enjoyed the students' company all weekend, we received nice feedback from them and I think they enjoyed the weekend immensely, the students were a credit to themselves and the school, displaying all the Bromsgrovian attributes of teamwork, individuality, perseverance & kindness. They have lovely personalities and hopefully a very successful future ahead of them.
When you consider that there are approximately 850 international schools in SE Asia and we were competing with the top 10% of SE Asia Mathematicians it was a great learning experience for our students and will hopefully inspire them to study Mathematics to a higher level and in the future. Our brave team of students involved Ted (Year 8), Geon Lee, Raf, Cindy, Elin & Pun Pun (Year 9).
Keeping all this in mind I think we achieved decent results, our competition this year was exceptional & the tasks were geared totally towards level 8 and upwards - there were no easy tasks. There were lots of different rounds - individual and teamwork rounds. All the students were focused over the 3 days considering the challenging nature of the Maths.
The trip was a great success because it opened the students up to a truly international learning experience. I thoroughly enjoyed the students' company all weekend, we received nice feedback from them and I think they enjoyed the weekend immensely, the students were a credit to themselves and the school, displaying all the Bromsgrovian attributes of teamwork, individuality, perseverance & kindness. They have lovely personalities and hopefully a very successful future ahead of them.
On the 12th June 2014 approximately 50 Year 9 students took part in our Mathematics enrichment trip to Ancient Siam, Muang Boran. The students' task was to complete a Maths trail designed by our sixth form students. Check out the 'arty' photos below of our inspirational day.
June 2014: The Year 9 Maths trail was designed with the help of our Year 12 & 13 students. Tasks were designed to test the resourcefulness & mathematical skill of students. Topics such as Trigonometry, Pythagoras, Scale, Circles, Nth Term, Ratio, Path Analysis, Percentages and Volume were used.
Ancient Siam represents a history of ancient Thai cities, ruins & architecture that are historic and constitute the splendours of the past. Ancient Siam is dubbed as the world's largest outdoor museum and our aim was to use this architecture to challenge Students in a Mathematical context. The students had fun cycling around the park, they had to think ‘outside the box’ & discuss in teams how to solve each task, some tasks were more challenging than others.
Ancient Siam represents a history of ancient Thai cities, ruins & architecture that are historic and constitute the splendours of the past. Ancient Siam is dubbed as the world's largest outdoor museum and our aim was to use this architecture to challenge Students in a Mathematical context. The students had fun cycling around the park, they had to think ‘outside the box’ & discuss in teams how to solve each task, some tasks were more challenging than others.
February 2014: We recently ran a successful Mathematics enrichment trip for our Year 12 and 13 students to Ancient Siam - Muang Boran.
This was a great opportunity for the students to undertake practical mathematics projects in a safe environment. The task was for the 6th form students to develop a Maths trail for the younger students. This involved the students being creative with their mathematics in constructing a problem solving trail using ratio, sequences, algebra and geometry.
This was a great opportunity for the students to undertake practical mathematics projects in a safe environment. The task was for the 6th form students to develop a Maths trail for the younger students. This involved the students being creative with their mathematics in constructing a problem solving trail using ratio, sequences, algebra and geometry.