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Mathematics
MATHEMATICS REPORT WORDS BY Mrs Charlie Walker, Maths Teacher
Y6 boys George Kotsidis and Juvan Sivasenthan tackling the Summer Maths Challenge
YEAR 3 AND YEAR 4
Our youngest boys have been record breakers this year! They all participated in a record-breaking TTRockstars online competition and even made it into the news. Throughout the year they have enjoyed inter-school competitions and particularly enjoyed competing against the other Harpur Trust Schools. All this practise is certainly paying off - they are becoming Rock Heroes.
In the Summer Term, the boys also got to take part in their First Maths Challenge, pitting themselves against a series of tricky problems to solve. They completed their challenge online, for the first time, and showed some fantastic skills.
They have shown a fantastic love of learning for Maths - well done boys!
YEAR 5 AND YEAR 6
Throughout the year, boys in Years 5 and 6 have been working hard on their DoodleMaths. They like to check the leaderboards in the Maths corridor to see who has the most coins and the longest streak. It will be sad for the Year 6 boys to lose their amazing streaks as they move into Year 7, but the time eventually comes to move on. Doodle culminated with a fiercely fought battle for prizes in our June Challenge. Nearly half of the boys earned prizes, with some boys earning over 2000 stars in a month - well done boys!
During Maths Week England, Year 5 focussed on solving and finding the solution to puzzles. Year 6 competed in the Maths World Cup, completing a number of under the sea themed Maths adventures - they even got to practice their fish dance moves in class.
In the Summer Term, Year 6 competed in the Maths House cup. They worked in House Teams to solve puzzles, relay races, speed tests, cross numbers and more. The boys showed fantastic teamwork with Bunyan House coming out on top. Year 5 also worked in houses to complete a number of problem solving and puzzle tasks. They worked particularly hard on their murder mystery to break the codes and find out which teacher had murdered Mrs Leeson for eating all the biscuits.
A great year of endeavour all round, well done boys.
YEAR 7 AND YEAR 8
As always, the boys in Years 7 and 8 have stepped up to the challenge set by the Maths department. They have worked hard to calculate missing angles, solve algebraic equations, calculate area and perimeter, and understand sequences. On top of this they have also practised working faster, to show their work in a limited time.
In the Autumn Term, the boys took part in a Manga High challenge, with the top classes earning themselves a board games lesson. As part of Maths Week England, some of Year 8 joined an online lesson from Oxford University to investigate lines and circles. The boys really enjoyed discovering how to make circles with straight lines and how this can be applied in a creative design.
In the Summer Term, Year 8 and some of Year 7 took part in the Junior Mathematical Challenge. The boys challenged themselves to
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solve a number of puzzles and worded problems to earn themselves an award. We had an amazing 16 Gold Awards, 34 Silver Awards and 44 Bronze Awards. The boys should be incredibly proud of their endeavour and curiosity earning their awards.
The Summer Term culminated in team challenges for both year groups. The fi ercely fought battles included a relay, speed test, cross number, countdown style round, logic round and group questions. The boys worked well in their teams and relished the opportunity to complete their Maths lessons outside in the sunshine.
Year 8 covered Life Maths as part of their Post Programme experience. They learned about payslips, fi nancial maths and the realities of Maths outside of school. They seemed to really enjoy calculating the best value Domino’s Pizza and supporting Mrs Walker with the best value pizza order for her family. I am pleased to say that I can now order with confi dence in getting value for money.
We wish Year 8 luck as they journey into the Upper School and are looking forward to watching Year 7 develop next year. Well done boys! TIMES TABLE RECORD BREAKERS WORDS BY MrsJo Lock, Marketing & Communications Manager
“Are you ready to rock? Are you ready, steady, ready to roll?”
Our Y3 boys were part of something extraordinary this National Numeracy Day as they chanted and danced their way to a new Guinness World Record for times tables with pupils across the UK.
With crowns and wigs at the ready, the boys prepared for their record attempt with a high energy warmup before launching into the record-breaking ‘Rocking and Rolling Numbers’ fi ve times table chant along with some 5,361 viewers across the country. The boys’ day was more special and exciting as their recordbreaking times table was fi lmed for BBC Look East. Watch out tonight for their coverage of the event from 6.30pm.
It was clear from the excitement on the boys’ faces that TT Rockstars ‘Rocking and Rolling Numbers’ enthuses them about learning their times tables—one of the key building blocks for maths—in a truly fun and memorable way.
Head of Year 3, Mrs Carrington, explained, “The TT Rockstars activities are a real highlight of boys’ lessons and provide a fun way to engage all in numbers. I am so delighted that the boys could participate today and help to set a new world record! As the Guinness World Record Adjudicator said, they are all offi cially amazing!”
