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Mathematics Department
Marvelous Mathematics...
The Mathematics department’s annual lecture series began in September by Dr Parnell explaining “How to keep safe on a bungee rope”. Dr Broome, the admissions tutor from Manchester University, spoke to Sixth Form pupils in October and later in the year, Dr Fazer’s talk on ‘Fractals’ took pupils on an exploration of the infinite. In April, Professor Grady, a scientist involved in the landing of the Philae spacecraft onto the Rosetta comet, gave pupils a tour of space. £100 has been donated to the NSPCC, raised during this series of Mathematics lectures. In January, Year 10 and 11 pupils from Girls’ and Boys’ Division and from surrounding schools were invited in to attend a Saturday Maths enrichment morning. There were a wealth of entertaining talks and performances, including ‘Patterns in Juggling’ and ‘The Mathematics of Rock Guitaring’. The Mathematics Primary Liaison day saw Year 6 pupils from twelve local primaries attend a fun-filled afternoon of puzzles and challenges.
That’s “Well Good”
We created our website well-good.org this year and it has proven to be incredibly successful. By answering mathematics questions on well-good.org, pupils have managed to fund a water project in Tanzania, as well as funding the construction of a well in Pakistan. Our girls have answered more than half a million mathematics questions and the website now averages over 100,000 hits per month. Bolton School PA and a number of local businesses have made this possible through their sponsorship. To view the TV news item, go to well-good.org and follow the link: https://youtu.be/6UiLbq4u5i4
In December, Year 10, 11 and 12 pupils were taken to the annual ‘Maths Inspiration’ lectures in Manchester. Pupils were guided through a whirlwind tour of the mathematics behind everything, from fashion to the fourth dimension.
