YEAR 11 SUMMER BALL

Maths Masterclass

During this academic year, the Year 12 Maths A Level students have worked alongside the Royal Institute to deliver a series of masterclasses to Year 5 pupils from schools across Surrey. The Year 12 students were lucky to have Rachel Doris from the Royal Institute in to show them how to run the classes. The first session was led by Dr Jenny Sharp from Plymouth University, where she discussed counting in base 8 instead of base 10. This allowed the pupils to discover a new form of counting. The following session was run by Sophie R, Ariella W and Emily E, where they delivered a session on fractions using mixtures of coloured water to demonstrate the varying shades of purple. The third session was run by Louise B and Kirsten S on probability, a relatively new concept which the pupils highly enjoyed. The made their own dice and conducted a range of probability experiments to understand relative frequency. The penultimate masterclass was run by Grace J, Coco Z and Amelie Z, who led the students through a series of cipher and code breaking tasks, with a prize at the end. The final masterclass took place last week and was led by Alison Eves from the Royal Institute which was based on Maths in Space. The pupils used scaled measurements to get a glimpse into just how big our solar system is.

Overall, this was a highly rewarding experience for both Sixth Formers and Year 5 budding mathematicians, as both groups have gained many valuable new skills. In particular, the Year 12 mathematicians led a series of outstanding masterclasses and should be congratulated on running such a highly successful programme.