Issue 11 January 2021
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2 ∞ & Beyond! Maths Bulletin
“Our vision is to be the school of choice for our local community, developing successful young people with high aspirations, who show respect for all and endeavour to become the very best that they can be.”
Welcome Welcome back everyone and welcome to all those who are new to the Roding Valley community. I hope you all are doing well and are staying safe and healthy. The amount of work and engagement from our students has been astounding especially under such dynamic circumstances. Here are some tips to aid you with your remote learning in Maths. Your Maths teachers are available for questions by email and are there to support you when you get stuck. The live lessons provide a platform for directed learning with the teacher there to answer any questions. Make sure to login and look at Google Classroom for assignments and also for supporting tutorial videos in the materials section of Google Classroom. There are a number of sites that are available to support you with tutorial videos, two of which are corbettmaths.com and mathsgenie.co.uk. If you do have any issues that you need further help with, I am also available to help. My email is oedeko@rodingvalley.net. These bulletins will have Maths information, puzzles, riddles, fun activities and a celebration of the amazing work that our students have done. Please share any images of your work also on twitter using the handle @RVMathematics.
Mr Edeko, Head of Mathematics Department
Remote Learning With our first issue of the Maths bulletin, we want to remind you how we are running our remote learning provision for all of our students. Students have been invited to lessons on their Google Calendar. After logging in with their Roding Valley email address, they will be able to see all their lessons for the week. By clicking on the event on their Calendar, they will find the Google Meet link for the online lesson. Students in Year 10-13 are following their normal timetable. Their Maths lessons will be taking place on the same day and at the same time as usual. Students in Year 7-9 will receive 3 hours of learning a week. All lessons will continue to follow the Maths Mastery curriculum. This includes 2 hours of online teaching time a week and an additional hour for a self-study task. The online lessons are taught by a Roding Valley Maths teacher who will guide students through the topic of the week using clear examples, modelling of answers and practice questions. All the materials that are used during these lessons are posted on to Google Classroom for students to use and recap if needed. The self-study tasks will be posted on to Google Classroom. This task includes a video lesson which students need to watch and make notes on. The video includes questions and answers allowing students to self-assess their learning. These videos are specifically tailored to work 2|Page
with the Maths Mastery curriculum used at Roding Valley High School.
Once students have completed the tasks, they should upload all of their work on to Google Classroom. The tasks should not take more than an hour to complete. We understand that learning at home is not the same as learning in school. The Maths Department has invested in graphics tablets that allow us to write on lesson slides just as we would do during face-to-face lessons in school to try and replicate the classroom experience. From 1st February, we shall be offering a Maths Clinic session that will run during the self-study lesson. Students are always welcome to email their class teacher for assistance whenever it is needed. We will endeavour to provide as much support as we can by email. However, if further assistance is required, we will send them an invite to the Maths Clinic to provide more direct assistance. For some of our students who want extra challenge, wherever possible, they will find an Additional Task posted within the Main Task on Google Classroom. We encourage students to push themselves by completing the Additional Task if possible, but the priority will always be to attempt and complete the Main Task. Mr Qureshi, KS3 Coordinator Mr Rahman, 2nd i/c and KS4 Coordinator
UKMT Intermediate Maths Challenge The UKMT Intermediate Maths Challenge will be taking place next week. All Year 9 and 10 students in Argon and Lithium classes will be taking part along with some Year 11 students. A message will be posted on Google Classroom to let you know if you will be taking part. As the Challenge will be taking place online, you will receive your login details on Google Classroom on Monday 1st February and sit it on Tuesday 2nd February. The Challenge will take place during your normal lesson time, detailed below. •
Year 9 students will sit it during their self-study lesson during Period 4 at 11:30 am
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Year 10 students will sit it during their normal lesson time Argon during Period 6 at 2:00 pm • Lithium during Period 3 at 10:00 am •
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Year 11 students will sit it during their normal lesson time A side during Period 5 at 12:30 pm • B side during Period 2 at 9:00 am •
Practice materials will be provided on Google Classroom. This will be optional but highly advised! The link to the Challenge itself will be on Google Classroom along with more instructions. Remember, all participants will earn House Points with extra points for those who are awarded Certificates. Good luck all!! Mr Rahman, 2nd i/c and KS4 Coordinator
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Student Work We are very pleased with the quality of the work that is being completed at home. Whilst we do not have the space to show all work that is being completed, here is a small selection.
Excellent work this week from Enru in Year 8, working on Gradients. Miss Harbutt was particularly impressed and commended you on the neatness and high standard of your work. Well done!
Mr Qureshi was very pleased with work produced by Alice and Morgan in Year 10 on Simultaneous Equations.
Mr Rahman was impressed with the quality of work produced by Emma in Year 11 whilst working on Graphical Inequalities.
And Mr Naidoo was very pleased with his Year 11 class as they worked through Non-Linear graphs.
Make sure to submit you work on Google Classroom and your work may be included in future issues.
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TT Rockstars Welcome to this year’s TT Rockstars Times Table Challenge!! Your login details have been emailed to you using Edulink earlier this month. You can also find these details on the Edulink app or by asking your class teacher. The goal this time is to collect Coins by completing the times table challenges in any of the Gigs. Every week the Top 5 students with the most coins collected for that week will earn House Points! Points on offer are as follows: 1 st place 50 points, 2nd place 40 points, 3rd place 30 points, 4th place 20 points, 5th place 10 points.
We will check the scores every Monday and announce the winners in the next issue. This is a great way to improve your times tables and help your House get points. So good luck everyone! Time to get ROCKIN all you TT ROCKSTARS!! The winners for Week 1 are Year 7 1st place – Roma in 2nd place – Christopher in 3rd place – Martyn in 4th place – Tom in 5th place – Taryn in Year 8 1st place - Casey in 2nd place – Will in 3rd place – Ruby in 4th place – Tom in 5th place – Sarah in Year 9 1st place – Poppie in 2nd place – Alexander in 3rd place – Nikita in 4th place – Peter in 5th place – Lennon in CONGRATULATIONS!! You have all earned House Points! Well done also to all who have taken part. See if you can get into the Top 5 next week! Mr Rahman
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Puzzling Puzzles! Two puzzles for you to try. Share a picture of your solution on Twitter using @RVMathematics. The first correct solution will be awarded 50 House Points! Cross Number Your goal is to fill in the whole grid with numbers that are the answers to the calculations on the right hand side. Similar to a normal crossword puzzle. Across 1. 13 across times two 3. Two times 11 down 4. 4 down minus one 6. 4 across plus forty 7. 6 across minus 187 9. Seconds in eight minutes 12. 48 plus 36 13. 9 across minus one Down 1. 1 across minus fifty-five 2. Months in seven years 3. 5 down plus sixty-eight 4. 10 down plus twenty-five 5. Seconds in six minutes 8. 7 across minus sixty-two 10. 1 across minus 149 11. Months in two years
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KenKen Puzzle Your goal is to fill in the whole grid with numbers making sure no number is repeated in any row or column.
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The numbers in each section must equal to the number indicated using the only given operation. For example, the top left section has a 5+ and two boxes. So, you need two numbers that add up to 5.
Try solving this puzzle using the numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4. You can use them multiple times but only once in each row or column. Answers will be given in the next issue. Miss Harbutt and Miss Smith
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UKMT Maths Challenge Not everyone will get the opportunity to sit the UKMT Maths Challenge. But just so you don’t miss out, here are some questions for you to try.
Junior Maths Challenge Question How many letters of the word MATHEMATICS do not have any lines of symmetry? A0
B1
C2
D3
E4
Intermediate Maths Challenge Question You are told that 30 pupils have 25 different birthdays between them. What is the largest number of these pupils who could share the same birthday? A2
B3
C4
D5
E6
Senior Maths Challenge Question What is the mean of the five numbers 15, 24, 33, 42, 51? A 6.2
B 11.4
C 12.2
D 13
E 13.8
If you think you know any of the answers, please share on Twitter using @RVMathematics. The first correct solution will be awarded 50 House Points for each question! Answers will be shared in the next issue. Miss Harbutt
Origami Challenge For those looking to do something a little different, how about trying some origami. Origami is the art of paper folding to create various shapes and objects. You can see some examples of objects created in Maths Club on the left. Today, let’s focus on how to make a jumping frog. You will need square paper but if you don’t have any, you can easily make some following the instructions using the link below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPxi1dIWRws The instructions to make a jumping frog are at the following link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oi7oitREUBQ Post pictures of your jumping frog on Twitter @RVMathematics. How high can your one jump?!
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Mr Rahman, 2nd i/c and KS4 Coordinator
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Memorable Maths Meme Do you have a Maths meme you would like to share? Email Miss Harbutt at eharbutt@rodingvalley.net and we might include it in the next issue!
Shared by Miss Nisar
Talking Time This time at home has highlighted the importance of communication. If you are struggling with your Maths work and would like some help, don’t hesitate to contact your teachers. We are all here to help you as much as we can whilst you are working from home. Here are your teacher’s email addresses just in case you have forgotten: Mr Edeko
oedeko@rodingvalley.net
Mr Rahman
shrahman@rodingvalley.net
Mr Dennis
mdennis@rodingvalley.net
Mr Qureshi
zqureshi@rodingvalley.net
Miss Dyer
sdyer@rodingvalley.net
Miss Harbutt
eharbutt@rodingvalley.net
Mr Naidoo
knaidoo@rodingvalley.net
Miss Nisar
anisar@rodingvalley.net
Mr Rahman
ssrahman@rodingvalley.net
Miss Smith
esmith@rodingvalley.net
Mrs Thompson cthompson@rodingvalley.net Mr Vermaak
mvermaak@rodingvalley.net
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