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Dr Gilbert - Head of Department
A-levels: Maths, Further Maths, History, Music and General Studies
Degree: MSci Mathematical Sciences, PhD Mathematics (Birmingham), PGCE (Oxford)
I have always enjoyed Maths and during my PhD I spent time visiting schools and supporting undergraduates in developing their Maths skills. I decided I would apply to the PGCE in Oxford and was placed at Cooper. I’ve been here ever since!
Mrs McMillan - Lead Practitioner
A-levels: Maths, Further Maths, Physics, Chemistry and General Studies
Degree: Joint Honours Masters in Engineering and Material Science from Trinity College, Oxford
Biography: At school I loved Maths and Science so combined these two disciplines in a 4 year Engineering degree at Oxford University. I was sponsored by Corus (formerly British Steel) and so, on graduating, moved to Scunthorpe to work on one of the largest steelworks in the UK. After nearly three years there, I relocated to Oxfordshire and worked for BMW Mini at the Cowley plant as a Process Area Manager in the Body in White section. However, I had always had a desire to share my knowledge and love of Maths with young people and so decided to re-train as a teacher. I was fortunate enough to do this at The Cooper School through the Graduate Teacher Programme (ie I trained “on the job” rather than having to go back to college) in 2002-3 and I have never looked back! I love my job; every day is different and every day there is something new to learn.
Miss Barry - Second in Department
A-Levels: Maths, Chemistry, Psychology and Ctizenship
Degree: BSc Mathematics with Statistics (Oxford Brookes), PGCE (UCL)
Biography: I never knew what I wanted to be, but when I had to make some career decisions whilst at university I thought, I would like to work with people and with maths, so being a Maths Teacher makes perfect sense! I trained in Essex, worked in Oxford and now I’m thrilled to be at the Cooper School. My favourite thing to do whilst not working is to travel, I have trekked to Mt Everest basecamp, and have seen so many fantastic countries, next on the list is to complete my scuba diving course in Indonesia!
Mr Slevin - Third in Department
Mrs Childs - Third in Department
Areas of interest: Pythagoras’ Theorem and the Binomial Expansion
Favourite book: The Time Travellers Wife
Favourite number: 22 – my daughter’s Birthday
A-levels: Maths, English and German
Degree: BEd (Hons) in Teaching Mathematics from Exeter University
Favourite quotes: ‘Success is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm’ (Winston Churchill) and ‘Pain is temporary, pride is forever’ (unknown).
Biography: I always knew I wanted to be a teacher and have vivid childhood memories of teaching my teddies the 5 times tables! At 18, I moved to the South-West to fulfil my childhood dream of becoming a maths teacher and had great fun at University along the way. Some of my proudest moments include running the Dublin Marathon 2010 and London Marathon in 2011, achieving a 1stin my dissertation at University, 100% of one of my year 11 class achieving A* grades in GCSE and watching my little girl swim for the first time.
Dr Mutemererwa
A-levels: Mathematics, Physics and EconomicsAreas of interest: All areas of mathematics but am particularly interested in applied Mathematics
Favourite book: “The Log from the Sea of Cortez” by John Steinbeck
Favourite: number (s): Fascinated by irrational numbers π, e and such like.
Favourite film/TV show: Numb3rs
Biography: I was educated in Zimbabwe, Sweden and the United Kingdom. I initially trained as an economist and then worked in minerals economics and geostatistics (there is much applied mathematics in there!) I love exploring the role of mathematics in technological developments such as in F1 (as somebody called it—the poetry of matter and energy, metal and power!).
Mr Abaee
Biography: At secondary school maths was always my favourite subject. I used to teach my classmates. I went to university and studied Physics in Iran when I was 17 years old. I came to the UK in 2002 and I got my MSc in Computing from Oxford Brookes University. Then I decided to become teacher so I started my PGCE in maths at Oxford Brookes University.
Favourite quote: "What does not kill me makes me stronger" ; Friedrich Nietzsche
Favourite singer : Leonard Cohen
Favourite number : 23
Mr Lloyd - Head of Year
A-Levels - PE, Biology and psychology
Degree - BA sports and coaching studies (Oxford Brookes University), PGCE (Swansea Metropolitan University).
Biography - Having played rugby for a number of years in both England and Wales, being a Maths teacher wasn't the path I was intending on going down, but I always planned to be a teacher at some point. I've always enjoyed maths and my degree was very maths focused, so when the opportunity to teach maths came up, I took it with both hands and I have never looked back. I love teaching and there is no better feeling than seeing that light bulb moment from a student who learns something new.
Mr Craven
Miss Oades
A Levels: Mathematics, Biology and Art & Design
Degree: BSc Mathematics (Nottingham Trent University), PGCE (St Mary’s University)
Biography: For as long as I can remember I always wanted to teach and Maths has always been my favourite subject and so many of the things I have chosen to do have been to gain as much experience as I could to help me to my end goal of becoming a great maths teacher. I began tutoring primary school children Maths whilst I was still completing my A levels and took an internship in a school whilst I was at University. Throughout my education I would be eager to help my peers with topics they were struggling with and when I would babysit as a teenager I seemed to always find something to teach the little ones I was looking after. I spent 3 years living in Nottingham studying at NTU then continued my studies at St Mary’s in Twickenham where I completed my PGCE. When I am not working I enjoy being outdoors; walking my dog in lots of beautiful places, rock climbing, water sports and travelling. I have completed my PADI Open Water Diving course in Thailand and been on some amazing dives in Barbados.
Mr Eilertson, HLTA
Mrs Davies, HLTA
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