Maths

SENIOR MATHEMATICAL CHALLENGE

In October our A level students and some Year 11 pupils sat the Senior Mathematical Challenge run by the UKMT.  We had a huge number of students achieving Bronze, Silver, and Gold certificates.  Particular congratulations to Alan Alex, Belle Lee, and Alex Hoggarth who made it through to the follow-on Kangaroo round.  Extreme congratulations to Rowan Barton and Elliot Buck who made it through to the British Maths Olympiad.   Commiserations in particular to Azad Kasakol and Tom Davies who both achieved very high Silver certificates and were only one mark off the Gold / Kangaroo cutoff!!

Well done to the following who received Silver or Gold certificates:

Alan Alex, Belle Lee, Hexin Chen, Mia Hamilton, Oscar Fantis, Savannah Marshall

Alexander Hoggarth, Azad Kasakol, Max Marion, Paige Hunt, Evan Davis, Amelia Evans, Emmy Nicholson, Milena Pisha, Imogen Wilson, Caroline Murdoch, Efe Sema, Lydia Ackroyd

Rowan Barton, Elliot Buck, Thomas Davies, Michael Antinoro, Safal Sambucharan, George Swift

The Kangaroo round followed in November.  Congratulations to Alex Hoggarth for achieving a Qualification certificate, to Alan Alex for achieving a Bronze certificate, and for Belle Lee for achieving a Silver certificate.  Well done!

ENGLISH SCHOOLS CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS

The school chess team took part in the opening round of the English Schools Chess Championships in November.  Although they beat Forest School, they were thwarted by Bancroft’s school and so have not progressed to the next round this year.  Nonetheless fantastic play was seen by all the team, and congratulations to the players:

Kristian Kiseljov, Leo Hoang, Nathan Xholi, Hexin Chen, James Higgins, Zaidhan Sambucharan

On Wednesday 10th December, the Year 12 Maths A level students took a trip to Maths in Action at the Emmanuel Centre in London, where they learnt about: how maths is saving the Polar regions; how matchboxes learn how to play noughts and crosses; how mathematicians analyse crowd flow; how fractals aren't 2D or 3D but something in between; and most importantly, how many Pokémon it would take to solve the country's energy crisis.  It was a successful event, and excited students even managed to get a selfie with their Maths hero Dr Tom Crawford ("TomRocksMaths")!