Numeracy Week 8th - 12th February 2010

Next week our school will be celebrating Mathematics. This year we have a variety of events that will reach all our students. We will have a Puzzle Day, guest speakers, classroom activities and lots of competitions during Maths lessons and tutor times.

Some of the highlights of the week will be:

Ryan Flynn – University of Greenwich – Thursday 11th – 8:30am
Talk: "Maths in the Real World"
Ryan is a Principal Lecturer in the School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences at the University of Greenwich. He runs successful Games degrees in the School and is currently studying for a PHD. He has an interest in all aspects of eLearning but specifically the exploitation of new and upcoming technologies for the progression of teaching and learning. He practices what he preaches, having introduced a custom-built solution for monitoring Undergraduate project students in the school in 2004 and is introducing podcasting, vidcasting and screencasting across all courses he teaches from the next academic year.

Matt Parker – Friday 12th – from 8:30am-3.00pm
Several talks and workshops
Matt Parker is a highly enthusiastic Mathematician whose life goal is to make people more excited about Maths. Using a range of presentations and hands on activities, he communicates Maths in a very engaging and entertaining way. Matt talks about Mathematics for organisations including the Royal Institution and the BBC and he was the People’s Choice Award in the 2009 national Famelab competition. His favourite number is currently 496.

Puzzle Challenge day – Friday 12th from 8:30am to 1.00pm for all Year 7 students.
Mathscareers.com competitions online for everyone – students, teachers and the whole family! Good prizes up for grabs. For more information contact Miss Rabumba in the Maths Department.