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MathsMiss E MurphyIt has been a successful year in theMathematics department. Years 11, 12and 13 have taken their GCSE, AS and ALevel examinations respectively. We saygoodbye and good luck to our Year 13students and look forward to welcoming backsome Year 11 pupils for AS Maths and FurtherMaths in September.Year 10 have now finished the GCSE Mathscourse. They will be concentrating on revisiontechniques and practising past papers aspreparation for their GCSE exam in November.A weekly homework club will run fromSeptember and will be open to all pupils.This year a selection of our Year 9 and 10pupils have attended the Royal InstitutionMathematics Masterclasses which were heldat Glamorgan University on a Saturdaymorning. The course ran throughout thespring term and was enjoyed by all the pupilsthat attended. Participating pupils were:Sayalie Borade, Chandni Kerai, AnastasiaMirza-Davies and James Senior (Year 9)along with Megan Doran, Zola Hargreaves,Balaji Krishna, Imogen Sibertand Rebecca Te Water Naude (Year 10).Congratulations to Balaji Krishna, Year 10,who not only qualified for the next round ofthe Intermediate UKMT Mathematical challenge,but achieved a distinction and medal inthe IMOK Olympiad Hamilton challenge.Well done Balaji!In April, the top sets from Years 7 and 8 tookpart in the National UKMT Maths challenge atJunior level. Congratulations to Year 8’sJonathan Wright, who achieved the bestscore in the school and a gold certificate.Other gold certificate winners were Liza Kiss.Seren Marsh, Bill Sims (all Year 8), DanielAnderton and Osian Boland (both Year 7).Well done to all the pupils that took part in thechallenge, in particular those that achieved agold, silver or bronze medal.During March, all Year 7 and 8 pupils participatedin World Maths Day. The pupils thoroughlyenjoyed the online Maths Challengescompeting against people from all over theworld. Congratulations to Lauren Ellis (Year7), Victoria Hill and Alex Langrish (Year 8)who achieved the top 3 scores in the school onWorld Maths Day.This year the Maths department has welcomedselected pupils from the feeder Primaryschools to take part in extended Maths lessonsat Stanwell. Two pupils from each of the primaryschools have taken part in the lessonswhich have been scheduled once a fortnight,throughout the year. Feedback from the pupilsand staff has been very positive. We look forwardto working with these pupils when theyjoin Stanwell in September.The weekly Year 11 homework club and halfterm revision session was again successful thisyear. The feedback was extremely positive andstudents were thankful to be part of the mentoringsystem. A special mention to all ourYear 12 pupils who gave up their valuabletime; the mentoring scheme would not havebeen so successful without them.‘We say goodbye and good luck to our Year 13 students’