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Mathematics Department
Mathematics Department
What’s the Point?
Year 10 pupils were invited to attend the Maths Inspiration Show What’s
the Point? at the Greenwich Theatre in June. The production (including
lectures from Rob Eastaway, Matt Parker and Hannah Fry) aimed to
show pupils there is a point to algebra, that Pythagoras’s theorem
is actually useful, and that exponentials are far more relevant than
they might think! This was an exciting opportunity for our pupils and
they appreciated the chance to explore mathematical concepts in an
innovative way. Many thanks to Mr Lewis for accompanying our pupils.
Miss J Lockyer & Miss D Moore, Mathematics Department
Mathematics Department
Cornerstone Maths
Teaching using interactive software
Year 7 Metropolitan have excitedly been working with new dynamic
software to help them explore the relationship between algebraic
sequences and expressions as part of the Cornerstone Mathematics
project. The department has enjoyed watching the boys’ exploration of the
software and their discovery of new mathematics. We are also particularly
impressed with the maturity and commitment with which the boys
approached the project. Well done!
Miss B Davis & Miss D Moore, Mathematics Department
English Department
Reading Club
Key Stage 5 News
Well done to Year 12 who have begun their A2 studies in earnest, having
covered the Core 3 Functions topic in advance of the autumn term. We
particularly enjoyed creating and playing “pass the parcel” on their last
day of lessons which assessed their understanding of sketching and
transforming complex graphs. Congratulations to Joshua Yaheya who won
the Independent Research Prize for creating a superbly detailed and
colourful revision guide. Good luck to all our KS5 students for their results
in the summer and we look forward to greeting our new Year 13 students
in September.
This year Key Stage 3 boys have explored
magical places accompanied by heroic
characters; they have battled against
villainous beasts and despotic wizards
through the enriching texts of The Lion the
Witch and the Wardrobe and Harry Potter
and the Philosopher’s Stone.
Through creative workshops and
vocabulary enriching exercises that run
alongside the Reading Club students have
shown great progress in developing their
literacy skills. The Reading Club has also seen
the introduction of Kindles and pupils have
found these to be a great resource from which to read and discover.
As a reward for pupils who demonstrated their commitment and effort
during the Reading Club, certificates and prizes were given out, including
books, DVDs and vouchers for Amazon. However, the greatest reward has
been witnessing pupils’ confidence grow and seeing them take pleasure in
reading and discussing ideas from the texts.
Next year promises to be just as rewarding and adventurous as the
Reading Club will introduce swashbuckling pirates and wicked warmongers
in Treasure Island.
Miss D Moore, Mathematics Teacher
This year’s prize winners: Zubayr Khan, Tazrian Uddin,
Malachi Jeffrey, Samuel Daw and Judah Adejumo
16 Westminster City School Newsletter Edition 020 September 2015