Foundation Magazine 2021-2022 | Mount Kelly
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ACADEMICS<br />
STEM - MATHEMATICS<br />
COLLEGE<br />
UKMT MATHS CHALLENGE<br />
Throughout the course of the year,<br />
we have entered pupils into several<br />
Mathematical Challenge activities.<br />
The Senior UKMT Maths Challenge (Years<br />
11-13) took place in the Michaelmas<br />
Term and the Intermediate UKMT Maths<br />
Challenge (Years 9-11) in the Lent Term.<br />
For those people who are unfamiliar with<br />
the Maths Challenge, it is an activity run<br />
by the UK Mathematics Trust which is<br />
part of Leeds University. It consists of a<br />
set of very difficult mathematical problems<br />
and the pupils must use their knowledge<br />
to identify which of the five answers<br />
given is the correct one. Although it is a<br />
multiple-choice test, many of the answers<br />
are misleading and penalty marks are<br />
awarded for incorrect answers.<br />
SENIOR MATHS CHALLENGE<br />
The Senior Maths Challenge was, this<br />
year, taken by over 40 pupils from<br />
Years 11, 12 and 13 and took place on<br />
Thursday 11 November. Once again, we<br />
had a very pleasing set of results and<br />
achieved 2 Gold, 9 Silver and 13 Bronze<br />
awards.<br />
A Gold Certificate was awarded to Maisie<br />
Gilford and Jack Zhang, with Maisie being<br />
awarded the Best in School.<br />
Special mentions for Donatas Dragasius<br />
and Yekai Yang who achieved the highest<br />
score in their years.<br />
INTERMEDIATE MATHS<br />
CHALLENGE<br />
This challenge took place in February<br />
with over 60 pupils taking part from Years<br />
9, 10 and 11. This event was, once again,<br />
extremely successful with 30 pupils<br />
gaining a certificate.<br />
Well done to Alessandro D’Onofrio, Bryan<br />
Kwok, Anna Mokhovik and Yekai Yang for<br />
achieving Gold. A fantastic achievement!<br />
UKMT MATHS CHALLENGE RESULTS - COLLEGE<br />
SENIOR MATHS CHALLENGE<br />
GOLD<br />
MAISIE GILFORD<br />
JACK ZHANG<br />
SILVER<br />
CLARA BOWLES<br />
MEGAN BARNES<br />
DONATAS DRAGASIUS<br />
GEORGE GOODFELLOW<br />
MATTHEW HARGREAVES<br />
ANDREA KOJOVIC<br />
JOHN PERRY<br />
YEKAI YANG<br />
KEVIN ZHANG<br />
BRONZE<br />
LUCA ARIOLI<br />
FINLAY BARKER<br />
EMILY FORWOOD<br />
LENA MORAW<br />
FIONA MURPHY<br />
ARUN OELKERS<br />
JAMES PEARCY<br />
RUTH PERRY<br />
JOSEPH RIZK<br />
JOHANN SANZ GROSSON<br />
DOMITILLE VELLAUD<br />
LUCY WILKINSON<br />
BENJAMIN WILKINSON<br />
INTERMEDIATE MATHS CHALLENGE<br />
GOLD<br />
ALESSANDRO D’ONOFRIO<br />
BRYAN KWOK<br />
ANNA MOKHOVIK<br />
YEKAI YANG<br />
SILVER<br />
THEODORE AYLING<br />
CLARA BOWLES<br />
KIKA EBIE<br />
ROSIE FORWOOD<br />
FIONA MURPHY<br />
RUTH PERRY<br />
HOLLIE WIDDOWS<br />
LUCY WILKINSON<br />
BRONZE<br />
IMAN ADAMA<br />
PANAGIOTIS ANGELAKIS<br />
LORENZ BAUMGARTNER<br />
JACK BRADSHAW<br />
CADEN CHONG<br />
ALEXANDER FEWTRELL<br />
CHERRY LAU<br />
ROMAN MOKHOVIK<br />
FREYA SARKAR<br />
KIERA SEMPLE<br />
KATIE SHERLOCK<br />
ESMÉE STOCKLEY<br />
DANIEL STURT<br />
NOAH TAYLOR<br />
MORGAN THOMAS<br />
MAX WU<br />
ACADEMICS<br />
MATHEMATICS LECTURE WITH PROFESSOR<br />
KEVIN BUZZARD<br />
Sixth form pupils had an opportunity to attend a virtual lecture<br />
by Professor Kevin Buzzard from Imperial College London.<br />
Mr Buzzard specializes in Algebraic number theory, while also<br />
doing research on how computers can help mathematicians. By<br />
engaging and sharing their ideas, the pupils were able to take<br />
on a completely different approach to mathematics. They gained<br />
knowledge of fundamentals of computing and doing proofs in an<br />
unconventional way, namely proving 2+2=4.<br />
By Andrea Kojovic, Year 13.<br />
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