Foundation Magazine 2021-2022 | Mount Kelly
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ACADEMICS<br />
STEM - MATHEMATICS<br />
PREP<br />
The Mathematics Department at <strong>Mount</strong> <strong>Kelly</strong> strives to inspire confident, enthusiastic and creative Mathematicians. We seek<br />
to promote interest and engagement in the subject for all pupils at all stages. We embrace rich contexts for the subject<br />
and ensure that our pupils have a purpose for their learning.<br />
QUIZ CLUB<br />
MATHEMATICS NATIONAL COMPETITION<br />
Congratulations to Toby Coleridge, Rui Quitterio, Alaister Shipley<br />
and Paula Schulze who competed in the National Mathematics<br />
Quiz Club competition from Year 6. There were over 400 pupils<br />
competing from across the country. We ranked well individually and<br />
came 64 th as a team out of more than 100 schools. A nice square<br />
number! Questions included galactic distance and speed and the faces<br />
on a dodecahedron. A fun time had by all.<br />
ACADEMICS<br />
UKMT MATHS CHALLENGE RESULTS - PREP<br />
MATHEMATICS ENRICHMENT CLUB<br />
The Junior Maths Challenge presents a broad<br />
spectrum of questions for pupils in the Upper<br />
Prep that challenge them to think and reason<br />
in Mathematics. The questions are designed to build<br />
fluency and accuracy.<br />
Congratulations to the 28 Year 7 and 8 pupils that<br />
achieved certificates: 3 Gold, 8 Silver and 17 Bronze.<br />
JUNIOR MATHS CHALLENGE<br />
GOLD<br />
CHARLIE GOODFELLOW<br />
CHARLIE MARSTON<br />
FIONA ZHANG<br />
SILVER<br />
SAUL CALDWELL<br />
ANISSA CHUNG<br />
WILLIAM FARRANCE<br />
RUFUS NORSWORTHY<br />
MATTEO PARRY<br />
HARRY PRETTEJOHN<br />
OLIVIA TRIMBLE<br />
CADEN WRAY-WILLIAMS<br />
BRONZE<br />
CHRISTINA ANGELAKIS<br />
JAMES BERRY<br />
JONAH BRIDLE<br />
SIAN DAVIES<br />
CAOIMHE DOLBY<br />
EADY DYSON<br />
ELIZABETH HOOKWAY<br />
RAPHAEL JELLEY<br />
KYRYL MYKYTYUK<br />
JACK NAGY<br />
SAMUEL PLATTS<br />
CODY RICE<br />
WILLIAM THOMAS<br />
YUKI TSANG<br />
ALFIE VARCOE<br />
HERMANCE VELLAUD<br />
GORDON WONG<br />
Throughout the year, the Maths enrichment club have considered a wide range of excursions from the standard curriculum.<br />
One of my favourites this year was looking at repeating images. “Consider what fraction of the outside larger square is the<br />
small pink square at the centre.” It was a great task because of the number of ways pupils found the answer. Pupils were<br />
able to show physically and through reasoning that the centre was 1/64 of the large square. Some pupils in Year 8 were able to<br />
use Pythagoras to show relationships between the squares. Moving from the specific to the general, we also derived a general<br />
formula that the proportion of the nth square is given by 1/2^n. It was a good example of low entry, higher ceiling problem solving.<br />
NATIONAL PI DAY<br />
Inspired by the NASA Mars program, pupils looked<br />
at the development of the PERSEVERANCE rover<br />
and the INGENUITY drone on the Mars Rover. On<br />
National Pi Day, 14 March, or 3.14 in the American date<br />
format, Year 7 and 8 looked at resources from the Jet<br />
Propulsion Laboratory and calculated the surface area<br />
of Mars covered in dust. An opportunity to apply some<br />
formulae that use pi. A slice of applied and tasty Maths!<br />
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