A Feast of Maths takes place at Xaverian College
This fully booked Year 10 event was one of three held in Manchester at the beginning of March.
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Whodunnit?!
There has been a theft: someone has stolen an original and signed drawing by the artist M.C. Escher from a Manchester museum. The police have several key suspects. But… “whodunnit?!”
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A review of maths books
Teaching students virtually can’t be easy; nor might it be easy for some students for many different reasons – not wanting to look at screens for too long, or not having access to screens.
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How are teachers keeping students working during the Covid-19 crisis?
Shortly after we went into lockdown, I was lucky enough to speak with some local teachers about how their schools were reacting to the new challenges. The responses and speed in which schools were adapting to what was required was nothing short of mindblowing, and demonstrates the resilience, tenacity and flexibility of our profession.
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Maths Feasts and beyond
This is a national student enrichment event designed to challenge your best problem solvers in Year 10. They will need to work collaboratively in teams of four to complete different rounds, each demanding a different type of higher-order thinking.
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Professor John Horton Conway: sphere packing problem
The famous British mathematician and Princeton Professor John Horton Conway passed away on Saturday 11 April 2020 from the Coronavirus.
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Girls In Maths
Another Girls In Maths day scheduled for July has, unfortunately, had to be postponed. We hope to rearrange this event for either the Autumn or Spring terms of next academic year
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Core Maths Teaching Workshop
On Tuesday 10 March 2020, teachers of Core Maths from all over the West Midlands came together in Birmingham to work together and to improve their classroom practice.
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An update from Fiona Kitchen, Area Coordinator for Coventry, North Warwickshire and Solihull
As I make the final preparations before my maternity leave starts in early May, I wanted to say a huge thank you to all of the schools who I have been working with as well as the students, teachers and Associates who have supported the work of the AMSP programme in my area.
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