GCSE Maths

The maths department will be holding a pre-exam breakfast revision session before each of the GCSE maths exams.

The sessions will take place from 8-8.30am on Wednesday 7th June and Wednesday 14th June.

Wednesday 7^th June 8–8.30am

Groups	Teacher	Room
H1	Mr Bury	J7
U1	Mrs Ibbs	C7
H2A/U2	Mr Freestone	J4
H2B/U3	Mr Phillips	C5
H3/H4/U4	Mrs Alcock	C6

The sessions are a great way to get your brain into maths mode before entering the exam.  We will go over a few key topics, ensure you know the formulae you will need and make sure everyone has the correct equipment!  In past years the students have found these sessions very useful to attend.

Equipment you need: black pen, pencil, ruler, rubber, protractor, compass and a scientific calculator.  All of this can be purchased from the maths department or online shop (maths sets £1.20, calculators £8.49) Thomas Alleyne’s High School Merchandise Shop. (parentpay.com)

After school revision sessions are still continuing.

Foundation Tier:  Tuesday C6, Wednesday J6 and Friday C7

Higher Tier: Wednesday J7 and Thursday J5

GCSE Maths

The maths department will be holding a pre-exam breakfast revision session before each of the GCSE maths exams.

The sessions will take place from 8-8.30am on Friday 19th May, Wednesday 7th June and Wednesday 14th June.

Friday 19^th May 8–8.30am 

Groups	Teacher	Room
H1/U2	Mr Bury	J7
U1/U2	Mr Freestone	J4
H2A	Mrs Gill	J5
H2B/U3	Mr Phillips	C5
H3/H4/U4	Mrs Ibbs	C7

The sessions are a great way to get your brain into maths mode before entering the exam.  We will go over a few key topics, ensure you know the formulae you will need and make sure everyone has the correct equipment!  In past years the students have found these sessions very useful to attend.

Equipment you need: black pen, pencil, ruler, rubber, protractor and compass.  Also for paper 2 and 3 you will need a scientific calculator.  All of this can be purchased from the maths department or online shop (maths sets £1.20, calculators £8.49) Thomas Alleyne’s High School Merchandise Shop. (parentpay.com)

After school revision sessions are still continuing.

Foundation Tier:  Tuesday C6, Wednesday J6 and Friday C7

Higher Tier: Wednesday J7 and Thursday J5

GCSE Maths

For the maths exams all students will need the following equipment:

• black pen
• pencil
• ruler
• protractor
• compass
• rubber
• scientific calculator.

Maths sets (£1.20) and Casio scientific calculators (£8.49) can be purchased from the school shop Thomas Alleyne’s High School Merchandise Shop. (parentpay.com) or students can see their maths teachers to buy individual items.

On Friday, 15 year 9 students competed in the second inter house maths competition of the year. The students from each house had to work together as a team to tackle a range of problem solving tasks, whilst also competing as individuals in the countdown numbers round. 

The first round saw the teams taking on mathematical reasoning challenges, along with some code breaking, with particularly strong performances from the Orme and Elkes teams putting them ahead at the early stages.

After a slightly slower first round Torrance did particularly well in the countdown rounds ultimately enabling them to finish in second place – beating Elkes by just 1 point! – with Whitmore performing well throughout despite being a team member down. 

In the end the final standings were 

4th: Whitmore

3rd: Elkes

2nd: Torrence

1st: Orme

Well done to all those involved and particularly the winning team of EF, AH, DS and JH, students in year 10 can look forward to the upcoming maths competition which will be taking place in July.

Happy Pi Day

Internation Day of Mathematics – March 14th (Also know as Pi-Day)

Pi Day is celebrated on March 14th (3/14) around the world. Pi (Greek letter “π”) is the symbol used in mathematics to represent a constant — the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter — which is approximately 3.14159. Pi Day is an annual opportunity for maths enthusiasts to recite the infinite digits of Pi, talk to their friends about maths, and eat pie.

Pi has been calculated to over 50 trillion digits beyond its decimal point. As an irrational and transcendental number, it will continue infinitely without repetition or pattern. While only a handful of digits are needed for typical calculations, pi’s infinite nature makes it a fun challenge to memorise, and to computationally calculate more and more digits.

What is Pi?

Pi (π) is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter.  The diameter of a circle is the distance from edge to edge, through the centre, and the circumference is the distance around the circle.

After measuring circular objects for thousands of years, it has always been determined that a circle is a little more than 3 times its width around (3.14), and because pi is a ‘constant number’, it will always be the same for any circle of any size.

Do you want to see if your birth date is in Pi?  Try this website

Find Birthday in Pi | Pi Day

Magnificent Maths and Phenomenal Physics Event 
FREE!!!

Ever wondered what maths and physics researchers really do? Interested to see how science at Coventry University is changing lives? If so, then our magnificent maths and phenomenal physics event is for you.

The event sees Coventry University’s research Centre for Fluid and Complex Systems (FCS) open its doors to the general public for the first time, with experiments, science shows, talks, and more.

Visitors can observe the “little earth” experiment, understand how we predict storms and weather patterns, get a glimpse into the revolution of quantum computing, and the mathematics of social interactions

Anyone with a passion for science is welcome (Recommended Age 12+). Come and meet our scientists and explore the world through their eyes for one day only.

Feel free to drop in at any point during the day to explore the world of maths and physics. 

For more information click on the link below.

Magnificent Maths and Phenomenal Physics Event: Open Day | Coventry University

Last week saw 15 year 11 students compete in the inter house maths competition, the competition involved 8 teams, with 4 teams from both the U and H populations. This meant that students were competing both for their houses and for their half of the year. 

Across a number of closely contested rounds the students had their problem solving skills testing along with their numeracy and logical thinking skills. With the scores collected at the end, the house competition stood at:

4th: Elkes

3rd: Orme

2nd: Torrence

1st: Whitmore

Well done in particular to TT and JM (from the H population) who won the most points from any team and helped to seal Whitmore’s victory, however this didn’t stop the U population edging ahead overall.

Well done to all those involved and students in year 9 can look forward to the upcoming maths competition next half term.