Maths Challenges

It has been a busy week for Maths students.

On Tuesday February 5^th eight intrepid year 7 set off for a Maths Challenge day at St Mary’s School.  There were teams from secondary schools across Wiltshire, and here is what our students have said about the day.

“The day was fun and interesting; the maths was very challenging” – Sanna Seager (7BB – Kerry)

“I particularly enjoyed the crossword puzzle – we really needed good teamwork”  Matt Evans (7BT – Shelbourne)

“The whole day was really good, but I especially enjoyed the reley, working as a team to get the answers” – Amber Barrett (7BE – Fitzmaurice)

“The entire day was good, and it made us realise how much more maths there is to learn” – John Cook (7BE – Shelbourne)

“It was a really good day, and I particularly enjoyed the relay” – Harriet Brown (7BE – Fitzmaurice)

“I really had fun working as a team” – Leah Kent (7BN – Shelbourne)

“I was disappointed we didn’t win, but am really proud of how hard we worked and tried” – Adam Richards (7BE – Lansdowne)

“It was a fun day, and it was great to work against lots of new schools”  Molly Shearsby (7BE – Lansdowne)

Mrs Willoughby took the teams over the St Marys, and was very impressed with their behaviour, determination and effort.  A level Mathematicians Mike Willkins and Lydia West also went with them, and were similarly impressed, with Lydia commenting “the maths they were asked to do was really challenging!”


Thursday saw 59 students from Y9 and Y10 take part in the UK Intermediate Maths Challenge.  More details about that when the results are in.