PSHEE House results...

Here are the house results from the PSHEE day least week.

We have calculated the average (mean) for each house, and the results are below...

4th place is Fitzmaurice with a mean loss of  £8675.56
3rd place is Lansdowne with a mean loss of £7593.57
2nd is Shelburne, having lost a mean £6182.82


Congratulations to Kerry, with their mean loss of only $4318.60!

For individual team results, see the post below.

Well done again to all teams, especially those that did turn a profit!

Another Amazing Business and Enterprise PSHE Day

Today year 10 came to school ready to do business.

We started by learning about finance options available, from banks loans and mortgages to overdrafts, and payday loan companies.  Students played with a loan calculator, and were astounded with the amount of interest payable on some loans.  Here is the loan calculator they played with - put some numbers in and see how much you could end up paying (Interest rates taken from website "typical APR" values).



Students worked in house teams, and the results below speak for themselves.  These results are based purely on the business model, and do not yet take account of the public vote, results of which next week.

Massive congratulations to all teams, although looking the profit / loss column, Lord Sugar need not worry too much just yet!

Here are the results, from highest to lowest.



Well done to those teams that made the profit!

NewLetter Puzzle

Each week in the school newsletter (that goes home on a Friday, or is available at www.johnbentleyschool.com) there is a maths puzzle.

This week's is about the gender if children in a family, and I'm keen to collect your answers.

Use the form below to submit your answers, and if you get it right you will get a mention in next week's newsletter.  Good luck.

More Exam Success

Hot on the heels of superb AS and A level results  last week, were fantastic GCSE results yesterday.

In year 11 many students exceeded their expecations and targets, at every level, from A* through to G.

Especially noteworthy are the three students who all achieved the new A* Distinction grade in their GCSE Further Maths.  They (and others) are now looking foward to studying Maths and Further Maths with us at A level.

129 Year 10 students also got GCSE Statistics results yesterday.  This is the largest number of studetns we have ever entered for this exam, and it was our best ever year of results, with the most A*s ever achieved, and the highest A*-C rate.

Congratulations everyone.

Well done Year 13

Once again JBS Maths students have excelled at both A Level math and AS Further Maths.

Out of our 19 students, particular congratulations go to Lucy for her (very well deserved) A* result, the second year running one of our students has achieved this exceptional result, and also to the 8 other students achieving grade A.  This gives a phenomenal result of 47% of students achieving either A* or A grades, a fantastic result.

When we also include the B grades, we have a figure of 63% achieving A*-B.

Well done all round, Y12 who got their AS results now have the bar raised even higher!

Fractal Enrichment

As part of Enrichment 2012 we have been creating Fractal art work.  Most designs are based on Koch Curves, Sierpinski Triangles and similar, but we have also explored the maths of the Mandelbrot!
Here are some of our creations...

This last one is our fractal wall of fractals...

And to finish - a maths / fractal joke...

Q:   What does the B stand for in Benoit B Mandelbrot?

A:  Benoit B Mandelbrot...

Design a Theme Park

Today was the Year 7 Economic Well Being "Design a Theme Park" day.  As well as teams from John Bentley we welcomed Y5 teams from many of our feeder primaries.

This was a house competition, and so here are the preliminary results....

In the J half of the year...

100 Points go to Lansdowne for an average profit of £76 756
80 Points go to Shelbourne for an average profit of £74 717
60 points to Kerry for their average profit of £71 236
and 40 points to Fitzmaurice for their profit of £66 254


In the B half...

Kerry get 100  for their £80320 profit
Fitzmaurice get 80for their £72 713
Lansdowne get 60with an average £63 932 profit
and Shelbourne get 40 for their £63 696.


A special mention to the overall winning team of Reckless Resort from Lansdowne, who made an overall profit of £91 891.


In the primary competition, there was an impressive average of £65 179 (beating some of our year 7!), and a special mention to the Hilmarton team of BubbleGum, who made an impressive £84 637.

Congratulations to all, and well done.