Regents Review Spring '18

The Regents Review Spring 2018

DEPARTMENTAL NEWS

World Book Day 2018 Due to the snowiest March on record in the UK, World Book Day was rescheduled to 8th March 2018. This year the theme was magic and staff enlivened the corridors with impersonations of characters such as: Severus Snape; Professor McGonagall - there was even a unicorn. Students listened to part of a story in their lessons delivered by teachers from a range of subjects; took part in inter-house reading themed competitions in assemblies and joined in with a book character hunt around school. All students also received a World Book Day voucher entitling them to a free book from participating stores. Mathematics A group of Year 10

Pi Club Year 11 students have been attending mathematics breakfast revision sessions, fondly known as Pi Club, during the Spring term, to prepare for the Pre Public maths exams sat in March. It has been well attended with higher and foundation support offered in key mathematical areas. The lead up to the summer examinations is now in full swing we are expecting to see lots more students. Students can come along to Room 32 from 7.50am on Thursday mornings to benefit from this extra help. We are also expecting Year 11 students to be revising independently at regular intervals at home, reviewing an array of topics covered over the past four years with particular attention given to those highlighted in the recent PPE mock examinations as an area of weakness. Students can use resources on the student drive, which are also downloadable. As well as purchase revision guides and/ or the Practice Papers Plus book from the school office (priced at £2.50).

minutes a question had to be handed in for marking. While the results were being calculated, the students were treated to another interview with one of ABP’s apprentices, where they found out more information about what the University element of this course involves. Finally, the results were announced, and the group were delighted to discover that they came 8th and 14th! It was evident that their hard-work and determination had paid off!

mathematicians, were amongst nearly 100 pupils competing in the ABP Maths Challenge, held at the Ocean Cruise Terminal. They were welcomed by Connor Smith, a Project Engineer from ABP Southampton, who detailed his role with a hope to inspire the students to take an interest in Engineering – one of the many careers where maths is a crucial element. ABP Engineering apprentices were also on hand, to give details about their career pathway with a local company. After the students asked any questions they had, it was time to against schools from all across Hampshire. The teams worked tirelessly for 180 minutes; answering a total of 9 challenging questions, on topics spanning from probability to circle theorem. The questions were designed to test Mathematical thought processes beyond that studied at GCSE. They were only allowed to be working on two questions at a time; so every 10 start the competition… The group were split into two teams, and were up

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