Regents Review Summer '18

The Regents Review Summer 2018

DEPARTMENTAL NEWS

Maths Interns The Maths department have had the pleasure of having 2 students from the University of Southampton join us for 4 weeks, they have been in many lessons and supported with teaching and learning within the department.

Year 10 Year 10 have just sat a very challenging set of mock examinations, well done for their perseverance! The three papers are practice papers set by Edexcel examination board and give students a useful insight into what their examinations will be like next summer. Class teachers have gone through the test papers with students, who have already seen where careless errors could have been avoided and improvements can be made in the future. Year 11 Year 11 took advantage of revision sessions in the half term break and before school to prepare for their mathematics GCSE. The new 9 – 1 graded GCSE comprises of three examinations and includes some of the previous AS level content. It also places greater emphasis on multi-step problem solving. We hope Year 11 enjoy their summer and we look forward to seeing them in August for their results. Mrs O’Leary has been investigating with students in Year 8. They have been using sand, together with the formula for mass, density and volume to find the volume of 3D shapes. The idea of using activities such as this is to make the formulae more memorable as well as have some fun applying maths skills. Mr Gates took his Year 7 maths group outside to investigate different parts of a circle by students drawing perfect circles with just a piece of string and chalk. We then began to look at relationships between the radius, diameter and circumference. Students independently found that the diameter multiplied by Pi = circumference by using pigeon steps. Maths Innovative Teaching

Mr Rathore Reflects My time at Regents Park has given me a true insight into the career of teaching. The school encapsulates all aspects of teaching due to having students from all backgrounds. This initially seemed challenging, however made me adapt my ways of teaching and allowed me to evolve my explanations of certain topics. The rapport between the staff and students was inspiring as it highlighted the difference of teaching and being a teacher. I feel this is one of the many aspects Regents Park excel at extremely well, not only the teaching but the pastoral care of the students. I thoroughly enjoyed my time at Regents Park from teaching a variety of abilities in small groups to whole classes. Lastly, the maths department has allowed me to witness a multitude of teaching techniques whilst the students were able to express their ideas and thoughts openly. The maths department have been very welcoming and made me feel fully integrated within the school environment.

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