Regents Review Winter 2021-22

The Regents Review Winter 2021

DEPARTMENTAL NEWS

Foundry Lane In maths, we are trying to make sure Year 6 students have a smooth transition into Year 7, by offering some maths support to local primary schools. Miss Birch has been visiting Foundry Lane to run some problem-solving sessions, where students work on tricky maths problems. Each session is based on a different area of the curriculum that the groups are currently working on in lessons, and the aim is to help build up their resilience. Students are finding these sessions very useful, and we look forward to having these students join us next September. Statistics This September, statistics was introduced as an option subject at Regents Park. Statistics is an extension to the maths curriculum focusing on data handling. Students take part and design different investigations, then use a range of skills to analyse their results. So far this half term, we have completed an investigation of the human brain (testing reaction times and memory skills), carried out product research for a new chocolate bar, estimated the population of grasshoppers in a field and much more! Statistics aims to support and prepare students for their maths GCSE, as well as give students another GCSE to impress colleges with. This subject is perfect for students wanting to complete an A Level in maths, as statistics is one of the units in the A level curriculum. It is also great for students that want a future in a range of careers, from accounting to marketing. We look forward to having more students join this course next September.

Further Maths Since the start of the autumn term, the maths department have been offering a further maths class by invite only, attended by a group of Year 10 students. This class provides challenge beyond the content of our normal KS4 maths lessons, edging towards A-Level maths topics. Recently, we focused on a standard GCSE topic: functions. A function tells us what happens to an ‘input’ – in the left image, we double any input. We quickly moved on to some GCSE questions – the answer is in bold for the example below.

In the same session, we took it even further and finished with a question more challenging than any you would get in a higher GCSE paper. Take a look at it below if you dare…

Maths Puzzle

Why not give our Christmas-themed maths puzzle a go?

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