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Recently, KEVICC students from Years 7-13 took part in the UK Mathematics Trust Maths Challenges. These are national
mathematics competitions and this year over 600,000 pupils from 4,000 schools took part in the three individual challeng-
es; the UK's biggest national Maths competitions. Laura Jacobs tells us of their achievements. Very well done to them all!
The Senior Team
Four students across years 12 and
13 went to Coombe Dean School to
take part in the regional heat of the
Senior Team Maths Challenge. It is a
competition testing mathematical,
communication and teamwork skills
and the students are put through their
paces for a gruelling three hours of
mind bending problems.
Jo Parke, Bruce Clark, Libby Goult and
Sam Endean are some of KEVICC's
top mathematicians, studying both
Maths and Further Maths at A level,
and approached the challenges set
before them with clear and logical
mathematical thinking. They came
eleventh out of twenty teams; a very
respectable position against stiff
competition.
TeamMaths Challenge
Michael Flanagan, Tyler Walton,
Felicity Dunn and Ewan Baker repre-
sented KEVICC at the Regional Final
of the 2014 Team Maths Challenge.
The challenges were aimed at gifted
and talented students and had four
rounds. The first round had the stu-
dents working as a group to solve
problems; the second round was a
cross number; the third round was a
shuttle relay and the final round was
a team relay. There were 23 different
schools represented at the regional
finals AND, due to hard work and
effort, the KEVICC team did extreme-
ly well, coming in at second place,
with Devonport High School for Girls
coming first and Plymstock third. It
was an incredibly successful day.
Four year 10 students went to Plymouth University to take part in the prestigious year 10 Team Maths challenge. Fourteen
teams from across the county took part in the competition, which involved five rounds – including problem solving and a
studied round of base 6 arithmetic. Karli Rose, Ted Stokes, Rowan Robinson and Ethan Merrington-Pink did the school proud in
what can only be described as their toughest mathematical challenge to date. KEVICC came a very respectable eighth place and
the boys were left fired up for the Senior Maths challenge next year.
GOLD
EthanMerrington-Pink
Ted Stokes
Michael Flanagan
SILVER
Josiah Aldridge
Rowan Robinson
Karli Rose
Matt Rowe
Joe Pratt
Luke Moore
Sam Cooper
Tyler Walton
BRONZE
Katie Medd
Martha Clark
Dennise Jansson
Libby Ray
Y10
Y10
Y9
Y11
Y10
Y10
Y10
Y10
Y10
Y10
Y9
Y11
Y11
Y11
Y11
B
RONZE
Chi Joyce
Zack Butcher
Matt Anders
Aaron Foot
Chelsea Rowe
Jo Oakes-Monger
Chloe Lane
AyeshaMilner-Glover
Eliza Boyacilliger
Louis Guy
Ollie Tysoe
Joanna Quinsey
Stefano Catalano
Tom Dutton
Leah Yeger
Cameron Boyle
Issabelle Orrell
Oscar Perks
Y11
Y11
Y11
Y10
Y10
Y10
Y10
Y10
Y10
Y10
Y10
Y9
Y9
Y9
Y9
Y9
Y9
Y9
Both EthanMerrington-Pink in Year 10
(awarded Best in College) and Michael
Flanagan in Year 9 have proceeded to
the next level of the challenge – the
Kangaroo papers.
The Intermediate Challenge
Congratulations to our pupils who
entered the Intermediate Maths
Challenge. This year approximately
120 students from across Years 9,
10 and 11 took part with excellent
results. Overall the students achieved
22 bronze awards, 8 silver and 3 gold.
This is a nationwide competition
and standards are particularly high.
Congratulations!!
The Senior team
The Y10 team
Into the unknown 2!
KEVICC is excited to announce it is one of 100 schools
nationwide to be involved in
Cornerstone Maths
.
Following the successful completion of the first unit of the
project
Designing Mobile Games – A module on linear func-
tions
we are delighted to be embracing Unit 2
Geometric
Similarity
. This module is focused on Proportion and
Similarity, exploring the relationship between shapes as
they are transformed and move on the page. The project
seeks to exploit the dynamic and visual nature of digital
technology to stimulate engagement with mathematical
Year 10 Maths Challenge
ways of thinking within key stage 3 by focusing on BIG
mathematical ideas.
Curriculum units - Unit 2 London Trending
Context
: Produce the front cover for a digital magazine by cre-
ating mathematicaly similar images.
Design Principles:
dynamic measurements and comparisons /
structuring recording within tables / link geometrical manipula-
tion with tables and ratio.
Big Mathematical Ideas
: identifying the variants in shapes
that are mathematically similar, including identification or
their scale factor of enlargement / recognise the important one-
to-one geometric correspondence of sides and vertices within
mathematically similar polygons.
