Students brave the snow for STEP Prep!
On 2 February, 20 students from the Newcastle area braved the snow and turned up at 9:15 on a Saturday morning for our latest Year 12/13 Problem Solving session at Gosforth Academy.
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The Dragon Quiz
One of the most popular activities on AMSP enrichment days in the East of England region has always been the Dragon Quiz, which is a competition for teams of students.
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New events launched in the Middlesbrough area
After closing the 2018 with our traditional and very popular Christmas lectures, organised by Phil Moxon at Teesside University for Year 10 students, we have started the New Year by launching new problem solving sessions for Year 12/13 students at Middlesbrough College Sixth Form.
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Quadratics from KS3 to KS5
Jean Smith and Raj Kumar joined the our regional Teacher Network meeting on Monday 21 June 2021 to help teachers trace the topic of quadratics from its beginnings in KS3 through to A level Mathematics.
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Encouraging Women into Mathematics
Results of boys and girls taking GCSE Mathematics are fairly even but, from that time onwards, the number of female students taking maths drops significantly.
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You might find this surprising
At last, we’re allowed to visit schools to work with students on exciting maths beyond the curriculum.
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Manchester enrichment day a “smashing” success
Before the Christmas break, a fantastic enrichment day took place at Xaverian College, Manchester.
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Tips and tricks for editing equations in Microsoft
We had a thoroughly rewarding time at our online event on Tuesday 15 June 2021. Never had ALT, = and \ seemed so attractive!
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Developing standard problems: locality and plausibility
Recent enrichment activities, designed to help students engage more meaningfully with the mathematics they study and promote level 3 maths, highlighted certain features in the design that appeared to generate an additional ‘premium’ in terms of student engagement and motivation.
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