Aims & Objectives
Contribute to pupils’ personal development and overall education. Mathematics is a characteristic way of organising our experience of the World which is employed wherever there is a structure or ‘pattern’. As such it may enrich our understanding, enabling us to relate, interpret and communicate our experiences and ideas as well as giving pleasure.
The Philosophy of Maths
‘Why teach Maths ?’ a question often asked by pupils. How is this relevant to everyday life ? I think it is put rather eloquently by Travers et al. (1977) : "mathematics is useful, mathematics is beautiful, and mathematics disciplines the mind".
Progression of Core Maths Skills at Copthorne Prep School
All the core skills below are built on each year and are not mutually exclusive to each stage
Junior Maths Challenge results 2010
This was a national competition open to years 7 & 8, as we have a bright year6 group they also got entered! Here are the results – special congratulations to Jospeh Lloyd for being the best in the school. Mrs Lee Bronze Certificate Tom Walker ( year 8 ) Milo Latham ( year 8 ) Federica Williamson...
Year 5 Maths Challenge at Wellington College
James, Avinash, Joshua and George all went off to Wellington College to become Maths Detectives! they were involved in several rounds of problem solving which ended in all the schools trying to work out which numbers held the prizes on a big 100 grid. All of the boys enjoyed the afternoon and although...
Maths Student of the Month
Congratulations to the following pupils for achieveing maths student of the month for April Year 3 | William Fursdon & Matthew Hannah Year 4 | Joseph Gache & Frederik Alexandru Year 5 | Isabella Monoghan, Niklas Gebhardt, Hannah Youds Year 6 | Gurdip Ahluwalia & Oliver Clarke Year 7 | Jamie...
Maths Challenge Coming Up!!!
The UK Junior Maths Challege is coming up soon – time for year 7 & 8 to shake the cobwebs off and get ready to use their grey matter! Have a go at these! The faces of a cube are painted so that any two faces which have an edge in common are painted different colours. What is the smallest...
