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
Mind-boggling maths!
On Tuesday 13th March Alys, Robbie, William and Liliana headed off in Mrs Preen’s car to Wellington College for a Year 5 Maths Challenge. They were greeted by the sight of over 150 other mathematicians from 36 Prep schools in the South East! They were challenged, in pairs, to solve seven different...
Maths Student of the Month (January)
Year 3 Sheen Dullo, Amardip Ahluwalia, Rick Ghosh Year 4 William Goodwin, Anton Smith, Rohan Patel Year 5 William Fursdon, Robbie Easton, Loren Pepper Year 6 Elliot Young, Archie Merry, Benjamin Jennings Year 7 Abbey Parker, Oliver Blake Year 8 Oliver Clarke, Hannah Westwood
Year 6 ‘Directed Numbers Game’
Mrs Lee’s set have been looking at directed numbers. They have been inventing their own maths games using directed numbers. Some fantastic designs were seen with some truly creative ideas. Mrs Lee was extremely impressed with the standard of the games and everyone enjoyed playing them.
Creative Maths
3KW have been looking at different 3D shapes in Maths this week. They have been learning about nets. The children borrowed the polydron from the preprep to create their nets. Which ones could be built into a pyramid? Another group looked at how they could make cubes from a variety of different nets....
