Maths Department News – KS3 Challenge Highlights
This term, some of our Key Stage 3 students have had exciting opportunities to take part in both national and county-level maths challenges. One highlight was our involvement in...
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This term, some of our Key Stage 3 students have had exciting opportunities to take part in both national and county-level maths challenges. One highlight was our involvement in...
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On Enrichment Day, our Year 8 students were immersed in an exciting and dynamic real-life mathematics experience designed to ignite curiosity and enhance problem-solving skills....
Posted by Samira Sirad
On our latest enrichment day last week it was lovely to see our Year 8 students so engaged in some specially-organised maths sessions, based around solving a whole host and range...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Mr Godfrey, Advanced Lead Teacher, delivered a Maths Masterclass to a group of 45 Year 11 students on Tuesday to help them with exam technique and boost their grades in the lead...
Posted by Sara Ash - Deputy Headteacher
At Bushey Meads School, we believe in the power of dedication, perseverance, and active engagement in learning. This term, we are incredibly proud to celebrate the outstanding...
Posted by Anca Visan
I was very impressed last week with my visit to Miss Visan’s Year 7 Maths class. They were all highly engaged and working very hard to see what was wrong in the questions on...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
At Bushey Meads we use a variety of online platforms to support students’ learning, each week we will focus on one such platform to bring you all the information you need to...
Posted by Joe Beswick
Earlier this term several of our more able Sixth Form took part in the UKMT Senior Mathematical Challenge 2024, an annual,...
Posted by John Wood
I would like to congratulate all the students and staff involved in the maths faculty for how well this academic year has started. We all know about the importance of developing...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Last week, 20 year 12 and 13 students attended the Maths in Action event at the Emmanuel Centre. Students enjoyed five talks by guest...
Posted by Jessica Samuels-Redhead
This term, some of our Key Stage 3 students have had exciting opportunities to take part in both national and county-level maths challenges.
One highlight was our involvement in the Herts for Learning Year 8 Maths Challenge. Competing against eleven other schools from across Hertfordshire, a team of four Year 8 students represented Bushey Meads in a high-energy, after-school live stream event. The challenge included four rounds: general maths questions, a memory challenge, estimation tasks, and more advanced problem-solving.
In the particularly tricky memory round, two students had to memorise a detailed maths poster in timed bursts, then describe it to their teammates who recreated it from their instructions—a real test of communication and recall. Across the rounds, students worked both independently and collaboratively to solve problems, earning points for correct and near-correct answers. Impressively, the BMS team scored above the heat average in two of the rounds, which was especially noteworthy given the level of difficulty and that this was our first year entering. The organisers praised our students’ performance and team spirit.
In the same week, students from Years 7 and 8 also took on the UK Maths Trust Junior Challenge. This national competition involves a 25-question paper completed in one hour, with increasingly challenging questions that reward higher marks. The challenge aims to stretch students’ mathematical reasoning and encourage them to apply their knowledge in new and creative ways.
This is a regular event in the BMS maths calendar, and our students continue to rise to the occasion, building on the success of past entrants in both the Junior and Intermediate levels. We now eagerly await their results and certificates, and look forward to more brilliant performances in future challenges.
Last Friday the Maths Department held our award ceremony for the students who had competed in the Mathletics competition. Students in years 7 and 8 received certificates, medals...
Name: Layla House: 10 Oak Reason for nomination: The combination of high attendance, excellent attitude to learning and the number of positive rewards gained....