by Gary Pemberton | Mar 13, 2013 | Grade 10, Secondary Maths
Grade 10 have now finished the Mathematics IGCSE syllabus and we are using our time productively in class to actively prepare students for their coming examinations. Lessons now focus on specific topic exam questions and analysis of key components of these questions...
by Gary Pemberton | Mar 13, 2013 | Grade 6, Grade 7, Secondary Maths
Developing skills of mental arithmetic are a key part of mathematics and every week in grades 6 and 7 we try and find ways to practice and improve. Methods used to do this include timed challenges and outside activities, as shown in the photographs.
by Gary Pemberton | Mar 5, 2013 | Grade 7, Secondary Maths
Over the past two weeks students have been collecting and analyzing data based on personal areas of interest. Each group initially stated a hypothesis and has attempted to gain evidence to prove or disprove this hypothesis. Topics have included comparisons of male and...
by Gary Pemberton | Feb 27, 2013 | Secondary Maths
John Pell was born on 1st March 1611 in Southwick, Sussex. At the age of thirteen he was accepted into Cambridge University and as well as studying mathematics was an accomplished linguist. In mathematics he concentrated on expanding the scope of algebra in the theory...
by Wayne Hampton | Jan 30, 2013 | Community and Service, Secondary English, Secondary History, Secondary Maths, Secondary Science, Secondary Team Leader, Secondary Visual Arts
Thank you to the many parents who attended the Oman week meeting on Sunday. I am personally envious of the students and teachers involved as I will be stuck in the school helping oversee the IGCSE mocks for the Grade 10’s, who will also not be out sailing or trekking...
by Gary Pemberton | Jan 23, 2013 | Secondary Maths
Niels Helge Von Koch was a Swedish mathematician born on January 25, 1870, who gave his name to the Koch Snowflake, a famous fractal, which is one of the earliest fractal curves to be identified and described. Fractal geometry is one of the foundations of Chaos Theory...
