by Gary Pemberton | Nov 14, 2012 | Grade 10, Grade 9, Secondary Maths
IGCSE Mathematics is a rigorous programme externally examined at the end of Grade 10 by two external examinations. Students are expected not only to complete the homework set each week but also endeavour to push themselves at home to complete each exercise started in...
by Gary Pemberton | Nov 14, 2012 | Secondary Maths
November 17th 1790 was the birthdate of the famous German mathematician and astronomer, August Möbius. His best known discovery was the Möbius Strip, which can be made with a piece of paper and tape. If an ant were to crawl along the strip it would end up back at its...
by Wayne Hampton | Nov 7, 2012 | Community and Service, Grade 10, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Humanities, Primary P.E., Primary Visual Arts, Secondary English, Secondary History, Secondary Maths, Secondary Team Leader, Secondary Visual Arts
Dear parents, It’s been a very busy week for students (and teachers for that matter) as students have set up new CAS projects and begun discussions about target setting. As you’re aware, three Secondary School areas that we are focusing on this year are...
by Wayne Hampton | Oct 24, 2012 | Community and Service, Grade 10, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Humanities, Primary P.E., Primary Visual Arts, PTA, Secondary English, Secondary History, Secondary Maths, Secondary Science, Secondary Team Leader, Secondary Visual Arts, Uncategorized
This week students have been focusing on using their calendars, organising their folders and notes, and updating their personal websites with finished work (see the featured picture). Many were also involved with helping organise ‘Movie Night’ as a CAS ‘Service’...
by Gary Pemberton | Oct 24, 2012 | Secondary Maths
On October 26th 1994 an announcement was made that one of the most famous problems in the history of Mathematics had been solved – Fermat’s Last Theorem. Until 1995 it was recorded in The Guinness Book of World Records as one of the world’s...
by Gary Pemberton | Oct 17, 2012 | Grade 6, Grade 7, Secondary Maths
Good mental arithmetic is essential for students and parents can help to develop these skills in lots of ways. Those car journeys to and from school (or to and from Sohar!) can be used to learn multiplication tables, if while you are driving you and your children take...
