Maths Day 2019Thirteen year groups and eleven different activities, it can only be HCH Maths Day! Whilst Nursery and Reception children brought in their teddies and counted out pasta shapes, Year 6 used their ratio knowledge to make waffles. We can now say that if the ratio is not right, the dough can look like a... paste and will not make great waffles and anything with too much liquid just runs down the side of the waffle maker and again, will not make great waffles. Year 11 were shocked by how much life costs. Opening their envelopes with their job descriptions and salaries did not cause concern until taxes had to be paid, accommodation rented, weekly grocery shop had to be accounted for and transport had to be considered. Years 3 and 4 were given room plans with the scale of 1:10, which they then had to furnish with items from the leaflet they were given, all the time keeping their budget of £700 in mind. Year 1 practised their ruler skills by creating a Mondrian-like picture, whilst Year 2 enjoyed spending their play money on our bespoke fairground (a big thank you to our two helpers from the 6th Form). Year 7 investigated setting up their own ice-cream business, looking for the best prices at whole retailers, finding out set-up costs and running costs and trying to find reasonable prices for their ice-cream in order to make a profit, but still attract lots of customers. Year 8 did some experiments, noted down outcomes and then graphed their results. Year 10 were introduced to game theory and their cheering reverberated around the theatre. Year 5 braved the weather and went outside to pass on messages using flag semaphore. Year 9 invested their money into different kinds of stickers, but the stock market dictated the stickers’ worth at different stages and trading got harder and harder, seeing some companies making huge losses, whilst others were savvy enough to quickly sell and buy whatever was most profitable.See more
Maths Day at HCHWhen students budget their life for a year (including national insurance), spend money at a funfair, find treasures on giant monster graphs, buy and sell stickers on the stock market, graph various experiments, go Easter egg hunting, draw Mondrians or Hirsts or brave the cold to decipher messages using... Semaphore, then we know Maths Day has arrived! Our annual Maths Day had the theatre buzzing with numbers and saw students from Nursery to Year 11 enjoying different activities, applying skills learnt and showing their creative side. A huge thank you goes out to everyone supporting the event, especially our Sixth Formers Anais and Brynley who came in at 8.50 am to help out with the funfair.See more+6
Y7 Explore Averages and RangeYear 7 exploring averages and range and using them to find missing numbers.
Coordinate Battleships in Y5Last week Year 5 covered coordinates and graphs and enjoyed applying their skills to play Coordinate Battleships against each other! Hit, miss or sink!
UKMT Intermediate Maths ChallengeA selection of students from Y9 and 10 were taking part in the UKMT Intermediate Challenge yesterday morning. 25 multiple choice questions in one hour, easy! Right? Who doesn’t know how many three-digit numbers are increased by 99 when their digits are reversed.
Algebra in Year 6After all the revision and 11+ practice, Year 6 are enjoying their introduction to algebra, particularly simplifying like terms.