Maths Inspiration

Maths Inspiration is a programme of events for sixth formers that are designed to be fun, informative and inspiring. You can see the website at:

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We recently received the following email after the event in Reading:

Many many thanks for organising the above talk. The feedback we
have received from our pupils has been outstanding. There is a
new spring in the Maths lessons! The mix between classic problems
and new ideas was superb. (Many of the kids are already learning
to juggle!! )

Please pass on my sincere thanks to Simon, Rob and Colin. Their
passion for Mathematics was obvious and contagious. Our coach left
with a real buzz afterwards. The resources on the mentioned web
sites will be invaluable to our department. I have used a few of
the starters this week and the kids have been blown away.

As a part of our commitment to making these events the best they can be, we ask teachers to complete a feedback form. One of the questions we asked was this:

"What message would you
give to the schools that
didn't come today?"

Some of the replies were:

You missed out on a huge opportunity to enthuse pupils about the joys of Mathematics.
This was far better than I anticipated - a real treat.
All of my pupils and I were kept interested and entertained for 2¾ hours!
Give it a try! It is well worth the trip.
You missed a very entertaining and informative morning
This event caught the attention of the pupils in a number of ways
Bringing a minibus of kids will make you their favourite teacher.
This was a trip well worth attending, filled with interesting topics and discussions.
Promotes maths as a subject for further study - very worthwhile.

And my favourite so far:

This is the sort of experience they will remember far more
than any classroom lessons. Truly inspirational.

Until recently the events have followed a simple formula, with three speakers talking about different applications of mathematics, followed by a question and answer session. The event at Greenwich Theatre in March 2006 introduced a completely new idea:

Maths Improvisation

This proved to be a great success, and is likely to be included in future events.

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Maths, Design, Juggling, Computing,
Embroidery, Proof-reading,
and other clever stuff.

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