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Mathematics
This is where you will find news of events past and future to do with mathematics, problems and brain-teasers to get you thinking, and other items of interest to stimulate the brain.
At St John's Beaumont we believe that everyone has a latent talent for mathematics. Our task is to awaken and develop that potential in each child, so that they can learn to appreciate the use, and the joy, and the challenge of mathematics. By facing up to that challenge and working steadily, pupils develop life skills such as logical deduction, persistence, changing their perspective and thinking outside the box. They also discover that as well as being a science, mathematics can be a creative art. That is why we want pupils at SJB say mathematics is their favourite subject, and hope many will go on to study maths at A level and university.
At Key Stage 1 and 2 our examination results are consistently excellent. Teaching is closely geared to the exam syllabus but not so closely that we cannot have fun along the way, and make use of the extensive school grounds and the vast world of the Internet. Although real maths is done mainly with pencil and paper, technology has allowed us to speed up and streamline many of the repetitive mechanical processes of mathematics. Pupils can work through many more examples with a computer than they can the traditional way, and they can experiment endlessly with various techniques. This means that they will acquire a number of IT skills in mathematics lessons such as the use of spreadsheets, interactive geometry, Mathletics and graph drawing packages.
All pupils are setted in mathematics at the end of Lower Elements. Our primary objective is always to place each pupil in the set in which they will make most progress. To help pupils who have missed work or struggle with particular topics, the long term plan is to hold regular maths workshops to help them catch up. To keep the more able fully stretched, there are many challenges offered both within and outside school including a monthly problem which every pupil is encouraged to enter and potentially win a prize!
Take a look at some of the links on the mathematics links page. There are links to lots of websites: some of them have fun games to play, some have challenging puzzles, some have incredible pictures and some can help pupils who get stuck with studies. Browse through them and be amazed at some of the wonders of the world of Maths!
