[Maths-Education] NRICH Project November Update

[Liz Woodham]

Dear all,

The November edition of NRICH, the maths enrichment website, is now live 
at http://nrich.maths.org.

This month the mathematical problem-solving and mathematical thinking 
theme is Modelling.

Go to Stage 1 & 2 <http://nrich.maths.org/public/monthindex.php?mm=1> if 
you are interested in mathematics at a level usually encountered at 
primary school.
Go to Stage 2 & 3 <http://nrich.maths.org/public/monthindex.php?mm=2> if 
you are interested in mathematics at a level usually encountered at 
lower secondary school.
Go to Stage 3 & 4 <http://nrich.maths.org/public/monthindex.php?mm=3> if 
you are interested in mathematics at a level usually encountered at 
upper secondary school.
Go to Stage 4 & 5 <http://nrich.maths.org/public/monthindex.php?mm=4> if 
you are interested in mathematics usually encountered at post-16 level.

Alternatively, click on the links in the left-hand menu.

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*Updates on other NRICH activities*

_NRICH-Rothschild Teacher Fellows_

Last week four teachers started a year of partnership with the NRICH team.

The Teacher Fellows programme has two connected purposes:  Firstly to 
explore ways forward in curriculum planning which genuinely embeds 
problem solving within the mathematics curriculum and, over time, leads 
to a classroom culture of mathematical enquiry. Secondly to find 
successful dissemination formats which allow this experience to be 
reported locally to other professionals.

The outcome at the end of the year will be a major article on the NRICH 
site. This is an exciting way for us to be working with teachers and 
progress reports will be a regular newsletter feature.

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_Enriching Mathematics : Helping All Students to SHINE in Tower Hamlets_

The NRICH SHINE project has now completed three years of 
aspiration-raising work with Year 10 students in Tower Hamlets, and has 
just started its fourth year working for the first time with Year 8 
students.

Around forty children from five schools come to Queen Elizabeth 
University of London to work on mathematical problem solving after 
school. The fifteen sessions spread over the year are delivered by 
members of the NRICH team with special guest sessions with Nadia Baker 
from the Enigma Project, and Peter Wendes from the British Go 
Association.  Undergraduate volunteers on the STIMULUS scheme 
participate to help with the problem solving and to give children the 
opportunity to talk with them about the experience of going to university.

The children have a Saturday visit to Cambridge in the spring which 
includes more time with STIMULUS volunteers, a tour around colleges and 
the Centre for Mathematical Sciences, and a lecture by a Cambridge 
mathematician.

The year ends in June with a celebration event at Canary Wharf, hosted 
by Lehman Brothers, the project sponsor, with a major keynote speaker 
(previously Rob Easterway, Simon Singh and Colin Wright).

So far the energy and response of the Year 8 students, and the teachers 
who bring them, has more than met our hopes and we look forward to an 
exciting and enriching year ahead.

With best wishes from The NRICH Team.

-- 
Liz Woodham (nee Pumfrey)
NRICH Primary Coordinator
University of Cambridge Centre for Mathematical Sciences
Wilberforce Road
Cambridge
CB3 0WA
01223 764246
www.nrich.maths.org