Page 70 - Bellfort Issue 3 2014

The Maths Department Numeracy support has through video clips of Mo been offered to all children Farah to support calcula- from the child in Junior tions in compound meas- school who experiences ures, or interactive tessella- number blindness right up tions demonstrations, to A level maths students. where pupils can come up If a child needs help, we and ‘have a go’. will do everything we can Department Reports 100% to ensure they are sup- My Maths A* - C in Additional Maths! ported. Following our first entries As we continue to make into GCSE Additional Easter Relay Challenge use of the MyMaths web- Maths, we are delighted to site, children have opportu- report 100% success rate, nity to work independently The Bellfort students have now moved On Friday 11th April, Miss child has an individual pass- with 50% of the grades at at home, or to complete homework online. Every grade A and above! The on to their A level studies word and can access the website at any time. With which, we are delighted to online tutorials, this is an say, include A level Maths. ideal way to revise and learn, building independ- Mark, our Numeracy co- ordinator, organised an Easter Relay maths Chal- Queens’ Maths lenge. The event proved to ence and confidence. be a huge success, with Competition fantastic crowds during A– Level Students each lunch-time. Prizes The A Level students com- were awarded to the win- peted against NI schools in Numeracy Support pro- ning groups in each ses- a high level maths chal- gramme continues to grow sion, with a treat for every lenge. We have been in the privi- child taking part. leged position to be able to offer many aspects of nu- meracy support this year. In total, this year alone, we have delivered nearly 1,700 sessions of Numeracy, benefiting 400 of our young people. The children have engaged wholeheart- Fully interactive! Queen’s University edly and we are seeing the Careers Event benefits as they grow in All classrooms are now fit- knowledge and confidence ted with interactive white- Year 12 and 13 students at- in their maths and general boards, affording us oppor- tended a Maths’ Careers numeracy. Congratulations tunity to deliver colourful event at QUB. They discov- to all children who have and engaging lessons, ered that demand is high worked so hard to over- where Maths can really be for Maths’ Graduates. come difficulties. brought to life, be it 70