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The Maths Department Maths Stairs In April we upgraded both fights of stairs leading to the Maths corridor. The stairs have become some- thing of a point for discus- sion, both among pupils and teachers, and have served to promote some key formulae and rules. They have become an inter- net sensation, and the pho- tos have been retweeted both locally and worldwide, as far as Dallas in Texas! Creative Maths Club This year saw the launch of our ‘Creative Maths Club’, which ran every Wednes- day after school. Pupils participated in a variety of activities, each with a math- ematical theme. These in- cluded curves of pursuit, ‘Angry Bird’ nets, construc- tion of dart boards and the creation of an original Maths board game. This proved extremely popular, particularly with our KS3 classes. STEM Insight Day On Friday 27th March, Mrs tics. The most popular sta- cellent and provided a valu- Kelly accompanied 6 Maths tions were defnitely the able insight into the career and Engineering students virtual welding and elec- pathways which are open to the NRC for a STEM in- tronics. Students used a to our gifted engineers, sight day, organised by BLT state of the art machine to mathematicians and scien- (Ballymena Learning To- ‘virtually weld’ with varying tists. It provided them with gether). The students par- degrees of success. They an opportunity to draw ticipated in a range of also had the opportunity to links between the work workshops including robot- create a working circuit, they see in the classroom ics, pneumatics , 3D scan- and practice some solder- and life outside school. ning and vehicle diagnos ing skills. The day was ex 84