SATRO hosted its annual AS Maths Challenge across two dates at local George Abbot School on Tuesday 24th February and Thursday 5th March 2015. This after school event is aimed at sixth forth students from schools around Surrey and neighbouring counties, and challenges them to tackle mathematical problems, including concepts taught at AS Level, as well as ideas which the students might expect to meet should they continue to study maths at degree level.
In
addition to the challenge element, the students were treated to talks from
staff at Unum and Allianz on how studying maths at university can be an
excellent choice for a career, explaining that there is far more to maths than
meets the eye.
The
highest scoring teams from the two evenings were the Royal Grammar School
Guildford and Barton Peveril Sixth form College who travelled from Eastleigh,
Hampshire for the event. The teams scored 95% and 90.8% respectively.
The Maths Challenge has always
been fantastically supported by schools, with extremely positive feedback from
both staff and students. Less
than 20% of students continue the study of mathematics beyond the age of 16,
and so it is important to encourage those who do to consider taking their studies
even further. SATRO very much hopes the event will inspire those who attended
to continue studying mathematics into University by providing interesting and
unique problems for the teams to solve.
SATRO,
based at Surrey Research Park, provides skills training and workshops within
schools in the county, particularly with careers in science, technology,
engineering and maths.
Over the past 30 years SATRO has worked with more than
450,000 young people educated in Surrey. The charity offers a range of practical
hands-on programmes that engage young people of all abilities aged four to 19. Visit www.satro.org.uk for more details.
