The Official account of the Maths department at the @WimbledonHigh School
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1 Jul 2024
RT @WimbledonHigh: Congratulations to Sreemedha in Y7 for winning this year's Atherton Award! šSree won the award for demonstrating entreprā¦
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Professor Julia Gog OBE has been awarded the Hedy Lamarr Prize 2023 by the IMA. This new prize is awarded to a mathematician who demonstrates meritorious knowledge exchange in mathematics and its applications ima.org.uk/22600/professor-jā¦
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16 Aug 2023
Alison Etheridge has been awarded the 2023 IMAāLMS David Crighton Medal. The award recognises her work in the two areas crucial to the future of our subject: mathematics itself & support for the mathematical community, especially younger colleagues.
@IMAmaths @LondMathSoc
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7 Aug 2023
Don't miss #summersolvers Each day in August, at 10 am, we will post a problem from our archive that we think you might enjoy working on. The problems will cover everything from KS2 to KS5 maths. We hope you enjoy the #summersolvers
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26 Jul 2023
'Sticky Numbers' is today's @nrichmaths Summer Challenge for over 11s. Can they arrange the numbers 1-17 so adjacent pairs total a square number?nrich.maths.org/6571
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26 Jul 2023
Wednesday's @nrichmaths Summer Challenge for under 11s is 'Four Triangles' - an intriguing shape puzzle which can be explored using our onscreen interactivity or pencil and paper nrich.maths.org/141
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26 Jul 2023
Look out for #summesolvers Each day in August, at 10 am, we will post a problem from our archive that we think you might enjoy working on.
The problems will cover everything from KS2 to KS5 maths.
We hope you enjoy the #SummerSolvers
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23 Jun 2023
An old favourite - yr 8 loved constructing these tessellating hexagons today and lots of maths to discuss.
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16 Jun 2023
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Working backwards can reveal hidden connections between different areas of math, said Christian Elsholtz, a mathematician at Graz University of Technology in Austria.
quantamagazine.org/why-matheā¦
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4 May 2023
And just like that we wave goodbye and good luck to another set of amazing @MATHS_WHS @GDST Mathematicians! Smash those exams #girlsinmaths #wheregirlslearnwithoutlimits #mathscakes
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19 Apr 2023
Congratulations to our junior Wimbledon players who represented England Age Group Squads in 3 and 4 Nations Tournaments over the Easter weekend!
A great first taste of international hockey this year and we look forward to following your progress in the summer months.
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4 Apr 2023
For more than 50 years, mathematicians have sought an āeinsteinā--a simple shape that can only tile the plane nonperiodically. Now a retired print technician has found one! My latest for @QuantaMagazine quantamagazine.org/hobbyist-ā¦
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4 Apr 2023
John Venn died 4/4/1923. Venn diagrams popularised his name. Gonville and Caius 6th Wrangler,Fellow and FRS. Symbolic Logic (1881) reprint at #MALibrary. Creator of the huge historical biography Alumni Cantabrigienses. Skill as machine maker included a cricket bowling machine!
ALT John Venn died 4/4/1923. Venn diagrams popularised his name.
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4 Apr 2023
Retired Yorkshireman solves elusive āEinstein tileā maths problem thetimes.co.uk/article/e20cbā¦
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A wonderful evening celebrating the talent of STEM enthusiasts from @CroydonHigh, @DulwichCollege, @NorthwoodGDST, @SHHSforGirls, @SCHSgdst, Sydenham High& @WimbledonHigh at our sixth #700STEMChallenge! Read more: bit.ly/STEMChallenge2023 #STEM #forgeyourownpath #fearnothing @GDST
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21 Feb 2023
Ahead of the STEAM Expo @MATHS_WHS students researched the impact of #PlasticPollution, and in @ArtDept_WHS they created bird sculptures using recycled plastic milk bottles. The birds and the research combine together into a powerful installation piece.
#STEAMWHS #STEMeducation
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2 Feb 2023
Well done to everyone who took part in the intermediate Maths challenge . 160 girls in yrs 9-11.
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4 Oct 2022
Kicking off this yearās Rosewell lecture series with Much Ado About Numbers linking Shakespeare and numbers. A massive thank you to Rob Eastaway for a fascinating talk! Loved the Elizabethan multiplication method! @WimbledonHigh @Head_WHS #mathsisfun
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