The TYs had the opportunity to partake in two Maths events during Maths
week. At the beginning of the week, the TYs participated in the Hamilton walk which was organised by Ms. Mc Cormack. The girls enjoyed the walk to Broombridge to see the quaternion maths formula which was carved into the bridge by the famous mathematician Hamilton. At the end of the week, the students completed the problem solving questions in the national PRISM competition. Each student was awarded a certificate for her endeavours.
As part of Transition Year course some of the students prepared power point presentations. To view a presentation on William Rowan Hamilton please click on the following link William_Rowan_Hamilton and right click to rotate.
There was a treat in store for all the fifth years on the Wednesday of Maths week as they got the chance to watch a Maths based film entitled “21”. Also, Ms. Nolan’s fifth year group participated in a Maths ‘n Music lesson with Mr. Coll while Ms. O’ Donnell’s class attended a maths related workshop in D.C.U. This workshop involved two speakers who spoke on the fun side of maths and its application in real life. The sixth years enjoyed an in-class Maths activity which consisted of either Jenga, the use of target boards, involving themselves in Mangahigh challenges or another Maths based activity. Thanks to the sixth year prefects who run the computer club and engaged with junior students during Maths week. They helped them to create posters or complete online maths challenges. The class prefects did a ‘Marshmallow’ Maths activity with the first years. There was a major cross-curricular link with the Art department during Maths week. All students had the opportunity to create a “Maths Eyes” style poster using a photograph taken in their local area. The photo had to have an accompanying tagline highlighting the mathematics that they had seen in the photo using their “Maths Eyes”. Congratulations to Jodie Hanney who was the overall school winner. On Saturday the 20th October, eight members of the Maths department were part of a five hundred maths teacher cohort who attended the Mathsfest conference in Cork. The conference was opened by Minister Sherlock and numerous insightful presentations were enjoyed.
