Maths? Fun?...........Yes!!..read on.....

Many students ( and adults!) have a fear of Maths, so in Sierra Bernia school,under the guidance of Kanchan Ahuja, our Maths specialist, the school recently held its second ' Maths Fun Day' following on the success of the first day in May of this year.

Nursery, Lower secondary, and Upper secondary were all involved, and the day was a great success, and certainly helped to dispel any idea that Maths is boring...

The Upper Secondary were set a task to build a newspaper bridge strong enough to hold heavy weights . The only materials they were given were newspaper and masking tape.....

The picture on the left shows Kanchan and some of the upper secondary pupils mulling over the problem....

The project required a knowledge of strong base structures in Maths shapes, and here Vera, one of our Upper Secondary students, is seen considering another solution to this problem.....

Did it work ? there was only one way to find out! Mr Westcott who would be considered ( even by himself!) to be a 'heavy weight' ,was asked to sit on the finally completed bridge , so with much trepidation of all involved he lowered himself (gently) onto the bridge in front of all those who had spent a great deal of effort putting this together.........

YES!!!!!!!!!

It worked!.. all this with just newspaper and masking tape...This was a fantastic effort by all and below is a photograph of the upper secondary group involved, with Kanchan, whose drive and enthusiasm is, as you can see from this and other blogs, typical of the staff at Sierra Bernia School

With Kanchan are (from left to right) Daniil,Borja, Vera, Donna, Menno, Kirill and Maxim...well done all.

The nursery and infants also had great fun on the day with fun activities such as skipping, apple bobbing, hula hoops, eating cookies and blindman's bluff. We all look forward to Maths Fun Day 3!!