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Numeracy News Celebrating Success

This year there has been a particu- We are delighted to acknowledge
lar focus on supporting our GCSE the success of our top performing

and A-Level pupils. With a greater Maths students at GCSE and A-

number of classes than ever be- Level. At GCSE , A* grades were
fore being entered for the higher awarded to James Fullerton, Scott
tier paper in Year 12, we felt it ap- Robinson and Scott Norris.

propriate to offer these pupils the

best possible chance to succeed.
The pupils who achieved grade A
Every pupil in Year 11 had a spe-
were Nicole Erwin, Scot Mawhin-
cific Numeracy period on their
ney, Rebekah Houston, Kristyn
timetable, which was devoted to
working on the most challenging Chan, Rhys Dickey, Courtney Con-
way, Megan Rock and Kyle Fraser.
aspects of the course.
Many of these students are cur-

rently studying A-Level Maths. We
Focus of the month were pleased to see Ryan Chan P7 Taster Day January 2018
and Jennifer Lee achieve success
Once again we have focused on Visiting P7 pupils took part in a
at A-Level last year.
one particular aspect of Numera-
Valentine’s Maths Relay Challenge
cy per month. This continues to Financial Capability
as part of their taster day in Janu-
be a great way to show that Nu-
In the summer term we will wel- ary. Teams of pupils worked to-
meracy is embedded in all sub-
come representatives from Dans- gether to solve a variety of mixed
jects. The areas of focus have in-
ke Bank to Dunclug College. They problems, all of which had a link
cluded units of measurement,
will work with groups of our Year to romance! The groups were ably
money and finance, percentages
8 pupils, with a focus on money assisted by our enthusiastic Maths
and statistical diagrams.
management. experts from Sixth form.

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