Young mathematicians smash the maths
“The highlight of my year is training children for the Primary Mathematics Challenge and watching them thrive with solving problems"
Two children from local Primary Schools have won awards in the bonus round of the annual Primary Mathematics Challenge event, hosted at Welland Park Academy.
Back in November, over 61,000 children from all over the UK from years 5 and 6 took part in the Mathematical Association’s long established ‘Primary Mathematics Challenge’. Around 3,100 children made it through to the bonus round, with just 321 of these managing to achieve the top gold award.
Emma Aslett, Welland Park Academy teacher and Ahead 4 Numbers business owner, invited local primary schools to send their best mathematicians and problem solvers to be trained for the challenge last November. 11 local primaries took up the offer this year and a total of 77 children took part in the challenge. 2 children made it through to the bonus round and both managed to secure awards in this difficult challenge.
Isaac Clarke (Kibworth Primary School) achieved a bronze award and Sebastian Karanjit (St Joseph’s Catholic Voluntary Academy) achieved a gold award for the second time.
Emma said, “The highlight of my year is training children for the Primary Mathematics Challenge and watching them thrive with solving problems. It is such a joy to work with such brilliant young minds. Huge congratulations to both Isaac and Sebastian. I would like to thank Welland Park Academy for once again funding and hosting the event.”
Isaac said: “I'm really proud to get the Bronze Award - I love solving maths problems and enjoyed the challenge!”
Sebastian said: “I have been going to Emma’s Mathster Classes for 4 years, and I have enjoyed every single second of it. Emma has been a such a great teacher, providing me with lots of knowledge and helping me to fulfil my passion for maths. I am very proud to achieve a gold again this year, and it is all thanks to Emma.”
If you would like to see how you would get on with the challenge, past papers and solutions can be found on the website: www.primarymathschallenge.org.uk
The maths challenge event will return to Welland Park Academy in November this year.