Regional Maths Challenge

Four pupils from Years 8 & 9 represented BRGS at a Regional Final of the UKMT (United Kingdom Mathematics Trust) Team Challenge competition at Lawnswood School, Leeds, on Wednesday 20th March.

The pupils – Zain Ahmad, Jack Midgley (both Year 8), Bethanne Jones and Tara Williams (Year 9) were chosen by their Maths teachers after producing excellent work throughout this year.

They continued this in the competition where they were up against 24 other schools from the Yorkshire region.

After four rounds of solving challenging Maths puzzles and problems covering a variety of topics, the pupils finished in sixth place out of 25 teams, which was a superb achievement.

Leeds Grammar School won the event, with Tadcaster Grammar and Horbury Academy joint runners-up.

Maths teacher Mr Wilbraham, who accompanied the team, said: “I was really proud of the performance of the pupils throughout the day.  We had a stressful journey across the Pennines, but they were straight down to work and quickly got their mathematical brains into gear.  The team found the Mini Relay the toughest challenge, but performed particularly well on the other rounds, especially the Cross Number puzzle on which they scored 56/60.  We all enjoyed the day out and will hopefully repeat it next year with four other pupils from Years 8 and 9.”

Pictured are the team outside Lawnswood School.