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Our future lawyers loved their day . Thank you for the opportunity. https://t.co/gs8cQlBw8X

27/03/24

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27/03/24

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27/03/24

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27/03/24

Almost a decade of studying 's brilliant 'Pigeon English' at HGAED. The highlight of every Y11's year in English is the Q&A with the author himself! Thank you so much for being so generous with your time. 📙 pic.twitter.com/yviphuxdUe

22/03/24

Our brilliant Ms Noah being recognised for all her work to promote good mental health in our communities. A inspiration to our students! 👏 https://t.co/JA2Ohfty3d

21/03/24

Our brilliant choir performing with 6,000 young people . We could not be prouder of your passion, resilience and confidence. A proud day for HGAED! pic.twitter.com/7e9Jj784b8

20/03/24

Our Art History Society visited the Courtauld Gallery to learn more about significant figures in art including Edouard Manet. pic.twitter.com/DCbaowPri8

19/03/24

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19/03/24

Wonderful Shibori creations by our Y10 Art Textiles students 💙 pic.twitter.com/mxP9qi7QBV

15/03/24

Great day for year 10 students. Visit to with and thanks to the staff and students making us welcome. Interesting Q&A and debate. pic.twitter.com/YHIkTZKN6r

15/03/24

ASME Clinic guided our students through the process of creating and marketing a skincare product for pic.twitter.com/yf8nRksi8R

15/03/24

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13/03/24

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11/03/24

A huge thank you to for celebrating with us. Our students loved learning about all the protective equipment officers use and were delighted to have the opportunity to try the shields! pic.twitter.com/3p5awMov6J

11/03/24

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08/03/24

Our pledges were written collaboratively by students in their coaching groups. Wise words from our brilliant young women💜 pic.twitter.com/CRhmIIXIyi

08/03/24

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Posted on February 11th 2016

Mathsfest 2016 – A Festival of Maths for Sixth Formers

MathsFest2Nine sixth form students studying AS Maths went to a day-long mathematical extravaganza at the University College London earlier this week.

The event was hosted by Matt Parker, the stand-up comedian and founder of ‘MathsJam’, who kept the audience thoroughly entertained throughout the day.

First on stage to face the 12 different schools was Hannah Fry – TV star and best known for BBC2’s Six Degrees. Her interactive presentation taught us all about the hidden connections; from the movements of crowds, the followers on Twitter and how patterns are connected to Mathematics.

Counter intuitive

Next up was Rob Eastaway, maths author and best known for his bestseller Why do buses come in threes?. His session was about maths and the counter intuitive; when things go wrong! He asked us thought-provoking questions like ‘if you are standing in front of a vertical mirror, can you see more or less of yourself if you then take two steps back from the mirror? (Clue: the answer is not what your intuition tells you)!

MathsFest1After a 20 minute refresher break our students were raring to go and welcomed Lucie Green onto the stage to be interviewed. Lucie is a solar physicist and hosts BBC's Stargazing. Her stories fascinated our students as did her experience of studying activity in the atmosphere of our nearest star, the sun. She had video imagery of magnetic fields in the solar system which left our students feeling starry-eyed!

MathsSlam

The wonderful James Grime, internet maths phenomenon, was next to present to the cohort. James has toured the world with his code-breaking and is a YouTube international star in the world of maths. He showed us the history of the Rubik’s cube and got a member of the audience to try and solve it. He explained to us that there are 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 rubix cube combinations with only just six moves you can make!

After an hour's lunch break there was a MathsSlam session which gave any brave sixth form students the opportunity to come up and present a maths concept to the rest of us.

The event came to an end with some juggling by Colin Wright. Colin tours around the world showing his juggling skills and new tricks in relation to mathematics and this was the students’ favourite part of the day!

After a whirlwind of mathematical learning and a plethora of expert knowledge our students certainly feel more confident in how maths can be applied to the real world, beyond just the qualification.

MathsFest3What students said...

From our feedback survey of the day, 66% of our students thought that Mathsfest 2016 was ‘really good’ and 33% of our students thought it was ‘excellent’.

Shaima:“I learnt that things in Maths are not always as we perceive them. I learnt that Maths is present everywhere and with everything we do."

Alex: “I enjoyed learning about the application of Maths to the real world."

Ashleigh: “I enjoyed the talk from Rob Eastaway about the counter intuitive and what happens when our intuition goes wrong."

Camilia: “I loved watching Colin Wright teach us about the links between juggling and maths. I also really enjoyed the Maths Slam where 6th form students had the chance to teach us about maths concepts."

Vicky: “I learnt today that the obvious answer is not always correct. I also learnt that you see the same amount of yourself in the mirror when you take a step back as when you’re one step forward."

Victoria Hearle

House Co-ordinator