Rose Hill Westonbirt pupils rise to the Challenge
In keeping with our pledge to concentrate on core academic subjects, the teaching of practical mathematics has been given a real boost this term at Rose Hill Westonbirt School. Activities, including the regional Maths Challenge and a workshop with Explore Learning (who provide private learning centres located in Sainsbury's grocery stores across the UK) allowed pupils to develop problem solving and practical skills in real-life situations. Explore Learning held two interactive workshops for Years 3-4 and Years 5-6 and described our pupils as the most well-behaved and focused group they had visited!
In addition to the challenge and workshops, pupils were also put to the test with Rose Hill Westonbirt's very own Maths Challenge morning - where children were tasked with a specific brief to design and build a robot which met rigid criteria, including to be free-standing, to have a specific purpose, to be exactly 57cm tall, to include a variety of angles and a circle with a specific diameter. Congratulations to the winning team who built a wonderful 'Robot Waiter' with built-in storage facilities! The morning was rounded off by an exciting maths trail around the grounds of Westonbirt School and a Brain Stretchers activity.
