Secondary Maths

Maths Student Community – sponsored by the Worshipful Company of Actuaries

Target Audience: Students from Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset who stand out for their achievement in and/or enthusiasm for maths.

Format: Three face-to-face and two online enrichment sessions led by EMS spread throughout the year.

Aim: To provide students, who might otherwise be isolated, with a community of like-minded peers to explore challenging and interesting mathematics.

How to get involved: Nominations for year 7 students in the 2022-23 academic year are now open – details of how to nominate students have been sent to Maths Teachers across the South West.

Overview

Our Maths Student Community (MSC) is a rolling programme; once enrolled, student remain members of the Community until Year 11, if they would like to.

Our aim is to bring together and inspire able mathematics students from across Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset, forming a community of learners who will work together, share ideas, attend master-classes and receive mentoring.

Teachers frequently identify students within their settings who stand out from the crowd and who can find themselves working in isolation on mathematics that is beyond that of their peers.  Our aim is to bring these students together, to enable them to work with others who are similarly able, to provide stimuli which will deepen and broaden their appreciation of mathematics and its related fields, and to support and encourage their development as problem-solving mathematicians.

It is our intention to support students throughout their secondary school career, regardless of whether or not they decide to apply for a place in our sixth form.

How it works

Students joining the MSC participate in a series of enrichment days at Exeter Maths School, supplemented by a couple of online sessions!

During the enrichment days students will take part in masterclasses and workshops.  They will be introduced to mathematics beyond the normal curriculum and will have the opportunity to develop their problem solving.

How to join

This programme is teacher nominated only; we cannot accept applications from students directly. Please email events@exeterms.ac.uk to make an enquiry about a late nomination.

If you are already part of the MSC, you will automatically be moved up into the next year group, year on year.

Date Time Location
Saturday 24 September 1000-1400 Exeter Maths School
Wednesday 23 November 1730-1830 Online
Saturday 7 January 1000-1400 Exeter Maths School
Saturday 29 April 1000-1400 Exeter Maths School
Wednesday 14 June 1730-1830 Online

Maths GCSE Enhancement Programme

Target Audience: Year 10 and 11 students who are not yet working at their highest level (i.e. working at a 6/7, but capable of achieving an 8/9).

Format: Weekly hour-long online after-school lessons delivered by EMS teachers, starting in the autumn term for Year 11 and the spring term for Year 10.  The Year 11 programme concludes at February half-term, when the Year 10 programme commences. Year 10 students remain on the programme into Year 11.  Recruitment for Year 10 takes place annually in the first half of the Spring term.

Aim: To enable students to achieve better GCSE grades than initially predicted and to therefore have greater opportunities in Further and Higher education.

How to get involved: Applications to join from March 2023 are now closed. Please get in touch if you missed the deadline: events@exeterms.ac.uk

Capacity: Unlimited.

Overview

During a series of online workshops and group sessions, students will have the opportunity to develop a deeper and more connected understanding of GCSE content. Supported by EMS staff, students will be provided with the stimuli to broaden their application of Maths and its related fields.

Our intention is to support their development as problem-solving mathematicians in order to increase their proficiency at tackling new style GCSE assessments, whilst encouraging the progression of further study of Maths beyond GCSE.

How it works

Students will participate in online sessions during the spring-summer (Year 10 cohort) and autumn (Year 11 cohort) terms.

Programme schedule for Year 10 Students starting the programme in February 2023:

Date Student Time
1 March 1630-1730
8 March 1630-1730
15 March 1630-1730
22 March 1630-1730
29 March 1630-1730
26 April 1630-1730
3 May 1630-1730
10 May 1630-1730
17 May 1630-1730
24 May 1630-1730

Maths Circles with MESME (Maths Education for Social Mobility and Excellence)

Target Audience: Students from Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset who love Maths and have the potential to study the subject at postgraduate level. The programme has a particular focus on ensuring that students from all backgrounds can participate

Format: Weekly online sessions in which groups of no more than 6 students collaborate with a mentor

Aim: To support able Maths students to develop their mathematical thinking and reasoning skills as well as problem-solving. The objective of the programme is to encourage more students into Maths at university and beyond

How to get involved: Nominations to join from January 2022 are now closed. Please get in touch if you missed the deadline: events@exeterms.ac.uk

What is MESME?

MESME stands for: Mathematics Education for Social Mobility and Excellence. MESME exists to support students from all backgrounds to achieve mathematical excellence, so that they can go on to have a greater and richer range of future personal, employment and economic choice.

MESME is launching Maths Circles across the country for students aged 11-16 and is working in partnership with Exeter Maths School to support the South West region.

What are MESME trying to achieve?

MESME’s target is that by 2035 there will be double the number of PhD students in the mathematical sciences at a UK University. They intend for this to increase to include a representative proportion, at the minimum, of students from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds who went to school in the UK.

Along the way MESME intends to enrich the mathematical experiences of everyone who participates in the programme, enabling them to enjoy mathematics and identify as a mathematician.

What is a Maths Circle?

Maths Circles are designed to support able Maths students to develop their mathematical thinking, reasoning skills and problem-solving. Expect a selection of problems/tasks and co-operative activities from across the KS3 curriculum and beyond!

What are the intended outcomes?

That students can:

  • See beyond a ‘process-focused’ interpretation of and response to mathematical questions
  • Explain their choice of method
  • Understand, generate and justify mathematical claims
  • Co-operate and exchange ideas with each other in a constructive way

Format

Working in a group of 6, students will be assigned a mentor who will work with the group online for an hour a week, over 20 weeks (dates can be found in the attached document or online overview below).

Within this 20 week period, we are aiming to host 3 face-to-face days (also noted). On these days students will meet and get to know others who are taking part, along with some of the mentors. They’ll be helped to get setup on Microsoft Teams, ready for the online sessions. Most importantly, they’ll work on some exciting maths together!

Who to nominate?

We would like to invite you to nominate up to four Year 7 students to attend this programme, with a particular emphasis on students who are eligible for FSM or Pupil Premium. The funding for this programme is dependant upon at least one third of participants coming from disadvantaged backgrounds and we are seeking your support in meeting this quota with your teacher nominations

 Though every effort is made to accommodate all student nominations, the programme is likely to be over-subscribed and so not all nominated students will gain a place.

Our current oversubscription criteria is (in priority order):

  • A place for all students in care and those eligible for Free School Meals
  • A place for students eligible for Pupil Premium funding
  • A place for students who live in a deprived area according to the Index of Multiple Deprivation (based on the 4th and 5th quintiles)
  • Gender balance
  • A place for students from schools with low progress scores
  • Parity between Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset
  • Engagement with schools that have not previously nominated students for events
  • Parity between all other schools

Please note that it is our intention that students join us in Year 7 and remain on the programme until Year 11.

This programme is teacher nominated only; we cannot accept applications from students directly.  Please email events@exeterms.ac.uk to make an enquiry about a late nomination.

Session Date Student Time Location
1 Tuesday 13 September 1030-1430 FACE TO FACE – Exeter Maths School
2 Tuesday 20 September 1630-1730 Online
3 Tuesday 27 September 1630-1730 Online
4 Tuesday 4 October 1630-1730 Online
5 Tuesday 11 October 1630-1730 Online
6 Tuesday 18 October 1630-1730 Online
7 Tuesday 1 November 1630-1730 Online
8 Tuesday 8 November 1630-1730 Online
9 Tuesday 15 November 1630-1730 Online
10 Tuesday 22 November 1630-1730 Online
11 Tuesday 29 November 1630-1730 Online
12 Tuesday 6 December 1630-1730 Online
13 Tuesday 3 January 1630-1730 Online
14 Tuesday 10 January 1630-1730 Online
15 Tuesday 17 January 1630-1730 Online
16 Tuesday 24 January 1030-1430 FACE-TO-FACE – Exeter Maths School
17 Tuesday 31 January 1630-1730 Online
18 Tuesday 7 February 1630-1730 Online
19 Tuesday 21 February 1630-1730 Online
20 Tuesday 28 February 1630-1730 Online
21 Tuesday 7 March 1630-1730 Online
22 Tuesday 14 March 1630-1730 Online
23 Tuesday 21 March 1630-1730 Online
24 Tuesday 28 March 1630-1730 Online
25 Tuesday 18 April 1630-1730 Online
26 Tuesday 25 April 1630-1730 Online
27 Tuesday 2 May 1630-1730 Online
28 Tuesday 6 June 1630-1730 Online
29 Tuesday 13 June 1630-1730 Online
30 Tuesday 20 June 1030-1430 FACE-TO-FACE – TBC
Session Date Student Time Location
1 Tuesday 13 September 1630-1730 Online
2 Tuesday 20 September 1630-1730 Online
3 Tuesday 27 September 1030-1430 FACE-TO-FACE – Exeter Maths School
4 Tuesday 4 October 1630-1730 Online
5 Tuesday 11 October 1630-1730 Online
6 Tuesday 18 October 1630-1730 Online
7 Tuesday 1 November 1630-1730 Online
8 Tuesday 8 November 1630-1730 Online
9 Tuesday 15 November 1630-1730 Online
10 Tuesday 22 November 1630-1730 Online
11 Tuesday 29 November 1630-1730 Online
12 Tuesday 6 December 1630-1730 Online
13 Tuesday 3 January 1630-1730 Online
14 Tuesday 10 January 1630-1730 Online
15 Tuesday 17 January 1630-1730 Online
16 Tuesday 24 January 1630-1730 Online
17 Tuesday 31 January 1030-1430 FACE-TO-FACE – Exeter Maths School
18 Tuesday 7 February 1630-1730 Online
19 Tuesday 21 February 1630-1730 Online
20 Tuesday 28 February 1630-1730 Online
21 Tuesday 7 March 1630-1730 Online
22 Tuesday 14 March 1630-1730 Online
23 Tuesday 21 March 1630-1730 Online
24 Tuesday 28 March 1630-1730 Online
25 Tuesday 18 April 1630-1730 Online
26 Tuesday 25 April 1630-1730 Online
27 Tuesday 2 May 1630-1730 Online
28 Tuesday 6 June 1630-1730 Online
29 Tuesday 13 June 1630-1730 Online
30 Tuesday 27 June 1030-1430 FACE-TO-FACE – Studio 1, Exeter Phoenix
Session Date Student Time Location
1 Thursday 15 September 1630-1730 Online
2 Thursday 22 September 1630-1730 Online
3 Thursday 29 September 1630-1730 Online
4 Tuesday 4 October 1030-1430 FACE-TO-FACE – Exeter Maths School
5 Thursday 13 October 1630-1730 Online
6 Thursday 20 October 1630-1730 Online
7 Thursday 3 November 1630-1730 Online
8 Thursday 10 November 1630-1730 Online
9 Thursday 17 November 1630-1730 Online
10 Thursday 24 November 1630-1730 Online
11 Thursday 1 December 1630-1730 Online
12 Thursday 8 December 1630-1730 Online
13 Thursday 5 January 1630-1730 Online
14 Thursday 12 January 1630-1730 Online
15 Thursday 19 January 1630-1730 Online
16 Thursday 26 January 1630-1730 Online
17 Thursday 2 February 1630-1730 Online
18 Tuesday 7 February 1030-1430 FACE-TO-FACE – Exeter Maths School
19 Thursday 23 February 1630-1730 Online
20 Thursday 2 March 1630-1730 Online
21 Thursday 9 March 1630-1730 Online
22 Thursday 16 March 1630-1730 Online
23 Thursday 23 March 1630-1730 Online
24 Thursday 30 March 1630-1730 Online
25 Thursday 20 April 1630-1730 Online
26 Thursday 27 April 1630-1730 Online
27 Thursday 4 May 1630-1730 Online
28 Thursday 8 June 1630-1730 Online
29 Thursday 15 June 1630-1730 Online
30 Tuesday 4 July 1030-1430 FACE-TO-FACE – Studio 1, Exeter Phoenix
Session Date Student Time Location
1 Tuesday 10 January 1030-1430 FACE-TO-FACE -AUDITORIUM, Exeter Phoenix
2 Wednesday 18 January 1630-1730 ONLINE
3 Wednesday 25 January 1630-1730 ONLINE
4 Wednesday 1 February 1630-1730 ONLINE
5 Wednesday 8 February 1630-1730 ONLINE
6 Wednesday 22 February 1630-1730 ONLINE
8 Wednesday 1 March 1630-1730 ONLINE
8 Wednesday 8 March 1630-1730 ONLINE
9 Wednesday 15 March 1630-1730 ONLINE
10 Wednesday 22 March 1630-1730 ONLINE
11 Wednesday 29 March 1630-1730 ONLINE
12 Wednesday 19 April 1630-1730 ONLINE
13 Wednesday 26 April 1630-1730 ONLINE
14 Wednesday 3 May 1630-1730 ONLINE
15 Wednesday 7 June 1630-1730 ONLINE
16 Wednesday 14 June 1630-1730 ONLINE
17 Wednesday 21 June 1630-1730 ONLINE
18 Wednesday 28 June 1630-1730 ONLINE
19 Wednesday 5 July 1630-1730 ONLINE
20 Monday 10 July 1030-1430 FACE-TO-FACE -AUDITORIUM, Exeter Phoenix
Session Date Student Time Location
Launch Monday 9 January 1630-1730 Fermat-Wiles, Exeter Maths School
1 Monday 16 January 1630-1730 Fermat-Wiles, Exeter Maths School
2 Monday 23 January 1630-1730 Fermat-Wiles, Exeter Maths School
3 Monday 30 January 1630-1730 Fermat-Wiles, Exeter Maths School
4 Monday 6 February 1630-1730 Fermat-Wiles, Exeter Maths School
5 Monday 20 February 1630-1730 Fermat-Wiles, Exeter Maths School
6 Monday 27 February 1630-1730 Fermat-Wiles, Exeter Maths School
7 Monday 6 March 1630-1730 Fermat-Wiles, Exeter Maths School
8 Monday 13 March 1630-1730 Fermat-Wiles, Exeter Maths School
9 Monday 20 March 1630-1730 Fermat-Wiles, Exeter Maths School
10 Monday 27 March 1630-1730 Fermat-Wiles, Exeter Maths School
11 Monday 17 April 1630-1730 Fermat-Wiles, Exeter Maths School
12 Monday 24 April 1630-1730 Fermat-Wiles, Exeter Maths School
14 Monday 15 May 1630-1730 Fermat-Wiles, Exeter Maths School
15 Monday 5 June 1630-1730 Fermat-Wiles, Exeter Maths School
16 Monday 12 June 1630-1730 Fermat-Wiles, Exeter Maths School
17 Monday 19 June 1630-1730 Fermat-Wiles, Exeter Maths School
18 Monday 26 June 1630-1730 Fermat-Wiles, Exeter Maths School
19 Monday 3 July 1630-1730 Fermat-Wiles, Exeter Maths School
20 Monday 10 July 1630-1730 Fermat-Wiles, Exeter Maths School

Maths Summer Residential

Target Audience: Year 10 students from Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset that are able and interested in maths.

Format: 3-day residential held at EMS that includes workshops, social activities and university experience.

Aim: To provide students with inspiration and challenge in a supportive setting, giving insight into applications of maths at university and beyond.

Information to Students: Applications for our Maths Summer Residential are now open – details of how to nominate students have been sent to Maths Teachers across the South West.

Capacity: 78

Year 9 Royal Institution Mathematics Masterclasses

Target Audience: Year 9 students who are able and interested in maths. Catchment area is approximately east of Torbay, excluding North Devon (similar masterclasses are run in Cornwall, Plymouth and North Devon).

Format: 7 Saturday mornings, approximately fortnightly, over the spring and summer terms.

Aim: To encourage, inspire and engage students in the art and practice of mathematics.

How to get involved: Details of the 2024 programme will be posted here at the start of the next academic year.

Capacity: 40

Overview

Ri Masterclasses are a series of workshops which are led by enthusiastic speakers from industry, academia and education. They offer students in-depth investigations of topic areas outside of the school curriculum, combining theory with interactive exploration.

We aim to challenge students who are curious about maths and we are keen to reach students for whom other opportunities may not be readily available. Participants need enthusiasm as well as mathematical ability, along with a determination to explore!

Participation is free for all state-school students. Please note that students are expected to attend the entire series of masterclasses. 

How to join

This programme is teacher nominated only; we cannot accept applications from students directly. Please email events@exeterms.ac.uk to make an enquiry about this programme.

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