Mrs Woolf’s 7A2 and 7B3 remember to go straight to room 21 for your lessons today.
A reminder that Grade 5 Theory starts today after school. Please come along to the Groby Music room.
Thanks
Miss White
Over Easter Ewan Pantling; Year 9 student competed in the World Hunter Field Target championships at Kelmarsh Hall in
Northamptonshire in which he came 2nd in the world in the junior class. Over 360 competitors took place in the event organised by the
World Hunter Field Target Association.
Hunter field target competitions are simulated “hunting” using target air rifles to shoot metal targets (rather than live ones) which are
silhouettes of small animals such as rats and squirrels and birds like crows and pigeons (all classed as pests). The 30 targets are set over a
course in woodland at various distances and heights with different size “kill zones” within the shape to make them as difficult as possible,
taking into account the trajectory of the ammunition and wind strength and direction.
The competition took place over two days, shooting 30 targets each day, on two different courses. At the end of the two days Ewan and
another junior competitor were tied for 2nd place which meant that they had to take part in a shoot off. This involved shooting 3 targets
at different ranges in front of the other competitors. After winning the shoot off Ewan won the 2nd class trophy in the under 17s category.
Ewan has been competing in HFT competitions for just over a year and has already accumulated a nice collection of medals and
trophies. He is competing in the UK national series this year as well as other events.
The photo above is of Ewan receiving his trophy.
Mathematics is the study of topics such as quantity, structure, space, and change. There is a range of views among mathematicians and philosophers as to the exact scope and definition of mathematics.
Mathematicians seek out patterns[9][10] and use them to formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures bymathematical proof. When mathematical structures are good models of real phenomena, then mathematical reasoning can provide insight or predictions about nature. Through the use of abstraction and logic, mathematics developed from counting, calculation, measurement, and the systematic study of the shapes and motions of physical objects. Practical mathematics has been a human activity for as far back as written recordsexist. The research required to solve mathematical problems can take years or even centuries of sustained inquiry.
Rigorous arguments first appeared in Greek mathematics, most notably in Euclid‘s Elements. Since the pioneering work of Giuseppe Peano (1858–1932), David Hilbert (1862–1943), and others on axiomatic systems in the late 19th century, it has become customary to view mathematical research as establishing truth by rigorous deduction from appropriately chosen axioms and definitions. Mathematics developed at a relatively slow pace until theRenaissance, when mathematical innovations interacting with new scientific discoveries led to a rapid increase in the rate of mathematical discovery that has continued to the present day.[11]
This year’s science fair will take place on the 19th July and will include volcanoes and flux capacitors.
The first person to solve this brain teaser in the comments wins a prize!
