A Level Maths students in Years 12 and 13 recently visited Durham University with Mrs Glen, our Director of Learning for Maths, for a revision session hosted by degree students.

Students worked on improving their exam technique and took advice from degree students about university life and the application process. Year 12 A Level Maths student, Daniel B said, "The trip was really useful; we revised topics such as Quadratics, Graphs and Powers, which are all relevant to our current module, and it was great to see the seminar facilities. The campus is really impressive."

Year 10 students have also attended an innovative and challenging Maths and Music lecture at Teesside University. The lecture attempted to answer the following questions: Why do some notes sound good together in tunes and others not? What patterns are there in music? What is your brain doing when you listen to music?

Students attempted to drum out different patterns for given ratios, learned about the importance of ratios and used them to calculate the frequencies of notes in the C major scale. The lecture concluded with students learning about the application of Mathematics to a variety of areas such as sport, climate science, video games and films, medicine, and internet security.