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On March 20th, 2024, the prestigious Royal Holloway Campus played host to the finals of the annual SATRO Problem Solving Competition. Among the eager participants were five talented Year 12 students from Wilson’s, who had earned their spot in the final after an impressive showing at the qualifying heat, held at St. Philomena's School back in January. The ...

Our popular Maths Circle lectures have been well attended this year! Students, staff and guests have listened avidly to experts in the field. Akshay and Uthman, both in Year Twelve, share their experiences below.

Synths, the Universe and Doodling

Last week’s lecture, the second in the series, presented by Dr. Phil Ramsden ...

Our popular Maths Circle Lectures continued last week. We were honoured to welcome Dr James Munro, Admissions and Outreach Coordinator, Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford and Stipendiary Lecturer at New College, Oxford. Dr Munro entertained and challenged his audience with an introduction to Évariste Galois and the field that is now ...

Maths Feast 2024

On Wednesday 21st February four Year Ten students braved the wet weather and journeyed over to Raynes Park High School to compete in the annual Maths Feast (organised by the AMSP) against schools from the southwest of London. Over the course of two and a half hours they worked through 4 diverse rounds of questions. They ...

The Hans Woyda Competition has been running in the local area for the past 44 years. It started off with only 8 schools in Sutton and has now expanded to 64 schools from across North and South London and was named after one of the founders. It is a team competition formed of 7 rounds, all timed. Mental arithmetic skills need to be strong as well ...

We were very pleased to present our top-scoring pupils in the most recent Maths Challenges with their awards last week to recognise their exceptional achievement in mathematics. Last term, a record number of students from Years Seven and Eight qualified for the Kangaroo and Olympiad competitions. These are tricky national competitions which test ...

Congratulations to all of the Year 7 and Year 8 students who took part in the Junior Maths Challenge earlier this year.

Nearly every student earned a certificate; there were 35 bronzes, 101 silvers and 232 golds! Out of this bumper crop of results, 162 students qualified for the Junior Kangaroo, which is a one-hour multiple choice paper, ...

We have had another successful year in the Southampton Mathematics Challenge. Students from Years 7 to 10 submit their worked solutions to the puzzles. Some students were able to attend the prize giving event at the University (see the article below). Students who were not able to attend will receive their certificates and prizes from the Maths ...

On Friday 21 April, Alex (Year 13), Ben (Year 12), Reyansh (Year 12), Arsh (Year 12), and I represented Wilson's at the Náboj maths competition, hosted at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences at Cambridge University. The Náboj is an international competition, and this year we were one of the 468 participating teams across 12 countries.

Although ...

Throughout March, we were treated to the annual series of maths lectures given by talented mathematicians from highly varied backgrounds in the world of maths, joined by students from other schools across Sutton.

The first lecture was delivered by Simon Singh, a name familiar to anyone with a serious interest in mathematics! He delivered a ...

Maths Feast

On 22 March, four students from Year 10 (banner photo, above) attended the Maths Feast competition, held at Raynes Park High School.

We made our way to the school by public transport where we were greeted by a hall full of 20 tables. We were directed to ours; and it wasn't long before the feast began! In a fun first round, ...