Earlier this week, the Maths department took 19 pupils to ‘Mathsfest’ at the New Alexandra Theatre in Birmingham.
The event was a day-long mathematical ‘extravaganza’ designed to appeal to all those with an interest in maths, programming, modelling and general puzzle solving. Pupils listened to speakers talk about code breaking, puzzle challenges, graphics and special effects and other mind-bending maths topics!
Famous people in the maths world, enthralled the audience by exploring maths in somany different ways. Guest speakers included: Matt Parker (stand up comedian), Hannah Fry (TV star), James Grime (Internet Maths phenomenon) and Rob Eastaway (best-selling Maths author).
It was a thought provoking and interesting day which concluded with lasers and explosions and included secret codes, crowd modelling and why humans are inept at dealing with randomness.
