Royal Institute maths masterclasses

Bute House offers Primary Mathematics Masterclasses in association with the Royal Institution. Royal Institution Masterclasses aim to stimulate, encourage and inspire young people in the beauty and wonder of mathematics and to develop a sense of enjoyment in the subject. 

Six local partner state schools are invited to nominate four students each. Nominated students are judged to have an interest in the classes, who can be challenged, who are well-motivated and curious about mathematics.

Aims

The Explore programme is our big tent of activities, programmes and partnerships with local schools. Bute House Explore reaches out to all primary schools in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham and beyond with programmes and activities to enrich learning across the curriculum and beyond. We give a space to children for their personal growth and learning through creative experiences and enhanced learning.

All the Bute House staff team are involved in delivering Explore. Staff members give up time to
commit their expertise and talent to creating the best experiences for the children who participate.

The Maths Masterclasses allows our local children to experience specialist maths teaching in and open up new ways of thinking, in partnership with specialist external maths education practitioners.

Background

As part of our established and developed Explore programme, we are constantly seeking new ways to engage with our local schools, using resources and expertise we can uniquely provide. Based on feedback, discussions and requests with the Senior Leadership Teams of our local schools, we developed the enrolment procedures and a teaching programme that would be of benefit to the children and schools involved.

Resources

Specialist teachers give their time and expertise to design, deliver and review the workshop series working closely with the local state school partners and the Royal Institution.