Mathematics Tag Archive

Mathematics Team bound for London!

Further Mathematics students in Year 13 and 14 recently enjoyed great success at the UK Mathematics Trust Senior Team Challenge competition. Emily Hayes, Anna Trimble, Kirsty...

Jamie wins Hamilton Prize

The Mathematics department was delighted to hear of the recent success past pupil Jamie Lutton. Jamie was a student of Further Mathematics leaving Wallace in 2016. He then went on...

Scottish university applauds Anna!

Year 12 student Anna Trimble is the first recipient of the University of Dundee Mathematics Award; this new initiative is aimed specifically at GCSE level. A member of staff from...

QUB Maths Competition for Schools 2017

On Friday 8th December Year 14 mathematicians, Erin McCandless, Hannah Patterson, Peter Scott and Beth Taylor accompanied by Mrs Elliott, ventured to The Queen’s University of...

Queen of the numbers

Former and current Countdown stars Carol Vorderman and Rachel Riley may need to look to their numerical laurels as Wallace can boast of our very own mathematical prodigy. What is...

Celebrating Pi Day

The Mathematics Department recently celebrated Pi Day on Tuesday 14th March, with various activities throughout the day. Pi Day is celebrated annually around the world on the...

Using a Spreadsheet to Solve a Mathematics Problem

The video illustrates how students apply their knowledge to solve a mathematics problem using Numbers....

Departmental Achievements

As ever, many academic departments have been extremely busy in the past few weeks with many successful achievements and a wide variety of activities. The annual Geographical...

Return of the “petrol head”

The future looked very bright in 2004 for former Wallace pupil Eddie Thompson when he left school for university equipped with an outstanding 4 A grades in Mathematics, Further...

Sentinus Mathematics

Primary seven pupils from across the city spent a day at The Wallace High School recently taking part in an innovative event encouraging a love of Mathematics. The day long...