CURRENT PROGRAMMES
LMaS’ three core values are Intentional Inclusivity, Productive Struggle and Impactful Altruism. We offer
- sustained enrichment programmes for high-attainers in Key Stage 4 and below;
- teacher CPD in Mathematics and mathematical Sciences, in particular focusing on teaching high-attainers; and
- opportunities for current LMaStudents to go each week to local schools and support younger learners that enable and demonstrate our commitment to these values. All our programmes are free, there is no charge to attend or participate.
Axiom Maths Circles
LMaS is working in partnership with Axiom Maths, a charity that has developed a fully-funded enrichment programme, called maths circles, for high-attainers in Key Stages 3 and 4. The programme starts in Year 7.
In an Axiom maths circle, a small group of students come together regularly with an experienced, knowledgeable mentor to grapple with intriguing questions, to discover and explore exciting ideas, and to learn to think and talk like advanced mathematicians. The questions, tasks and explorations in maths circles develop students’ mathematical reasoning and expand their mathematical curiosity, at the same time as refining their technical knowledge and skills. In their circles, students engage with tasks that are unfamiliar but very satisfying, they develop their knowledge of significant topics in mathematics, and they follow a coherent and carefully sequenced problem-solving curriculum.
At the end of each year, the community of all the students participating in maths circles in the Leeds city and region come together for a celebration event at LMaS. There is excitement, teamwork, and – of course – lots of maths!
GCSE Further Maths (online)
When studying GCSE Further Maths, students begin their adventurous exploration of powerful mathematical topics and ideas they don’t usually see in their maths lessons, such as calculus, matrices and combinatorics. They also go further with techniques they have met already, such as simplifying expressions, solving equations, and using trigonometry. They develop not only their technical skills but also their mathematical understanding: they answer ‘why?’ questions as well as ‘how?’ questions. GCSE Further Maths is excellent preparation for studying Mathematics or Further Mathematics in Year 12.
We offer online lessons so that any student targeting grade 7, 8 or 9 in their Mathematics GCSE can have the opportunity of studying GCSE Further Maths, especially if it’s not available to them in their current school. In the lessons, students
- dive deep into fascinating mathematical ideas, some familiar and some brand-new;
- explore ideas that are surprising, intriguing and inspiring;
- make connections between seemingly different mathematical topics;
- strengthen their conceptual understanding;
- improve their mathematical reasoning;
- develop their problem-solving skills;
If you are a teacher and would like to know more about these lessons, please complete this short form here.
LMathScience Experiences
We regularly invite schools to bring groups of higher-attainers in Years 5 and 6, or in Year 9, to come to LMaS for a morning of Maths and Science activities, for example cleaning up oil spills, measuring the acceleration of a freely falling object, strategy games (easy to describe, hard to win!) and mysterious multiplication methods. If you are a teacher and would like to know more about these opportunities, please complete this short form here.
LMaSaturday Maths Masterclasses
Each term we offer a Saturday morning Maths Masterclass for students in Year 10 who are aiming for grades 8 and 9 in GCSE Maths. If you are a parent or carer and would like to know more about the Masterclasses, please complete this short form here.
