Alcester Academy Maths

Why sin²θ + cos²θ =1? A Geometric Proof.

Great work today from our Extra Maths Year 9 students. Well done Peter, Arthur & Maisie for completing your FDP conversions loop today!

Congratulations 🎊 Farrah year 10 and Alice year 11 @AlcesterAcademy

What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning. - Werner Heisenberg

Great start to the topic of 2D shapes from Year 7 set 5 last Friday - excellent work exploring area and its meaning. 👍📐

Thanks to ⁦⁦@AlcesterAcademy English⁩ for a day with Y11 @poetrylive in Oxford. Ready for GCSE time!

Well done to all our students who took part in the UKMT Maths Challenge today! 🧠 The maths department is very proud of your hard work and effort, and we’re looking forward to getting the results very soon! 📐👏

Despite the weather our Y11 girls enjoyed their final District Football tournament held in Stratford this evening, achieving a third place finish 🥉 ⚽️

Less than a week to go until KS4 students take part in Intermediate UKMT Challenge!! Good luck to all students taking part, but most of all - enjoy it😄 Click here to find out more about the Intermediate level challenge: ukmt.org.uk/intermediate-c… #UKMT #MathsChallenge

No tech. Just paper. Pure simplicity. Here, an effective means for students to explore any polygon’s exterior angles. #mathematics #geometry

Brilliant work from Mr Silvester’s Year 9 class this week presenting their statistics projects! Students posed their own questions, collected and analysed data, and presented their arguments, including “Do girls spend more money than boys?” Great teamwork and confident presenting

It has been an inspirational start to 2026 for @AlcesterAcademy with our first Three Rivers Alliance joint Conference focused around Adaptive Teaching. Our key note speaker was the incredible @Sue_Cowley sharing her expertise and experience with us. #NewYear #Inspired

Why there are 360 degrees in one circle ?

Year 10 investigating parachutes. Well done to Aiden the overall winner

After introducing parts of a circle and some low-stakes quizzing, Year 10 got hands-on today, measuring circumference with string and diameter with a ruler. The final step? Dividing the two and discovering… π! 📏🧵Hands-on measurements, critical thinking and a clear conclusion✅

Christmas Mock season starts today – Good luck to all Year 11s sitting their Paper 1 (Non-Calculator) mock this afternoon!🍀📐 We’ll see some of you in Lesson 2 for revision & preparation. Don’t forget to get your calculators sorted for the calculator papers later next week💪📊

Hope you enjoyed the fireworks! 🎆 @AlcesterAcademy But do you know why we celebrate 5th November? It marks the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, when Guy Fawkes and others tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament. With very close ties to @Coughton_Court!

The momentum is building for our Y7 @AlcesterAcademy Numeracy House Competition this afternoon @AlcesterMaths 👏

Thank you to @Everfi for hosting our Y7 SLD looking at careers in STEM subjects. Such a super day!

No, it's not £1. Introducing simultaneous equations. mathsbot.com/tasks #1001MathsBots