Programme 2011-2012 (Series 3)

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The Committee Dennis Richardson Chair Ruth Williams Treasurer, Fellow Girton College The Royal Institution Tom Korner Fellow Trinity Hall Fran Watson Sharnbrook School Mathematics Masterclasses in Cambridge Janet Oswell Abbey College Suzanne Riley The Netherhall School Houyuan Jiang Judge Business School, Cambridge University Libby Jared Faculty of Education Cambridge University Liz Crook Long Road Sixth Form College Alan Thompson Cheryl Dye Witchford Village College Louella Prince Netherhall School Mike Hancock Hinchingbrooke School Mike Arhin St Peter’s School Maria MacArdle University of Bedford Our Sponsors The Committee is a team of volunteers who give freely of their time to organise and support the masterclasses. Listed below are the individuals and institutions who have contributed financially to support the running of the masterclasses. We remain very grateful for their generosity. Christ’s College, Fitzwilliam College, Girton College, Gonville and Caius College, King’s College, Magdalene College, Newnham College, Pembroke College, Queens’ College, St John’s College, Trinity College, Trinity Hall, Wolfson College, The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, The London Mathematical Series 3 2011/12 Society. Website: www.ricambs.maths.org The Programme 7/1/12 Mathletics Participants Introduced by Suzanne Riley Old Hall, Girton College Alexander Hearne-Potton Netherhall School Alexandra Phillips Sir Harry Smith CC 14/1/12 Numbers and Patterns with Dennis Pinshon Alicia Port Longsands Academy Andrew Figgins Soham VC Introduced by Maria MacArdle Caitlin Mills Neale-Wade CC Chapel Box Room, Girton College Daisy Hodgson Hinchingbrooke School Academy David Redman Cottenham Academy 21/1/12 Surfaces with Paul Stephenson Elizabeth Guest Impington VC Introduced by Mike Hancock Elliott Clarke Chesterton CC Academy Old Hall, Girton College Emma Blackburn Longsands Academy Emma Tyler Abbey College 28/1/12 Excelling Maths with Alan Davies Ismael Saywell Neale-Wade CC Jed Thomas Cottenham Academy Introduced by Houyuan Jiang Jessica Peers Sir Harry Smith CC Centre for Mathematical Studies Jiaqi Chen Impington VC Joanna Corney Sawtry CC 4/2/12 Keeping Secrets Secret withWai Yi Feng Joanna Moseley-Hutchinson Sir Harry Smith CC Introduced by Alan Thompson Julian Semerene Foster Comberton VC Old Hall, Girton College Kathryn Coulson Neale-Wade CC Kathryn Story Swavesey VC Kayleigh Moore Abbey College Lauren Cheng Longsands Academy Laurence Dicks Swavesey VC Parents/Guardians are kindly requested to arrive by Lucille Corby Hinchingbrooke School Academy 9.45am and to return by 12.30pm to collect their child. Luke Perry Comberton VC Misbah Ahmed Sawtry CC There will be a reception for parents, after the last session Sebastian Pettit Soham VC at Girton College , at which certificates will be presented. Thea Fennell Impington VC Thomas Ibbs Netherhall School Tim Hitchins Swavesey VC .

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