We were successful in our bid to become a Maths and Computing College as a second specialism in March 2006. The main aims of a Maths and Computing College are:
To raise standards of achievement and develop further interest of the specialist subjects across the whole ability range leading to whole school improvement. Mathematics and ICT will improve the quality of teaching and learning in the specialism and develop innovative approaches to the teaching and learning of the specialist subjects. They will have a mathematically rich curriculum that embraces all aspects of school life and will develop share good practice across the curriculum, particularly through considered use of ICT.
To raise the post-16 participation rate in mathematics and computing related subjects through promoting the full range of courses available. Colleges will also provide young people with the skills and appropriate careers guidance needed for students to progress into employment, further training or higher education related to the specialist subjects according to their individual abilities, aptitudes and ambitions.
To be active partners in a learning society with their local schools and communities. They will be the lead centre in sharing resources as well as developing and sharing good practice across the whole community. Colleges will also actively engage and work with business and industry to promote the use of mathematics and computing outside of school.
At Wood Green as part of our second specialism we have already introduced a number of initiatives:
Leadership
We have introduced two leadership awards:
- YeL@ (Young e-Leaders Award)
- MYLA (Maths Young Leaders Award
These awards are broken up into three sections
Part One: Individual Achievement
Pupils need to take part in one ICT/Maths activity for at least 3 months during the time they do the award. They should take part for a minimum of the equivalent of one hour a week and must collect evidence of their achievement in ICT/Maths. They must show how they have reached a challenge in their chosen activity.
Part Two: The World of ICT/Maths
They must complete two tasks. These are:
1. Going to at least one different kind of environment where ICT/Maths is being used.
2. Researching at least one different career or job in ICT/Maths including the qualifications that are required in order to achieve this.
Part Three: Leadership and Team Working
They need to display leadership skills by planning, leading and evaluating an ICT/Maths project as a leader or as part of a leadership team. Their project should be shared.
Courses and Extra-Curricular activity
We offer our students a range of exciting courses and extra curricular opportunities in both Maths and Computing and these include:
- A Level Computing, Maths and Further Maths
- BTEC ICT
- CLAIT
- GCSE Maths and Statistics
- CC4G (Computer Club for Girls)
- Robocode
- Computer Programming
- Maths in Motion
- YeL@
- MYLA
- Code Breaking
- Visits to Bletchley Park and Wolverhampton University
Maths Games Webpages
Please visit our Maths games webpages for the latest Maths Educational games. Click on the picture to the right to go to the Maths Games webpages.
Community Support
We currently work with and support a number of our local feeder primary schools and secondary school as well as running an Adult Education Centre.
Our aim is to increase our capacity to be able to deliver more courses for the community such as:
- Functional Maths
- CISCO
- EDCL
- How to build your own PC
- Building a home network
