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Categories
The 2024 categories were in thw wild, and the ‘why’ of shapes
Winning entries made deep connections between the subject(s) of their photo and the maths inside them and explained this in their commentary
in the wild
🌿🍄🌗🪐🌪🌈⚡🌦❄ Have you seen some maths in the wild? Perhaps hiding in the space-saving honeycomb of bees🐝, the symmetry of a starfish⭐, or the fractal glory of Romanesco broccoli?🥦
Entries submitted to this ccategory captured the wild side of maths in nature! 🐾🦠🕸️Can you find mathematical concepts roaming freely outside of your nursery, school, college, university or work?
the ‘why’ of shapes
Can you see the maths inside the shapes and spaces around us? What shapes can you see? Why have these shapes been chosen and not other shapes? How do the shapes you see fit together …or not!? Where can you find similar shapes? Why are the same shapes used in different places? Why are the same shapes used for different tasks?
🚲 What shape is used on a bicycle wheel? Why is this shape and not others used for a wheel? What happens if another shape is used? Can you find another shape that works for a wheel? What would be different? What would be the same?
🏗 What shapes are used in building the spaces around us? Why are these shapes chosen? Can you find another place where the same shapes are used? What is the reason for these shapes to be used? Where will you look? What will you discover?
🔺🔹⬣⬠ Why regular triangles, square and hexagons in tiles, and not pentagons? 🚧 Why traffic cones and not traffic cylinders? 📦 Why cuboid cardboard boxes and not spherical?
Category Winners
The winners in each category will receive a £50 Amazon voucher & certificate
- in the wild winner — £50 Amazon voucher & certificate
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- the ‘why’ of shapes winner — £50 Amazon voucher & certificate
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Levels
Submissions were considered in the below levels
- Early Years — pre-school children & P1 pupils
- First Level — P2–P4
- Second Level — P5–P7
- Third/Fourth Level — S1–S3
- Senior Phase — S4–S6
- Another Level — for adults, parents, teachers, photographers, all mathematical artists (or artistic mathematicians!) out-of-school
Level Winners
The winners in each level received a £20 Amazon voucher & certificate. Learn more about the levels above
- Early Years winner — £20 Amazon voucher & certificate
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- First Level winner — £20 Amazon voucher & certificate
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- Second Level winner — £20 Amazon voucher & certificate
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- Third/Fourth Level winner — £20 Amazon voucher & certificate
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- Senior Phase winner — £20 Amazon voucher & certificate
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- Another Level winner — £20 Amazon voucher & certificate
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Level Runners-up
Runners-up in each level receive a £10 Amazon voucher & certificate. Learn more about the levels above
- Early Years runner-up (x 2) — £10 Amazon voucher & certificate
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- First Level runners-up (x 2) — £10 Amazon voucher & certificate
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- Second Level runners-up (x 2) — £10 Amazon voucher & certificate
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- Third/Fourth Level runners-up (x 2) — £10 Amazon voucher & certificate
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- Senior Phase runners-up (x 2) — £10 Amazon voucher & certificate
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Another Level runners-up — £10 Amazon voucher & certificate
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Commended Entries
Commended Entries each receive a certificate
Schools Prizes
- Highly Commended School for outstanding commitment & quality of entries — £100 Amazon voucher & certificate
- Commended School for outstanding commitment — certificate