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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

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?

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?

Category Winners

The winners in each category received a £50 Amazon voucher & certificate

• the ‘why’ of shapes winner — £50 Amazon voucher & certificate
  • Gaia Lawson (P4) with Mirror Magic
• in the wild winner — £50 Amazon voucher & certificate
  • Haridarshan Bhatt (S2) with Calculating Light’s Journey

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
  • Daisy Wilson (P1) with Circle Splash
• First Level winner — £20 Amazon voucher & certificate
  • Finlay Davies (P3) with Special Waves
• Second Level winner — £20 Amazon voucher & certificate
  • Edmund Warrilow Silcock (P5) with Pretty as a Pixel
• Third/Fourth Level winner — £20 Amazon voucher & certificate
  • Ava Brindisi Swan (S3) with Rampant Rivers
• Senior Phase winner — £20 Amazon voucher & certificate
  • Elza Lee (S5) with Socrates (who lives to a hundred)
• Another Level winner — £20 Amazon voucher & certificate
  • Kris Fraser (NA) with Tr-why-angles
    

Level Runners-up

Runners-up in each level received a £10 Amazon voucher & certificate. Learn more about the levels above

• Early Years runner-up (x 2) — £10 Amazon voucher & certificate
  • Marta (P1) with Sizes
  • N Elliott (P1) with Rolling Around
• First Level runners-up (x 2) — £10 Amazon voucher & certificate
  • Milda Kurgonaite (P2) with Time travel
  • Eloise Shek (P3) with Beauty Found in Nature: a double rainbow
• Second Level runners-up (x 2) — £10 Amazon voucher & certificate
  • Mikey Williams (P5) with GeomeTREE
  • Aishwarya Chaudhary (P6) with Math in Leaf
• Third/Fourth Level runners-up (x 2) — £10 Amazon voucher & certificate
  • Euan Wood (S1) with A Geographical Equation
  • Thomas Davies (S2) with The Lighthouse: a beacon of mathematical genius.

• Senior Phase runners-up (x 2) — £10 Amazon voucher & certificate

  • S5 Maths Group (S5) with Shapes in the Jeely Piece Song
  • Adam Taggarty (S6) with My 3D House

• Another Level runners-up — £10 Amazon voucher & certificate

  • Pradeep De (NA) with How Long Ago Did the Mammoths Roam the Earth?

  • Clare Findlay (NA) with Circles of Life

    Commended Entries

Commended Entries each receive a certificate

• Early Years — pre-school children & P1 pupils
  • Poppies room (P0) with What’s the Time Mr Wolf?
  • Lyall Davis (P0) with Growing Maths
  • Rowan Gordon (P1) with The Wall to Ardbeg
• First Level — P2–P4
  • Elvin Rzayev (P2) with My Lavender Adventure!
  • Christopher Thompson (P3) with Symmetrical Fern
  • Harris Stoppard (P3) with Clouds
  • Mason Rodgers (P4) with Building on Islay
• Second Level — P5–P7
  • P ⁶⁄₇ (P6) with Rotation
  • Sarah Jenkins (P6) with Five Little Monkeys Swinging on Bars
  • Charlotte Rathbone (P6) with Choctastic Maths
  • Ruaridh Hamilton (P6) with Special Spirals
  • The Banks Boys (P6) with Busy Bee
  • Tilly Johnston (P6) with Sea Hare Breathing
  • Findlay Cunningham (P6) with Scaley Shoes
  • Edwyn Molyneux (P7) with Shadow Time
  • Katie Lyagoba (P7) with Triangles in Engineering
  • Tygo Tammes-Murray (P7) with Pine Needles in Autumn
  • Finn MacNeill (P7) with Spiral Forrest
  • Ryan Rennie (P7) with Peatlands
  • Archie Logan (P7) with Lorry Logistics
• Third/Fourth Level — S1–S3
  • Frayah McKeown (S1) with Morning Bus
  • Brigita Svirplyte (S1) with Ukulele Maths
  • Madelene Hurley (S1) with Sliding in to Maths
  • Faye Murray (S1) with Car Wheels
  • Mariia Lebedieva (S1) with Reflections and Symmetry
  • Emi walker (S1) with Hexagons on Turtles
  • Luc De La Hoz Wilson (S2) with Birdynamics
  • Felix Bertram (S3) with Fractals in Nature
• Senior Phase — S4–S6
  • Erin Pass (S4) with FIve
  • Erin Pass (S4) with Lucky
  • Ryan Morris (S5) with My Rainbow Stones
• Another Level — for adults, parents, teachers, photographers, all mathematical artists (or artistic mathematicians!) out-of-school
  • Gordon Kenny (NA) with Carbon Dating: how old is this fossil?

Schools Prizes

• Highly Commended Schools for outstanding commitment & quality of entries — £100 Amazon voucher & certificate
  • St Andrew’s RC Primary (DG1)
  • St Joseph’s College (DG1)
• Commended School for outstanding commitment — certificate
  • Bowmore Primary School
  • Buchanan High School
  • Dallas Primary School
  • Firth Primary School, Orkney
  • Port Ellen Primary School