Mrs Copp (Deputy Head of Junior School)

Photo - Risheka, Bella and Harriet

Many congratulations to our budding mathematicians in Years 3 and 4 who claimed second place in the Harpur Trust Top of the Rocks competition. We are so proud of the girls who further developed their skills of automaticity, speed and accuracy of times tables. 

In a closely fought contest, BGS were pipped at the post by Bedford Prep. As active participants in the competition, the girls flexed their times tables muscles and scored thousands of points between them last week.

Top three individual results

In Year 3, Bella Maslin was our top player, achieving 9,031 points, Risheka Sivasenthan scored 5,831 points and Harriet Woolley achieved 3,598 points. 

In Year 4, Evelyn Brown was our top player, achieving 2,365 points. Lia Ben Cohen scored 2,206 points and Ayla Akhtar achieved 2,100 points.   

Here are some reflections from our mathematicians:

Bella (3M): “It was a really fun thing to do and I really enjoyed doing it. I was very happy to get this amazing certificate.”

Risheka (3T): “I felt happy and enjoyed doing it.”

Harriet (3M): “I’m very proud of myself and it was very fun.”

Ayla (4AB): “I tried my best and was quite surprised to have done so well!”

Evelyn (4C): “It was my first TT Rockstars competition and I found it very exciting.”

Lia (4C): “I was so happy when I found out I came second, I used every spare second to give it my best!”