Royal Institution Masterclasses for Year-9 School Children

Four classes, each lasting 3 hours on Saturday mornings at the end of November and the beginning of December, were given for 40 year-9 (13 year-old) Oxfordshire school children. They were held at Queen's College. The lecturers were:

• Peter Neumann Challenges;
• Ian Tustian and David Wheeler (Warriner School, Banbury) Fill it up! --- maximisation problems
• David Acheson 1089 and all that
• Professor Sir Christopher Zeeman Gyroscopes and boomerangs.