The 2011/12 Challenge will be run using Version 13 of the computer program ‘Cars- Maths in Motion’, first published by Cambridgeshire Software House in May 2011.

1. Copies of the program must be purchased direct from Cambridgeshire Software House (sales@cshsoft.com or info@mathschallenge.org.uk). Software licences are ‘per school’ NOT per ‘educational establishment’, i.e. an Academy manages five schools. Each school will need its own software licence in order to participate in the Challenge.

2. Your school will have until March 2012 (exact date will be announced later in the year) to submit your first round entry to Cambridgeshire Software House. The intervening period should be used to familiarise students with the software and the mathematics skills required to use it competitively. The software setup for this race will be made known to all registered schools during January 2012.

3. Shortly after the first round deadline, a race will be run by Cambridgeshire Software House to determine the schools in each Region (generally based on Local Authority boundaries) that will qualify to take part in the semi final (see 4 below). Places in the semi final will be allocated on the basis of 1 place per 6 participating schools per Age Range, e.g. there are 19 Primary Schools in Kent taking part – the best 3 entries will go through. Each Regional qualifier will then be invited to submit another entry (based on a different software setup) to Cambridgeshire Software House during the early part of May 2012 (exact date will be announced later in the year) – the ‘semi-final’.

4. Cambridgeshire Software House will run a race between the Regional qualifiers, in the presence of an independent adjudicator, in order to determine the best cars submitted in each age category.

5. The pupils (see 7 below) responsible for designing the best cars will be invited to attend the National Final on Wednesday 27th June 2012, at the Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon, Warwickshire. They will work on a race set up of which they will have no previous knowledge. The number of teams invited to Jaguar for the National Final will be entirely at the discretion of the Sponsors and shall, in any case, carry a restriction of a maximum of 2 teams per Age Range per Region. (PLEASE NOTE: Whilst there are no restrictions on the use of calculators during the preliminary stages of the competition, they will not be allowed during the National Final.)

6. All schools taking part must be aware that should they win through to the National Final, any travelling/accommodation or associated costs incurred will be their sole responsibility.

7. There will be three age ranges within the Challenge:

Age Range 1: Any child attending a Primary School on 30th September 2011 (excluding P7 students in Scotland).
Age Range 2: Any child in years 7, 8 and 9 (P7, S1 and S2 in Scotland) on 30th September 2011.
Age Range 3: Any child in years 10 and 11 (S3 and S4 in Scotland) on 30th September 2011.

8. Schools must make up their teams as follows:

Primary School Challenge: 4 pupils
Age Ranges 2 and 3: 2 pupils

9. Sponsorship will be sought to cover the National Final Prizes – see Sponsor information.

10. The purchase of Version 13 of ‘Cars – Maths in Motion’, either as a City Learning Centre, Local Authority, Challenge Lead Centre or individual school, entitles you to enter the Challenge only for the Challenge year during which the purchase was made e.g. software purchased up to March 2012 would entitle you to submit an entry for the 2011/12 Challenge only. Any school submitting an entry must have registered its own copy of the software with the Organisers.

11. THERE IS AN EXPECTATION THAT SHOULD A SCHOOL AVAIL ITSELF OF THE DISCOUNT SOLELY AVAILABLE TO PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS, IT WILL, AT THE VERY LEAST, SUBMIT AN ENTRY FOR THE SUMMER MADNESS RACE OR THE CHRISTMAS FUN RACE OR THE FIRST KNOCKOUT ROUND. Should any school fail to so do, for any reason, the Organisers will invoice the school for the difference between the discounted price paid and the full published price of the software.

12. Further information will be published on these web pages from time to time. In the event of any disputes arising, the decision of Cambridgeshire Software House shall be final.