National Maths Week 10th to 14th March 2014
Posted in Primary
National Maths Week aims to change attitudes towards maths and get children excited about it- so get your school involved now! There will be lots going on around the web, especially on the TES website, including ‘Ask the expert chats’, blogs and a live video webchat with minister Liz Truss on mathematics in the new National Curriculum.
What’s more, MyMaths is a great resource to help you run a successful maths week in your school. Why not create a Maths Week competition with MyMaths games as challenges? Or you could even have a MyMaths marathon session and see how many questions your class can answer correctly!
To get you started with your maths week, here are some tips from Maths all Week, a book from BEAM, jam-packed with ideas and guidance for running a maths week in your school:
-Choose themes. These will provide focus and lend a feeling of purpose to the week.
-Create a maths trail around your school, to help children find the maths in real-world contexts. Set clues and challenges for the children to solve along the way.
-Include and focus on maths in other curriculum areas for the week e.g. looking at maps in Geography, considering rotation, reflection and pattern in Art and Design, coding in ICT, or even counting songs and rhymes in music!
-Share the maths curriculum with parents. Oxford Owl has lots of handy tips and advice to help parents with maths for Primary school children. If they’re lacking maths confidence, National Numeracy’s Challenge Online is aimed at parents and offers support for them to build their everyday maths skills.
Don’t forget, it’s also International Pi Day on 14th March so why not have a go at some of the area and circumference activities on MyMaths, which go up to Level 6 and beyond to really push your most gifted mathematicians?