We decided to organise our first ever NSPCC Number Day at Fressingfield. The NSPCC is a great charity, and we at Fressingfield love maths – the children love learning maths and the adults love teaching maths.
Flossie decided to wear number 10 on her back, because she ‘really wants to be 10’.
Oliver wore number 42, as it was his favourite number; ‘straight from a Spiderman movie’.
Ms Perry wore number 1999, because she felt like she could ‘party like it’s 1999’!
The children enjoyed a range of activities, from outside learning (finding collections of a number, and being a number) to cracking codes involving letters on the page of a book. Mrs Buckenham chose the sneakiest, trickiest number bonds puzzle, which her class refused to give up on! And Ms Perry finally found a way to crack division with remainders by using packets of Skittles!
Here are some quotes from the children in Congo Class:
‘I thought the Roman numerals treasure hunt was clever. I found the first one really hard, but the rest easy. I learned my Roman numerals better because of this.’ – James
‘It was medium hard. The trickiest thing was trying to find out the words. I enjoyed having a partner to help me. I learned a lot more Roman numerals.’ – Sienna
‘I found the Skittles division medium, because at the start I got them wrong, but soon after I started to understand. Now I know how to do divide.’ – George
‘I found putting the number bonds in the right place (on the triangle) hard, but I got it in the end’ – Oliver
‘The number bonds puzzle was tricky at first, and then it got easier, and I got the hang of it.’ – Daisy
‘The number bonds were tricky, because I didn’t really understand at first, but at least I learned some number bonds to 100’ – Charlotte
