National Numeracy Day - Primary School Workshops

Rooted in drama and storytelling, our maths activity days offer opportunities to practise skills with numbers, shapes and concepts in exciting, imaginative and interactive ways. All are differentiated for age - while some also offer the possibility of differentiating for ability within a single class. And all, of course, offer you and your colleagues the chance to experience some exciting new methodologies that can immediately and easily be adapted to other contexts.

You can view the full range of workshops on our website. Some of the programmes are available as digital teaching resources, allowing you to deliver the day yourself. 

Find out more; www.ascreatives.com/maths-workshops-primary/

The Pirate's Challenge - character workshop - whole-school
"Captain Morgan" will be more than a little confused on arriving at school - because just a few hours beforehand this mathematical Pirate will have been on The Good Ship Mathematics, in the middle of the Caribbean! Swept to your school by a Time Tornado, the Captain will need the pupils’ help to get back to the right time and place. Are they up to the Challenge? And it’s a Challenge that will test their understanding of number, shape and direction to the max.

The Race into Space - character workshop - whole-school
Our most challenging programme, taking maths to the stars! The search is on for Britain's next astronaut - and "Major Tom" wants your pupils' help in selecting the best person for the job. They've found six well-suited candidates, all with different qualifications - but it's up to you to decide which one will win The Race into Space!

The Riddle of the Sphinx - character workshop - whole-school
Making ‘measurement’ concrete in the pyramids! Our resident archaeologist, "Dr Colorado Smith", has returned from Egypt with some exciting news - they've now collected all the clues required to solve the age old Riddle of the Sphinx - and open the Inner Sanctum in the Valley of the Kings. But as they can't do it by themselves, they're on the lookout for schools to help them!

The Benefactor - character workshop - whole-school
Your pupils will meet entrepreneur Benny Factor and use the maths of money to help a disadvantaged village. And by featuring linked, themed literacy activities too, this day of activity offers offer a potent reminder that “maths” doesn’t exist in isolation!

Times Tables Trattoria - character workshop - whole-school
Through sheer head work, Trevi Times made his dream come true – by opening his own Italian restaurant, Times’ Tables Trattoria! But with his team of chefs wasting too much food (and spending too much money), that dream is on the verge of turning into a nightmare. If only there were some children who could use their knowledge and understanding of their times tables to help him keep his trattoria open.
 

CSI: Storyland (EYFS, KS1)
With the help of the elves, the Shoemaker’s fortunes have been restored – and all is well in Storyland. Until, that is, his precious last is stolen! Which of his neighbours could have taken it? After using storytelling techniques to introduce pupils to the crime and the suspects, we'll share with them a range of clues left at the scene. They'll then use their sorting and numeracy skills to reveal the identity of the miscreant!

Was it Goldilocks, the Billy Goats Gruff, Little Miss Muffet, the Little Pigs or Red Riding Hood? It’s up to you to find out!
 

CSI: Michaela Maths (KS2)
If it hadn’t been for the quick thinking of one of her teammates, Michaela Maths, one of Britain’s most promising young athletes, would be dead – slain by an unseen hand! The police are baffled by the dastardly deed – and want the children’s help in solving it. Having been introduced to the crime, the suspects and their possible motives, pupils will work in teams on a carousel probing a range of mathematical skills. Taken together, these lead to the suspects being eliminated, one by one – until, if all the calculations are correct, the criminal is unmasked. 

CSI: Olympics (EYFS / KS1 / KS2)
The Olympic Games are set to return this year, as sportspeople from all across the world gather to compete in Paris. However, a troubling case of sabotage has emerged and the velodrome is under scrutiny in The Case of the Criminal Cyclists! It’ll be your pupils’ task to crack the case, using a whole range of mathematical skills (including, at Years 5 and 6 / P6-P7, algebraic thinking) in workshops differentiated from Nursery to Year 6.

Murderous Maths (KS1 / KS2)
It's exactly 100 years to the day since the grisly demise of Puffing Billy – and this workshop allows pupils the opportunity to attempt to crack the case at the same time. After everyone’s been introduced to the crime scene, the victim and the suspects (and been armed with Evidence Booklets), children will take part in a series of age-differentiated challenges - revolving around such clues as omnibus tickets, diaries and timepieces. As pupils practise their maths skills, the suspects will be whittled down one by one – until only the criminal remains.

Outdoor Maths (EYFS / KS1 / KS2)
Outdoor spaces provide wonderful opportunities to explore how numbers and shapes create both the built and natural worlds. So our engaging (and very active!) outdoor maths workshops, which feature a range of tried and tested al fresco activities, bring home the relevance of numeracy to our everyday lives – and provide lots of scope for problem solving too! Our Outdoor maths workshops include age-appropriate activities for all year groups from Nursery to Year 6, including our specially designed portable Outdoor Maths Trail - allowing us to offer open air workshops over a whole range of timescales.
 

All of our Primary maths workshops have been carefully designed to both put into context and actively promote the three keystones of the National Curriculum: fluency, reasoning and problem solving. Tapping into pupils' own creativity, our unashamedly fun workshops engage, motivate and, crucially, challenge the children and young people we work with. 

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