Thank you to all the parents/carers who joined us from Y3/4 and Y5/6 this week to play Maths Games with their children. The aim of the sessions was to introduce parents/carers to some games that they can play at home to help children's mathematical understanding and fluency with number knowledge. It is important that parents/carers and pupils recognise that we learn more when we step out of our comfort zone to tackle something more challenging. Miss Bruford and Mrs McMurray were reflecting on some research conducted by James Nottingham about "The Learning Pit". This describes the learning process that occurs when we overcome challenges, developing key skills including persistence, resilience and recall, and reaping better long-term rewards. While it’s tempting to stay in our comfort zones, it’s crucial to push ourselves and take on something more challenging. It can lead to better learning, a vital step to achieving our goals. For more videos like this visit: https://www.ukcoaching.org/resources

We hope that you enjoyed the activities and that you and your child found yourselves feeling challenged, curious, enthused and possibly spent a moment or two in the 'pit of uncertainty' on the journey to a 'eureka!' moment. 

We know that some of you are keen to continue solving one or two of the problems/puzzles, so here are the links to each of the tasks, games and challenges used throughout the morning. By following each link there are further details about each task, a few clues to point you in the right direction, possible solutions and, in some cases, an interactive version of the task. 

Problems and puzzles:

https://nrich.maths.org/problems/four-colours

https://nrich.maths.org/problems/nine-colours

https://nrich.maths.org/problems/seven-flipped-poster

https://nrich.maths.org/problems/penta-place

https://nrich.maths.org/problems/two-and-two

https://nrich.maths.org/problems/add-3-dice

Strategy games:

https://nrich.maths.org/games/pentanim

https://nrich.maths.org/games/twinkle-twinkle

https://nrich.maths.org/games/online

https://nrich.maths.org/games/fifteen