World of Maths

Year 7 and 8 Day of Maths

On Friday 5 May, Years 7 and 8 students were involved in a fun Maths incursion.

Students enjoyed putting maths skills into practice through fun, hands-on group-work activities and practical problem solving run by World of Maths.

They also attended The Maths Show which was an interactive presentation full of mathematical history, puzzles, magic and fun designed to entertain and engage students whilst increasing their interest in mathematics.

Maths teachers also ran an activity which involved students analysing barcodes of products from ‘The Maths Shop’ to understand how barcodes work. Who knew so much maths was involved in every item we purchase? Students discovered the patterns and rules involved in creating a valid barcode.

Some feedback from students:

Something that I found interesting was how much we use maths in real life and we don’t even notice.

I really liked the Maths show, it was very entertaining and gave people an opportunity to be interactive.

I found the world of maths activities interesting and using different strategies and working together in a group to find the answers.

I found that most of the challenges in the hall (World of Maths) were very interesting and forced me to look at them in a different unfamiliar perspective.

The maths show was very humorous, and l found the World of Maths activities really intrigued me to stretch my ability of problem solving.

Something I found interesting was finding out if the barcodes were real or not, I would have never known how to do that.

I found the Investigation of Barcodes interesting because I never knew that the numbers on barcodes meant anything.

I really liked learning about the history of Maths.

I loved doing maths outside of the classroom.

Sharon Fajou
Head of Mathematics