This week is…

Maths Week England

This Year’s theme is ‘The Power of 2’

Maths Week England aims to:

1. Raise the profile of mathematics throughout England

2. Change the conversation about maths in the population at large to be more positive

3. Enable children and adults from all social and economic backgrounds to access and enjoy interesting mathematical experiences

4. Support teachers to plan special low-cost high-impact maths activities at their own schools during Maths Week

5. Encourage Higher-Education centres to invite schoolchildren to visit for maths events, in order to raise aspirations and encourage a higher take-up of the study of maths at A-level and university

6. Make maths accessible and enjoyable for people who thought it was an elitist subject for ‘clever’ people: to ‘love and enjoy’ is a worthy goal!

Maths in school will be a little bit different this week. Many classes will be joining in the live events from Maths Week as well as solving puzzles and carrying out investigations. As part of Maths Week, TT RockStars are holding a competition, England Rocks which is on all week with some great prizes. Maths Week are also running a competition with a £100 prize for the winner.

The Maths Week competition:

Make a video about the power of two. Plan, shoot, edit and upload a maths video based around the power of two. Your video must be less than 2 minutes long. Deadline 1pm Thursday 17th November. For the full terms and conditions please visit the Maths Week website.

Daily Problems from Maths Week

Daily Video Puzzles from Maths Week