National Numeracy Day 2024 is Wednesday 22nd May.  This is an Inset Day, however there are lots of ways for all members of the Chesswood Community to get involved.  Should you have any further questions or need more information, please contact the Maths Leader, Mr Gilbert via ngilbert@chesswood.w-sussex.sch.uk.

What is National Numeracy Day?

The aim of National Numeracy Day is to celebrate numbers and how we use them in everyday life.  The day is designed to encourage people to feel curious about numbers, explore how they can benefit them in their day-to-day life and give them the confidence to develop and improve their numeracy skills.  We are taking the week as an opportunity to celebrate Maths with the focus being 'Where is the Maths?'  Our main form of celebration will be for children (and staff) to come to school dressed as a number on Tuesday 21st May.  This could include a top that has numbers on it already, for instance a football shirt or may be a specially designed top containing calculations.

If you need inspiration for previous ideas have a look at our Previous Maths Celebrations by clicking here.

How can parents get involved?

National Numeracy have created a number of resources to support adults in reviewing and developing their Maths skills.  The National Numeracy Challenge is a free website to help you check and improve your numeracy – the maths you use in daily life and at work, like managing your money, working out measurements or understanding percentages.  The challenge is free to take part in – please follow this link to access the challenge:

https://www.nationalnumeracy.org.uk/challenge/confidence-scale

 

How can children get involved?

There are a number of optional tasks for children to participate in, mainly across the week beginning Monday 20th May, however feel free to attempt these at an alternative time if it's more convenient.  Please see the table below for more details.

DATE	What is it?	Links
Monday 20th May - Friday 24th May	TT Rock Stars - Battle of the Bands Competition. If you need help logging in, please ask your teacher to remind you of your password. House Points and certificates for winning children and classes.
Wednesday 22nd May	Dress as a Number	Have a look at previous ideas by clicking here.
Wednesday 22nd May (Suggested - please feel free to arrange an alternative time that suits your family best)	Number Heroes Competition Please click the link for more details and an entry form.  Please remember to submit your entries directly to the National Numeracy Day Organisers.
Wednesday 22nd May (Suggested - please feel free to arrange an alternative time that suits your family best)	National Numeracy Day Activities Please make sure your parent's permission before attempting these.  Mr Gilbert would love to see your attempts - please send them through to him via ngilbert@chesswood.w-sussex.sch.uk - photos/videos welcome - you can even bring food in if you've been baking!  25HP will be awarded for each task attempted.
Wednesday 22nd May (Suggested - please feel free to arrange an alternative time that suits your family best)	Where is the Maths? With an adult's permission, see if you can find examples of Maths at home or when you're out and about.  Examples could include numbers on a clock or on an oven.  You may seem some shapes on some wallpaper or curtains - there are so many possibilities.  Send photos of what you find to Mr Gilbert via ngilbert@chesswood.w-sussex.sch.uk.	Have a look at previous ideas by clicking here.