Penwortham Maths Week 2022
‘Maths Makes the World Go Round’
Penwortham Maths Week 2022
‘Maths Makes the World Go Round’
From the moment you open your eyes to look at the alarm clock, you are using maths skills! Maths is all around us and it is such an important part of our everyday lives. These slides capture just some of the ways we use and see Maths on a daily basis.
In line with our ‘WE ARE’ curriculum, we are committed to nurturing the children’s future aspirations, focused by the words of Marian Wright Edelman - ‘You can’t be what you can’t see’. Maths week has given pupils in every year group the opportunity to explore different occupations and reflect on the importance of Maths within that role. A selection of these can be seen in the slides.
Finally, we have used Maths week as an opportunity to learn about some famous mathematicians, from a range of backgrounds, who have made a significant impact to society with their work.
Nursery - ‘Maths Is All Around Us’
When we played in the outdoor area, we looked for examples of maths. We found out that maths really was all around us! We found examples of shape, number, pattern, size, capacity and more. We even saw Mr Nayegon doing some woodwork using his maths skills!
Nursery - We learnt about being a bus driver
In Nursery, our topic is ‘Beep, Beep, Let’s Go!’ We have been learning about different vehicles. We decided to think about what maths skills a bus driver would need to do their job.
They need to know the height of their bus so it can drive safely under bridges.
They need to read the numbers on road signs so they don’t drive too fast.
They need to put the numbers on the front of the bus so the passengers get on the right one.
They need to be able to tell the time so that they can follow the bus timetable.
They need to know what full, empty and half full means when they put fuel in the bus.
Reception - ‘Maths Is All Around Us’
Using a clock to tell the time. Knowing if it is day or night.
Checking the bus number to make sure you get on the right one.
When it is our birthdays we have candles to show how old we are.
When making a cake we weigh our ingredients and set the temperature and a timer on the oven.
When we read a non-fiction book we use the contents page to find the right page number .
Covid-19 Testing:
Turning the swab 5 times in each nostril.
Putting 4 drops on the test.
Waiting 15 minutes.
Checking if there are 1 or 2 lines on the test.
How many degrees is our temperature?
How many days
do we need to
isolate?
Reception - We learnt about being a doctor and dentist
Did you know…
Children have 20 teeth and adults have 32.
A dentist sees about 15 patients in a day
The dentist uses 4 different instruments/tools in a general check-up and 10 to give you a filling
In order to keep your mouth healthy, you need to brush your teeth twice a day!
A baby's body has about 300 bones at birth. These eventually fuse (grow together) to form the 206 bones that adults have
The average 4 to 5 year old gains 4 to 5 pounds in a year and grows about 2-3 inches or 5-8 centimeters.
An average 4 year old weighs about 40 pounds and is about 40 inches or 102 centimeters tall.
Reception - Marie Curie
Marie Curie was born in Poland in 1867. She was the youngest of 5 children and her parents were both school teachers.
Maria worked extremely hard at school. She loved learning about maths and science from a very young age.
During her research, Marie and her husband Pierre discovered 2 new elements. They called these radium and polonium. Poloninum was named after Poland, where Marie was born.
Marie was interested in something called uranium. This produced invisible rays of energy in some soils and rocks. She found out that the rays were caused by something that she called radioactivity.
Marie was the 1st woman to win a Nobel Prize and the first person to win 2.
In 1903, Marie and Pierre were awarded a Nobel Prize for physics for their work on radioactivity.
Marie discovered that radium could be used to treat illnesses. It is still used today. However, she also found out that it could make people sick if they are exposed to too much of it. Sadly, Marie eventually became ill from working with radioactive substances. She died in 1934 when she was 66 years old.
Year 1 - ‘Maths Is All Around Us’
Year 1 added lots of things to their Maths Diaries. We used our Maths eyes every day!
Year 1- We learnt about being a Firefighter
We learnt that Firefighters need lots of Maths!
For example, they are trained to use a method called the Fire Flow Formula to determine how much water they will need to stop a fire.
We put on our Firefighter hats and solved lots of addition and subtraction word problems!
Year 1 - Maria Agnesi (1718 - 1799)
We were inspired by Maria Agnesi to create our own Maths Textbook: How To Make a Fact Family.
Year 2 - ‘Maths Is All Around Us’
Leo saw Maths on a calendar. He was able to work out when he was swimming.
Lyra & Logan saw Maths on door numbers on her way home. They were able to find the correct house.
Amelia used Maths to time her 2 minutes of teeth brushing
Gaby, 2B was looking at the clock to see if she had time to watch TV.
Juan used Maths when buying food for dinner.
Vivienne used Maths when cooking as her oven has a clock on it
Leo used Maths when reading and following a recipe with his mum.
Year 2 children all added daily to their ‘Maths is everywhere diary’. We were so surprised how many places Maths is used.
Year 2 - We learnt about being an Artist
We found out that Artists (e.g. Kandinsky, Escher and Mondrian) use Maths skills in their works of art, especially shape and measure. They also need to buy art materials so they need to know all about money as well as adding and subtracting.
We created our own symmetrical art both outdoors and indoors.
Year 2 - Emmy Noether - 1882 - 1935
The most important mathematician you never heard of.
Emmy Noether was not good at housework or eager to marry --- all the things a German girl is expected to be in her time. What she was, though, was a genius at maths. When she grew up, she found a way to first study maths at a university (by sitting in, not actually enrolling) and then to teach it (by doing so for free). Despite the obstacles she faced as a woman in a male-dominated field, and as a Jew who had to flee the Nazis, Emmy still accomplished a great deal. Emmy Noether made many contributions to the field of mathematics. She spent her time studying abstract algebra using symmetry to support her work.
Today, Year 2 learnt all about symmetry. We went on a local walk and found lots of examples of symmetry on Penwortham Road.
Year 3 - ‘Maths Is All Around Us’
We use maths when we wake up to an alarm clock!
We use maths to cross the road safely!
We use maths when we share with others!
We use maths when cooking so that our food is not burned!
Maths in our local environment
Year 3 - We learnt about being an architect
We measured the straws to make sure they were the correct size before cutting.
We designed what we wanted our pyramid to look like!
Year 3 - Dame Zaha Mohammad Hadid DBE RA
Heydar Aliyev Centre in Baku, Azerbaijan
“Queen of the curve"
Zaha creatively used shapes and objects for her architectural designs.
She studied mathematics at university and then joined the Architectural Association School of Architecture in 1972.
Born in Baghdad, Iraq, Hadid was an Iraqi architect, artist and designer.
In teams, we researched Zaha Hadid and created a timeline of her life!
Zaha was the first woman to receive the Pritzker Architecture Prize, in 2004.
Riverside Museum, Glasgow
Zaragoza Bridge Pavilion, Spain
Year 4 - ‘Maths Is All Around Us’
We thought about our morning and discussed how we had used Maths.
Year 4 - ‘Maths Is All Around Us’
We noticed that we use maths in EVERYTHING we do, even before coming to school… WOW!
Year 4 - We learned about being an Interior Designer
We designed floor plans and calculated the perimeter of each item of furniture.
Year 4 - Ada Lovelace
For our famous mathematician focus, we learned about Ada Lovelace, the 19th century mathematician considered to be the first computer programmer.
We used our programming skills to write instructions for Bee Bots, guiding them around obstacles to find the treasure!
We had to use our problem solving skills when things didn’t go quite right!
Year 5 - ‘Maths Is All Around Us’
Year 5 - ‘Maths Is All Around Us’
Time on my computer
Making a pattern out of cereal.
On the microwave, time going down.
Shapes in my cereal.
Estimating how long it would take
to finish a film on Netflix.
The time I had to get up.
Ishaq saw perpendicular lines on the cage.
Feeding my fish a quarter of it’s food.
The washing machine timer.
Breakfast was a crumpet which was a circle and my plate was a circle.
Cereal box is a net.
Battery % on my iPad.
Alarm
clock.
Symmetrical patterns on my duvet.
Nancy made ‘lightning toast’ which created acute angles.
Izabela spotted parallel lines on her book.
Jacob estimated the optimum number of beans before they overflow the toast.
Ferdows judged the temperature for the shower
Afifa selected the perfect number on the blender.
Zebra crossing.
Zach checks how many steps he has taken each day.
Checking the time to go to school.
Ayaan wrote the date.
Keeping the score in football.
Miriam noticed identical sized bunks.
Measurement on a water bottle.
Patterns in doors and windows.
Year 5 - We learnt about being a carpet fitter!
We learnt how to calculate area for different rooms in the house.
We learnt all about the maths needed to be a carpet fitter!
Year 5 Al- Khwarizmi
Our history topic is all about Early islamic inventors and
Al-Khwarizmi was the ultimate mathematical inventor!
He invented the use of zero in the number system!! Imagine
where we would be today without him!
Why is he so important?
while keeping the problems simple.
Al-Khwarizmi invented the way we write numerals. The system is based upon how many angles are in the number.
Year 6 - ‘Maths Is All Around Us’
The amount of pixels on my computer screen
(1,080 x 1,640 pixels)!
Knowing how long to wait for a covid test and count number of drops. What is day zero?
Recording how many pages we have read
Swimming:How many strokes in swimming before breathing, how many lengths make 100m and parallel lines for lanes.
Rolling a dice in board games and counting jumps correctly
Making pancakes - needed to measure
Step count - how many more to daily 10,000?
Trays arranged as 8 x 4
When we moved house, we needed the perimeter and area of our new rooms. We had to get rid of 2 sofas!!
Pin code to unlock ipad or phone
Code for the yellow room door
Cricket: how many points, wicket has symmetry.
Year 6 - ‘Maths Is All Around Us’...continued
Getting the angle right when handwriting so it’s neat
Needed measure for making mocktails last night!
Gymnastics - 180 degrees for splits and 360 somersault.
Right angle turning a corner coming to school
Lots of squares in the goal net
Go - karts - distance, speed, know when to stop and turn.
In needed maths when I was sharing 2 pizzas between me and 2 friends = ⅔ each
How many laps for daily mile
Recognising my family's car by looking at the numbers on their number plate.
Estimating the force, height and angle needed to score a goal in basketball.
Working out when I need to set my alarm for so I get 8 hours sleep.
I calculated the time I spent in school!
Year 6 - ‘Maths Is All Around Us’...continued
Calculating journey time from home to school
Getting the angle right when diving is VERY important
When you go to the butchers, you need to see how much your chicken weighs
How long you have left at break
Algorithms to solve a rubix cube - lots of different ways
When we did morse code we had to get the number of dots and dashes correct.
Paid for my fish and chips!
I timed how long it took me to walk to the Streatham memorial garden with my dad.
I went to the shops and I worked out how much food we needed for the week for my family.
Used angles to hit the wicket in cricket
Look at all the maths our wonderful Y6 pupil maths leaders found in the playground!
Year 6 - We learnt about the maths needed in a few of our top choice careers.
I can’t believe how much maths is needed to make a Sunday roast! My nan is a genius!
A property developer needs A LOT of maths!
I didn’t realise a football manager had to use so much maths!My brain hurts!
I’ll definitely need my maths to be a good (safe!) doctor!
This task made me realise just how much maths goes on in the dinner centre - awesome!
It was quite tricky working out which deal was best - 3 for 2, BOGOF?
Year 6 - Alan Turing - We are codebreakers.
Thanks to the code breaking skills of Alan Turing and the team at Bletchley Park, World War II ended 2 years earlier and millions of lives were saved.
Did you know that Enigma had 103 billion trillion possibilities?! That is a lot of zeros (21 in fact!).
We practised writing in binary code and made our own cipher wheel. It only had 25 possibilities (unlike Enigma!) so highlighted just how inspirational Alan and his team were!
Year 6 - Alan Turing
Why wasn’t there the same equality then that we enjoy today?