The Maths Zone
The Maths Zone has been providing mathematics education consultancy and projects management for over twenty-five years. Our current projects include the Wondermaths Challenge for primary schools and The Count on us Challenge for secondary schools. These are pan London projects including a range of thought provoking, problem solving, curriculum centred activities used in class, in clubs and in a tournament culminating in a high-profile final every July. Also, we provide the maths, technology and engineering components of the BSTEM projects. This provides maths and technology materials, coupled with teacher education and support, for over three and a half thousand Junior High Schools in Ghana.
Count On Us Secondary Maths Challenge 2024/25
This is a password protected link for participating schools. Here you will find all the resources you need for this years challenge. Including: previous years’ algebra challenge rounds, the activity videos, and the digital version of GridLines Geometry.
The Maths Zone delivers the Count on Us Secondary Maths Challenge in partnership with the Jack Petchey Foundation. It is an exciting pan-London programme for secondary schools which engages students in Years 7 to 9 with maths games designed to challenge and inspire. Count on Us focuses on collaboration and competition to motivate students. By combining a series of activities and problem-solving tasks linked to the maths curriculum, Count on Us makes maths fun and boosts students’ confidence around learning. It is open to state schools based in the Greater London area.
Schools receive teacher training and resources to support the Count on Us activities, as well as accompanying guides and workbooks. The resources are designed for use in classrooms and maths clubs, with students honing skills via in-school tournaments. Teams of five pupils then represent their school in the Count on Us tournaments, including regional Heats and the Grand Final at a prestigious venue.
The Wondermaths Challenge 2024/25
The Maths Zone delivers the Wondermaths Challenge, a pan London maths enrichment programme and tournament for primary pupils in Years 4 and 5. It is designed to challenge and motivate your young mathematicians, exciting them with problem-based maths activities and fast paced mental arithmetic tasks. Pupils will gain confidence is working through maths problems, taking risks and thinking outside the box, to find solutions in challenging activities. The programme encourages pupils to work collaboratively, sharing ideas, listening to each other, as well as individually, challenging themselves. After using the Wondermaths activities and resources in school with their class, Year group and/or maths club, teachers will select a team of 5 pupils to participate in a very exciting tournament, starting with regional Heats and culminating in a tense and hard-fought Final.
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Sarah says, “There is not enough information to find the perimeter.”
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I am locked out of my phone with only 6 attempts. I've used 5! The two digits after each attempt show how many numbers are correct and how many are in the right place (eg. 2,0 means two correct numbers with none in the correct place). What should the final guess be?
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“Our daughter has really flourished using the Wondermaths curriculum and the inter-schools’ competition. It truly sparked a flame in E who went from feeling that she was below average in maths, to being the child that would not be parted from the 24 game, falling asleep surrounded by the cards, and playing it in snatched minutes between tube stations or on the bus! It was quite the transformation – and has had a wonderful ripple effect on confidence in the wider maths curriculum. This has led to not only a real step up in attainment, but also a problem solving mindset and willingness to fail – which I think is such a fantastic marker of self belief!”
Parent of Year 5 Pupil