Primary Maths Day

On Wednesday March 7th, Bangkok Prep celebrated World Maths Day in style. To kick off the event, children, and teachers, were instructed, with the help of their wonderful parents, to design, and construct, their very own costumes; anything that they could link to maths. The level of creativity, displayed by our bright little students, was incredible; ranging from full body 3-D dice, to clever word plays on subjects relating to maths.

During the day, our students were emerged in waves of fun maths activities. Projects based learning and investigations were aplenty as students were able to add depth and breadth to their already impressive grasp of this subject. Classroom activities were supplemented by involvement in Mathletics’ World Maths Day online competition; each class was given an hour to pit their skills against students from all over the world.

To top off an amazing day, KS1 and KS2 enjoyed the inaugural edition of Bangkok Prep’s very own game-show, The Math-Heads; which took place in the auditorium. The game-show was designed as a spin off from the popular UK game-show ‘The EggHeads’ and was hosted by Bangkok Prep’s very own game-show presenter, Mr Breen. Our Year 6 FOBISIA Maths team (The Math-Heads) took on a team of challengers. In four exhilarating rounds, The Maths- Heads came out on top; much to the disappointment of the watching crowd who were cheering on the challengers throughout.

The day was a plethora of fun; and a great tribute to the
amazing subject that is….Mathematics!!

Simon Callow
Year 6 Teacher and Primary School Numeracy Coordinator