Year 5 Christmaths Challenge Evening | Highcliffe School

Year 5 Christmaths Challenge Evening

This week Highcliffe opened its doors to able mathematicians in Year 5 from our feeder primary schools.


We were overwhelmed by the response with 52 pupils and their parents, grandparents and siblings attending.

Refreshments were served on arrival – that was after the pupils were encouraged to guess the number of Smarties in the jar.  The guesses were put into a spread sheet on a laptop and the running mean average was constantly updated and displayed on a huge screen throughout the evening.

An introductory presentation was delivered by the Maths team which made us all think, made our brains ache and made us chuckle! A conundrum was set and correct answers were posted in the tombola during the evening. Pupils were then put into groups and spent around 13 minutes on each carousel activity. These ranged from Measuring Rudolph’s Medicine, Santa’s Delivery Station, Christmas Tree Origami and Matching the Magic Gifts, to name but a few.

Parents were encouraged to solve their own puzzles whilst their son or daughter worked on theirs at the various stations. It was lovely to see the determination on the faces and the competitive edge setting in. Pupils likewise were very well motivated to solve each task; the brain cells were definitely challenged.

At the end of the evening the audience was given the solution to the conundrum and the winning answer was pulled from the tombola for a prize. As for the average mean guess for the sweets, this was converted into a graph showing how people had voted. It was fascinating to see how close the average guess of 650 came to actual answer of 637! There was a real buzz around the hall for the two hours. It was so rewarding to see the pupils’ faces light up when they knew they had solved the problem. Maths really is creative, amazing and fun!

Parental feedback;
“I thought the evening was very well organised, thought-provoking, instructive and above all fun! My daughter has really enjoyed her activities and also the introduction, especially the 25 / 5 video which she’s shown to the rest of the family a couple of times now!
The staff’s enthusiasm for their subject was very apparent which is always a good sign when choosing a school”.


Through the generosity of the parents we raised over £25.00 for the Philippine Disaster appeal. Thank you very much to all involved, especially our Year 11 students whose help was vital in ensuring a successful evening.




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