Year 5 ChrisMaths Challenge Evening! | Highcliffe School

Year 5 ChrisMaths Challenge Evening!

Highcliffe opened its doors to able mathematicians in Year 5 from our feeder primary schools. We were overwhelmed by the response with 54 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 and a Mathematical problem involving coloured cubes was set with the correct answers posted in the tombola during the evening. Pupils were then put into groups and spent around 10 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 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 had showing how people voted, this is based on the Mathematical experiment the ‘Wisdom of Crowds’. The winning guess was 730 when in fact the actual number was 735; very close indeed! 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 continue to be impressed at how welcoming the staff here are and how you go the extra mile to encourage learning to be fun and inclusive.”

“We appreciate the time and effort staff put in and it’s a great thing for the kids to be involved with.”

“There were many challenging problems to solve and because I don’t solve similar problems regularly, it made me think.”


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