The Project

The Four Nations Maths Challenge brings together students from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.  They compete in a series of challenges including quick fire mental Maths and core topic based exercises.  The Challenge lends itself well to some students being taken off timetable.  When we did it we didn’t take students off timetable but it’s something to consider for next time.

The Purpose

The project has several objectives:

• Student’s enhance their Mathematical skills
• Students from a variety of year groups and abilities are bought together in whole school competition
• It provides opportunities for other subjects to include Maths activities into their lessons without specialist input

The Impact

Students love the Four Nations Maths Challenge, especially if, like us you manage to get into the top 10!  The impact on their enjoyment of Maths is also very marked and many choose to compete in their own time during the Maths Challenge week.  Colleagues also find this enthusiasm infectious and other subjects end up giving up some of their time to get involved in the competition.