The Problem Solving Company travel throughout the UK delivering maths problem solving activities in schools. 10 years of experience visiting schools has enabled us to develop an extensive range of activities to encourage core skills and fundamental thinking in mathematics. By using play, discussion and team work our problem solving activity days have broken through the “boring” stigma attached to mathematics. Our hands on challenges require reasoning, logic and trial and error to get them to their solution. Combine this with the use of the correct mathematical terminology and hitting curriculum links wherever possible provides an incredibly valuable day.
Mathematics should be a subject of discovery and exploration and our aim is to help foster a love of maths. By leaving the pupils with a feeling of satisfaction and success will aid them on a journey which hopefully inspires them to approach maths with a new direction in the future.
Pupils can often be heard leaving the workshops saying maths is great, or I didn’t realise we were doing maths!
We bring a large quantity of equipment and resources to have your pupils engaged from the start of the school day all the way until the bell goes to finish the day. We have a different activity for each year group, covering a variety of topics such as co-ordinates, shape, area, number, logic and reasoning. All of the activities are age appropriate for each year group and also encourage skills such as perseverance, discussion and justification.
Which Age Are The Problem Solving Activity Days Targeted At?
The Problem Solving Activity Days have been designed for Primary School children in Reception (EYFS) and through KS1 and KS2. We also offer problem solving workshops for KS3 and KS4 at Secondary School
Where Do The Workshops Take Place?
The problem Solving sessions are best run in a school hall, gym or sports hall. This allows us to get the most from the large equipment that we will bring to school.
How Many Students Can Take Part At Once?
Typically each instructor can run workshops for a typical class size of approx 30 pupils at a time. Multiple instructors may be booked if required.
How Many Workshops Can You Run In A day?
Primary School: If you are a one-form entry then it is possible to see all classes from reception to year 6 in one day. The class sessions generally run for 35 mins for reception and year 1 and 40-50 mins for the remaining years, depending on your school timetable.
If you are bigger than a one form entry we can either supply more instructors for the day ( you will need multiple spaces to run the activities), or alternatively visit for consecutive days at a reduced rate.
Secondary School: We normally run in conjunction with the normal school timetable. Typically this will offer either 5 or 6 sessions. We can however create bespoke schedules if required.
How Much Does A Problem Solving Activity Day Cost?
The cost for one instructor for the day is £495.00 plus VAT with the exception of the months of April, May, August and December where the price is reduced to £425.00 plus VAT. If you are looking to run day for a larger number of pupils to take part for the duration of the day please contact us for a price for multiple instructors.
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