Harrington Sound Hold Maths Carnival
Harrington Sound Primary School hosted its first Math Carnival for Year 4 to Year 6 students and their families.
The recent event, organised by the school’s mathematics team, welcomed more than 40 children aged seven to ten and their parents for a series of interactive activities.
Denielle Dunn, the school’s math teacher leader, said the carnival aimed to improve children’s numeracy skills while encouraging parents to become more involved in their mathematical learning.
“We’re looking to boost children’s skills around numeracy and mathematics,” Ms Dunn told Bernews.
“We decided to engage with the parents and show them how they can help bring math to life, make it fun, create challenges and different activities that parents and children can participate in.”
The school transformed the room into a carnival-themed space, complete with decorations and music. Seven stations tested participants on different areas of mathematics.
“We had seven different stations focusing on geometry, basic arithmetic, problem solving, ratio proportions, fractions and decimals,” she said.
“The parents were given ‘passports’ and had to complete at least two challenges at each station.
“We also did raffle draws to thank the parents for coming out to participate.”
Ms Dunn said the response from families had been encouraging, with the school already planning to extend the initiative to younger pupils.
“We plan to do a Math Carnival for the lower school in the spring as it was such a success,” she said.
“We want to present math in a fun and engaging way.
“People still have a fear of mathematics. The feedback we received from students and parents was positive.”
She also praised her colleagues, Ms Monica Smith and Heidi Dyson, for their work in developing the event and other school initiatives.
“I have two wonderful colleagues – the math team – who have been working hard all summer planning event such as this one,” she added.
