COUNT ON US PRIMARY CHALLENGE 2019 20 PREPARING

COUNT ON US PRIMARY CHALLENGE 2019 -20 PREPARING FOR THE PRIMARY CHALLENGE

COUNT ON US PRIMARY CHALLENGE WHY TAKE PART? • Whole class / year group / Key Stage engagement, excitement, excellence in maths • Confidence with problem solving • Form links with other schools and share experiences, ideas and workload! • Supports aims of the Mayor’s Fund for London

COUNT ON US PRIMARY CHALLENGE Today’s session: Aim Everyone leaves the training confident and ready to get started on the Challenge. ØFamiliar with activities ØThought through how and when ØShared experiences with new / previous participants and created links with colleagues ØUnderstand agree to expectations / requirements

COUNT ON US PRIMARY CHALLENGE FROM THE SCHOOL TO THE FINAL AT CITY HALL Stage 1 Clubs / in-school tournaments – All schools working with class / year group – Select team to come to events Stage 2 Regional Heats at City Hall – Up to 6 heats over 3 days (depends on final number of schools) – Winning schools plus up to 8 next highest Stage 3 Final at City Hall – 14 schools

COUNT ON US PRIMARY CHALLENGE WHAT DOES THE CHALLENGE INVOLVE? A SUMMARY: • Teamwork and individual challenges • Focus on three key areas: ü Shape ü Number ü Code breaking • Preparation part 1: Pupil Workbook, maths clubs, in class • Preparation part 2: In school tournaments THEN: • Heats at City Hall – all schools • Final at City Hall – 15 schools

COUNT ON US PRIMARY CHALLENGE WHAT SUPPORT DO WE OFFER? • For your pupils? Pupil workbook üTasks designed to give practice: from good to better üDesigned for ALL pupils to use üIncreasing levels of challenge üIdeas for additional activities üTips from previous Challenges, from teachers / pupils üPreparation for the events: Tournament Handbook

PRIMARY CHALLENGE PUPIL WORKBOOK COUNT ON US SUBTITLE 1 SUBTITLE 3 SUBTITLE 2

COUNT ON US PRIMARY CHALLENGE THE CHALLENGE: WHAT IS IN EACH ROUND? ROUND 1 SHAPE Tangrams – Put pieces together to make a matching picture – 3 minutes – Team activity Pentominoes – Put pieces together as challenges – 3 minutes – Team activity

COUNT ON US PRIMARY CHALLENGE THE CHALLENGE: WHAT IS IN EACH ROUND? ROUND 1 SHAPE Practising Tangrams: getting started - exploring • Play with the shapes, getting used to the pieces • Find different shapes you can make - discuss Practising Tangrams: more directed • Make a bigger shape from two smaller ones • How many different ways to make the large triangle • Choose two pieces. How many different shapes can you make?

COUNT ON US PRIMARY CHALLENGE THE CHALLENGE: WHAT IS IN EACH ROUND? ROUND 1 SHAPE Practising Tangrams: developing key vocabulary • Find shapes with right angles • Take a piece and draw round it. How many lines of symmetry can you find? • Find shapes with parallel lines • Mystery Bag! Put a shape in a bag and describe properties Practising Tangrams: almost ready! • Make pictures using all of the pieces • Useful resources: Tangram Channel / Activity Village

COUNT ON US PRIMARY CHALLENGE THE CHALLENGE: WHAT IS IN EACH ROUND? ROUND 1 SHAPE Practising Tangrams: • Get familiar with the Pupil Workbook • In 3 s, choose 2 activities to try Discuss: • How did you approach the activity? • What was easier / more challenging? • Share – hear from previous school leads

COUNT ON US PRIMARY CHALLENGE THE CHALLENGE: WHAT IS IN EACH ROUND? ROUND 1 SHAPE Practising Pentominoes: developing familiarity • Make any square or rectangle, using some of the pieces • Make a shape the same size using different pieces • Make any rectangle using three pieces only • How many different ways can you do this? • What else?

COUNT ON US PRIMARY CHALLENGE THE CHALLENGE: WHAT IS IN EACH ROUND? ROUND 1 SHAPE Practising Pentominoes: getting harder • Make a 6 x 5 rectangle. Write the letter names down. • Use I, P, T, V, W to make another rectangle. • Find the T pentomino piece. Can you use the I, P, V and Z pieces to make a double sized T pentomino?

COUNT ON US PRIMARY CHALLENGE THE CHALLENGE: WHAT IS IN EACH ROUND? ROUND 1 SHAPE Practising Pentominoes: • Get familiar with the Pupil Workbook • In 3 s, choose 2 activities to try Discuss. • How did you approach the activity? • What was easier / more challenging? • Share – hear from previous school leads

COUNT ON US PRIMARY CHALLENGE THE CHALLENGE: WHAT IS IN EACH ROUND? ROUND 2 NUMBER Practising the 24® Game: getting started • How many ways can you make 24, using only two numbers? Eg: 12 x 2, 6 x 4 … • Why have I started with this activity?

COUNT ON US PRIMARY CHALLENGE THE CHALLENGE: WHAT IS IN EACH ROUND? ROUND 2 NUMBER Practising the 24® Game: getting started – – 7 4 3 1 Use all four numbers – once only Use any basic operation How many pairs can you find? Any other ways of making 24 which don’t use pairs?

COUNT ON US PRIMARY CHALLENGE THE WHATis ISin INeach EACHround? ROUND? The. CHALLENGE: Challenge: What Round 22 Number ROUND NUMBER Practising the 24® Game: getting started 7 4 3 1 • 28 - 4 • 21+ 3 7 x 4 = 28 3 + 1 = 4 7 x 3 = 21 3 x 1 = 3

COUNT ON US PRIMARY CHALLENGE THE WHATis ISin INeach EACHround? ROUND? The. CHALLENGE: Challenge: What Round 22 Number ROUND NUMBER Practising the 24® Game: finding pairs 6 3 2 4 – How many pairs can you find to make 24?

COUNT ON US PRIMARY CHALLENGE THE WHATis ISin INeach EACHround? ROUND? The. CHALLENGE: Challenge: What Round 22 Number ROUND NUMBER Practising the 24®Game: finding pairs (I can find 3) 6 3 2 4 6 18 + 6 8 x 3 12 +12 6 x 3 = 18 2 + 4 = 2 x 4 = 8 6 - 3 = 3 6 x 2 = 12 3 x 4 = 12

COUNT ON US PRIMARY CHALLENGE THE WHATis ISin INeach EACHround? ROUND? The. CHALLENGE: Challenge: What Round 22 Number ROUND NUMBER Practising the 24®Game: Tournament rules Claiming a card Hand on card. Last stage announced first. Remove a card if… Longer than 3 seconds to start claim Make a mistake Two players agree to pass (3 times in a round) Scoring Players keep cards won for that round. Points added up and scored at end of round (1 dot = 1 point etc) Moving around Teams of three players: A, B, and C A moves clockwise, B stays put, C moves anticlockwise

COUNT ON US PRIMARY CHALLENGE THE WHATis ISin INeach EACHround? ROUND? The. CHALLENGE: Challenge: What Round 22 Number ROUND NUMBER Practising the 24®Game: Discuss. • How did the pairs practice help with finding 24 on the cards? • What did you find easier / more challenging when ‘playing’ the 24 Game? • Share: how have teachers used this activity in class / clubs? • How have you prepared pupils for the Tournaments (in-school and COU heats)?

COUNT ON US PRIMARY CHALLENGE THE WHATis ISin INeach EACHround? ROUND? The. CHALLENGE: Challenge: What Round 33 Code ROUND CODE breaking BREAKING Practising code breaking: the task Ø Decode a message or names of places using a Caesar shift. Ø Use this information to work out the answer to a problem eg: How long will it take to get from a to c? The package has been hidden on the oldest bridge. Where is it? • Team activity. Have to be able to work together at high speed to find solutions. • Scoring: points awarded for each correct destination and additional points for final answer to problem.

COUNT ON US PRIMARY CHALLENGE THE WHATis ISin INeach EACHround? ROUND? The. CHALLENGE: Challenge: What Round 33 Code ROUND CODE breaking BREAKING Practising code breaking: the Caesar Cipher 3 Example using a letter shift forward (offset) Plain text Cipher text

COUNT ON US PRIMARY CHALLENGE THE WHATis ISin INeach EACHround? ROUND? The. CHALLENGE: Challenge: What Round 33 Code ROUND CODE breaking BREAKING Practising code breaking: the Caesar Cipher Example using a 3 letter shift (offset) Tells you which letter starts cipher alphabet. Plain text Cipher text WKH RQOB ZDB WR OHDUQ FRGHEUHDNLQJ LV WR GR ORWV RI FRGHEUHDNLQJ

COUNT ON US PRIMARY CHALLENGE THE WHATis ISin INeach EACHround? ROUND? The. CHALLENGE: Challenge: What Round 33 Code ROUND CODE breaking BREAKING Practising code breaking: the Caesar Cipher If you finish the first one, have a go at this: (offset 6) YUSKZOSKY OZ OY ZNK VKUVRK TU UTK IGT OSGMOTK GTEZNOTM UL CNU JU ZNK ZNOTMY TU UTK IGT OSGMOTK

COUNT ON US PRIMARY CHALLENGE THE WHATis ISin INeach EACHround? ROUND? The. CHALLENGE: Challenge: What ROUND 3 CODE BREAKING Practising code breaking: the Caesar Cipher Use Simon Singh’s: The Black Chamber ü Scroll down to ‘Offset’ box and select shift – eg 3 ü Type in word to encript (eg name of a pupil the class) ü Click ‘Encipher plaintext’ Getting started in class ü ü ü Give out a blank code breaking chart. Give the Caesar Shift (offset). E. g. 3 In pairs, fill in the chart. Give class an enciphered name. Who is it? Who is this: D G D O R Y H O D F H

COUNT ON US PRIMARY CHALLENGE THE a codebreaking The. CHALLENGE: Challenge: What is in each example round? • Help! I need to collect important information from 6 secret agents waiting for me on 6 different bridges. I don’t know which bridges to go to. • I have been given a list of river boat stops (piers) in code. I have to meet them on the bridges nearest to each of these piers. • There are two tasks I need help with: Ø Decipher the name of the pier using the shift given: Look on the map to find the nearest bridge. Ø Work out how long the mission will take: • It takes 3 minutes to travel between each pier. • The boat has to go to each of the piers on the map. • It takes 2 minutes to run from the pier to the nearest bridge and back again. • Each handover meeting with the secret agent takes 2 minutes.

COUNT ON US PRIMARY CHALLENGE THE a codebreaking The. CHALLENGE: Challenge: What is in each example round? Starting pier: XSAIV QMPPIRRMYQ Use You will start from this pier. shift (offset) 4 Plaintext a b c d e f g h i j k l m cipher text Plaintext n o p q r t u v w x y z cipher text s Pier Bridge

COUNT ON US PRIMARY CHALLENGE THE CHALLENGE: WEBSITE www. mayorsfundforlondon. org. uk/count-on-us-primary-challenge/

COUNT ON US PRIMARY CHALLENGE THE WHATis ISin INeach EACHround? ROUND? The. CHALLENGE: Challenge: What next? Making it happen A plan of action • Why? • What? • How? Then: • What did you do? Activity Log

COUNT ON US PRIMARY CHALLENGE THE CHALLENGE: FOR YOUR DIARY KEY DATES HEATS: 23 rd - 31 st March, 2020 FINAL: 6 th July, 2020

COUNT ON US PRIMARY CHALLENGE THE CHALLENGE: WHAT NEXT? A checklist for the Heats: q Assign a lead person to take responsibility for the Challenge, attend Heats. q Set up a Challenge Club and/or identify practise opportunities in class. q Practise with ALL pupils as much as possible! Use last year’s players to help. q Keep a log of activities and send in for 20 bonus points (Heats) q Run an in-school tournament. Send us photos for 20 bonus points (Heats) q Select a mixed-gender team of three pupils / all new to the Challenge. q Arrange for a lead person and support person to attend Heats with pupils. The lead person will be a table referee - they need to know the activities well! q Complete and return photo consent forms and Activity Log. q Ensure that all parental consent forms for heat events are complete.