Sorting Office Maths Challenge (Reception and KS1)

Sorting Office Maths Challenge

Step into our sorting office and use problem-solving skills to sort and deliver the post on time. This interactive challenge will develop maths talk and supports maths mastery.

Students will:

• Count two more and two less to share out parcels
• Sort parcels by size and shape and see how they vary in weight
• Sequence number lines, counting in twos to build a giant street
• Calculate number bonds to deliver letters to the correct doors

Curriculum Links

• Reception: Maths, Understanding the World, Communication and Language
• KS1: Maths, Literacy

Session information:

• Reception and KS1*
• 45 minutes
• Max 35 students
• Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

*This session is differentiated for each year group. To support engagement with the maths concepts, it is available for Reception in Spring and Summer term only.

Visit activities:
Sorting Office Maths Challenge, Exhibitions, Lunch slot, Mail Rail ride, Sorted! (optional)

Visit cost:

Sorting Office Maths Challenge is funded by The Portal Trust. Primary schools in Inner London boroughs can book for a discounted rate:

Camden, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith & Fulham, Islington, Kensington & Chelsea, Lambeth, Lewisham, Newham, Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Wandsworth, Westminster and the City of London.

• Sorting Office Maths Challenge with Mail Rail ride: £160 per class
• Sorting Office Maths Challenge with Mail Rail ride and Sorted! £200 per class

Non-inner London schools

• Sorting Office Maths Challenge with Mail Rail ride: £180 per class
• Sorting Office Maths Challenge with Mail Rail ride and Sorted! £220 per class