Sorting Office Maths Challenge (Reception and KS1)

Step into our sorting office and help get the post sorted and delivered on time.

KS1 sessions available now. Reception sessions will also be available from Spring term 2024.

Sorting Office Maths Challenge

Step into our sorting office for a real-world learning experience. Working as a team use your problem-solving skills to sort parcels, packets and letters and get the post delivered on time.

This interactive maths challenge is packed with exciting concrete objects and pictorial representations to tease out maths talk and support students with maths mastery.

Students will:
- Count two more and two less to share out the parcels
- Sort the parcels by shape and size for the sorting machine
- Discover how parcels of the same shape and size can 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
Key information:
- Suitability: Reception and KS1
- Duration: 45 minutes
- Availability: NEW for Autumn term.
  - 2 or 3 KS1 classes on a Tuesday
  - 1, 2 or 3 KS1 classes on a Wednesday.
  - Reception sessions available from Spring term 2024.
- Activities: Mail Rail ride, Mail Rail exhibition, lunch slot, The Postal Museum exhibition and Sorting Office Maths Challenge session
- Optional Extra activity: Sorted! Postal Play Space
- Class size: 20 – 35 students per class
- Adult to student ratio: Reception 1:3, KS1 1:4 (not including additional SEND support)
- Visit times: Arrival 10:15, departure 13:30 – 14:15
Costs

Sorting Office Maths Challenge is generously supported by The Portal Trust. Primary schools in the following 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.

Inner London Schools:
- Visit with Mail Rail ride Cost: £160 per class (students and adults within ratios)
- Visit with Mail Rail ride and Sorted! Cost: £200 (students and adults within ratios)
Other schools:
- Visit with Mail Rail ride Cost: £180 per class (students and adults within ratios)
- Visit with Mail Rail ride and Sorted! Cost: £220 per class (students and adults within ratios)
How to book

To book for the Sorting Office Maths Challenge, please fill out the booking request form.