As the summer holidays arrive, the Steam Powered Stories team are determined to ensure that your child can do maths and have fun in and out of school. To do this, Steam Powered Stories has been out in the community raising awareness of the Welsh government What you say COUNTS! scheme.
SPS attended both Neath's Family Information Service's Family Fun Days on the 22nd July and 5th August, and Swansea's Teddy's Bear Picnic that was held on the 23rd July.
Neath's Family Fun Day was held in the beautiful Gnoll Country Park where SPS held a stall providing information about the WYSC project, and free maths resource packs that children could take home to complete during the summer holiday. This assured that children were continually developing their numeracy skills at home in a relaxed and reassuring environment.
Parents were pleased to receive our free numeracy packs, and many children began completing their packs whilst they waited for their face to be painted by SPS' Emily- our training advisor and office support member and not to forget - our experienced face painter. With requests from children wanting to be transformed into a tiger, a butterfly, and a difficult request to be a snake, the queue for face painting weaved down the field!!
To keep young people of all ages occupied, we provided colouring sheets for younger children, and quick maths activities for older children to complete ultimately engaging the hearts and minds of the community. We conducted a questionnaire that asked parents if they thought it was a good idea to bring employers into schools to show how maths can be used in the workplace. Every parent believed this to be a good idea and we would like to thank all parents that took the time to take part and share their opinions.
We also attended Neath's Fun Day yesterday, providing inciting maths activities and face painting which meant Emily was a busy bee again!! The day was equally as successful as the previous events we have attended and we would like to thank Neath's Family Information Service for kindly letting us attend- we look forward to working with you in the future- next Tuesday to be exact!!
Swansea's Teddy Bear Picnic was another enjoyable and successful event. The day gave us the opportunity to engage with a new community to ensure everyone knew about the WYSC scheme and what SPS has to offer. We distributed information and maths activities for children along with informing parents about the scheme and how we aim to work with other secondary schools in Swansea in the next academic year.
Parents were pleased to receive our free numeracy packs, and many children began completing their packs whilst they waited for their face to be painted by SPS' Emily- our training advisor and office support member and not to forget - our experienced face painter. With requests from children wanting to be transformed into a tiger, a butterfly, and a difficult request to be a snake, the queue for face painting weaved down the field!!
To keep young people of all ages occupied, we provided colouring sheets for younger children, and quick maths activities for older children to complete ultimately engaging the hearts and minds of the community. We conducted a questionnaire that asked parents if they thought it was a good idea to bring employers into schools to show how maths can be used in the workplace. Every parent believed this to be a good idea and we would like to thank all parents that took the time to take part and share their opinions.
We also attended Neath's Fun Day yesterday, providing inciting maths activities and face painting which meant Emily was a busy bee again!! The day was equally as successful as the previous events we have attended and we would like to thank Neath's Family Information Service for kindly letting us attend- we look forward to working with you in the future- next Tuesday to be exact!!
Both events enabled us to engage with the community to show that maths can be fun and easy whether you're 15 or 53!
Keep an eye out for the purple WYSC banner and our friendly SPS team this Thursday and Friday as we attend the Erwood Summer Craft Festival so make sure you're checking our Facebook and Twitter for updates!
If you would like to receive one of our free maths packs that your child can complete at home, fill in the contact form on the left!
If you have any questions perhaps about our services or if you would like us to attend an event, tweet us @SteamStories!
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