Sum-it! maths clubs
What is it?
The ethos of Sum-it!, the maths clubs network, is to promote the use of out-of-school-hours-learning (oshl) clubs as a way of delivering fun maths and to help raise attainment, engagement and enjoyment in maths.
A maths club is much more than a lesson that takes place out-of-school-hours. A maths club is a non-threatening place where young people can have fun with maths through game play or fun activities. It can also be a place for staff to try innovative teaching methods, with no right or wrong answers, using conjecture and discovery and linking with other subjects. It can also be a place to show how maths is relevant to young people, for example through music, shopping or sport.
ContinYou has helped schools across the UK set up and run clubs that show young people that maths can be fun.
Free resource pack now available
Developed with help from the DfES (now DCSF), this resource pack takes you through the steps to set up maths clubs and keep them going. Download your free copy now:
Background
In 2002 Deutsche Bank funded Education Extra (now ContinYou) to set up and run of maths clubs in twelve London secondary schools. Soon after, funding was secured from other financial institutions to run similar projects in Bristol and Yorkshire. In the third year of support from Deutsche Bank funding was given to set up Sum-it! so that the knowledge could be shared and more schools reached.
