IN the lead up to Father’s Day celebrations, Bridgetown Primary School’s year two students invited their Dads into their classroom for a special ‘Dads Cup’ competition.
“The turnout was great, every student had their Dad, Pop or Mum come in to compete against them in a range of Mathematics games,” teacher Emma Bancroft said.
Not to be outdone by the sensational turnout Room Two had for their Mother’s Day pampering session earlier in the year, the students went above and beyond to make sure their loved ones were treated to an extra special morning.
“Since our school has been implementing a range of highly interactive, educational mathematics games designed by Dr Paul Swan who is a known mathematics leader in Australia, we thought it would be the perfect opportunity to showcase these to our Dads. These games are directly linked to the Australian Curriculum, motivating our students and developing their mental computation at the same time,” Mrs Bancroft said.
Dads had the opportunity to test their mental maths skills by competing against their children in multiplication and division. Dads were also lucky enough to work on the school iPads and compete against their children in tasks testing their mathematics fluency.
After competing against each other in the mathematics activities, Dads were spoiled with a delicious morning tea smorgasbord, later posing with their children for some beautiful Father’s Day photos.
When some of the students were asked to give comments about the celebrations, Tara Chadwick said, “I loved having my Dad in the classroom because we got to play games against each other and it made me feel really happy when I showed him all of my hard work. Happy Father’s Day Daddy, I love you all the way to the universe and back!”
“My Grandad came in to play maths games with me and it was so much fun! I know that he was excited and really enjoyed coming in to see me. I love my Grandad,” Malissa Dixon said.
“All of the special guests and students had a fabulous morning and it was such a huge success. This is one tradition that I will continue to do, so that students can create those life-long memories with their parents,” Mrs Bancroft said.
