World Maths Day 2025 - How tall is the school?

All classes at Flamstead End were challenged to measure the height of each individual child and then estimate how tall it would be if each child stood on top of eachother. Mr Woodhouse launched the challenge to pupils in assembly with the initial excitement being whether we would be as tall as an oak tree, London's Big Ben or even the UK's largest mountain: Ben Nevis!

Classes participated in discussion as to efficient methods of measuring the class - and a whole variety of methods were suggested and executed. For example, in year 6, Mr Hembrough's maths group lay on the floor on the playground in a perfectly straight line whilst being measured in one go, whereas Mr Woodhouse's group were measured individually and the pupils used calculated the total height. 

Well done and thank you to all participating classes. 

Year 6 Mr Woodhouse's Group: 42.93m

Year 6 Mr Hembrough's Group: 43.43m

Year 5 Pegasus: 42.05m

Year 5 Centaur: 37.09m

Year 4 Unicorn: 39.73m

Year 4 Dragon: 40.08m

Year 3 Sphinx: 33.37m

Year 3 Mermaid: 40.13m 

Year 2 Sprite Class: 39.13m 

Year 2 Elf Class: 38.53m 

Year 1 Giant Class: 33.58m 

Year 1 Pixie Class: 32.65m 

Reception Narwhal Class: 29.66

Reception Nessie Class: 33.46m 

Nursery Gnomes Class: 29.85m

Total: 555.67m! 

Taller than all of the UK's skyscrapers and mountains!