QE learners add fun to math day

On World Math day, everything added up to a fun “math-ternoon” of learning at Queen Elizabeth School.

Mathternoon is a chance for all of our kids in Queen Elizabeth School to experience math in a different way.

Principal Ryan

Mather set the tone last Wednesday afternoon by wearing a T-shirt with the slogan, “5 out of 4 people have a problem with fractions.”

“Math is fun,” said Mather.

“Math-ternoon is a chance for all of our kids in Queen Eliza - beth School to experience math in a different way.”

Mather says the kids get to go with a different teacher with a variety of kids from different classes and do some math activities that they might not normally get to do in their own classroom.

A Grade 6 student whose first name is

Teala stepped forward to explain what math her group was up to.

“We did adding and subtracting and estimation,” she said, using whiteboards and cards.

When asked what else she learned, the youngster replied, “Math was a lot of fun.”

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