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Number Confidence Week toolkit

Welcome to the Number Confidence Week team!

From Monday 3 to Friday 7 November we want schools across the UK to join in and build confidence with numbers among staff and children. And this year, we're focusing on how number confidence can lead to financial confidence.

With one in three UK adults (32%) saying they would not feel confident helping a child with their maths homework, we also want to empower everyone from teaching assistants to parents and carers. You can already get involved and help spread the word, by using the resources below. 

Plus, you'll get access to our live streamed assembly for ages 7-11, which will see our celeb guests go head-to-head in challenges with the "Wheel of Numbers".  

Check back for more updates, and together let's unlock new opportunities for everyone!

Click on the name of each section to jump down the page:

Resources

Maths & Money activities for 3-14+

It's never too early to make the link between numbers and money with children.

Get started with these activities for different ages that are flexible and help to start conversations about money.

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Barclays LifeSkills and National Numeracy

In collaboration with Barclays LifeSkills, we have developed these new resources for ages 7-16, to help children and students build financial confidence.

7-11

Help families support children to develop a positive attitude towards maths, and try the budgeting activity.
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11-16

Use the lesson plan pack to discuss money and careers, and share the tip sheet with parents and carers to build confidence at home.
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For more resources, head to the Barclays LifeSkills website

The Big Number Natter

The Big Number Natter is the UK’s only nationwide conversation about numbers. It’s an opportunity to talk about how we feel about maths, and love it or loathe it, everyone has something to say!

It's not about doing maths – instead it’s a chance for you and your teams to share your own thoughts and experiences. It's a powerful way to build confidence.

Big Number Natter slides

Hold a 15-30 minute session using these slides, provided with presenter notes.
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Posters

Use these posters to advertise your Number Natter to your colleagues. Choose from a generic design, or ones tailored to teaching assistants.
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Promotional materials

Statement posters

Catch attention with these facts about financial confidence and parental maths anxiety.
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Resource posters

Download these to direct people to our free resources and start their number confidence journeys!
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Bunting

Download and print this bunting to decorate your school, and get in the Number Confidence Week spirit!
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Social media graphics

Use these to shout about Number Confidence Week or inspire people to try the National Numeracy Challenge.
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Use #NumberConfidenceWeek and tag us so we can share your messages! Find us on:

If you have any questions please get in touch at enquiries@nationalnumeracy.org.uk. We hope you will join us this November!

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Try the National Numeracy Challenge

However you feel about maths, you’re not alone. The National Numeracy Challenge is a free and easy-to-use website you can use to improve your confidence with numbers.   

It’s ideal for brushing up, checking your level, or for catching up on learning you missed, and it’s all about the maths you need in daily life and at work – no algebra or trigonometry.

The National Numeracy Challenge "How do you feel about maths?" menu

Adnoddau Cymraeg | Welsh resources

Gweithgareddau i blant

Gallwch addasu’r gweithgareddau hyn i weddu i ddiddordebau a defnyddio pa eitemau bynnag sydd gennych wrth law.
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Sut i gynnal sesiynau Big Number Natter

Dechreuwch arni drwy gynllunio eich sesiynau Big Number Natter gyda’r nodiadau hyn i drefnwyr.
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Boster Big Number Natter

Defnyddiwch y poster hwn y gellir ei olygu i hyrwyddo eich sesiynau.
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Eich sleidiau Number Natter

Cynhaliwch sesiwn 15-30 munud gan ddefnyddio’r sleidiau hyn, sy’n dod gyda nodiadau i’r cyflwynydd.
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