Out of the classroom, students are kept busy using virtual reality (VR) headsets to find locations using maths, launching projectiles using catapults, measuring data collection and calculating averages, solving pentomino geometric puzzles, and taking on staked die challenges.
A focus of the day is ensuring the tasks are open ended and fun, allowing students to work together and think creatively to solve problems and challenges.
The Governing Principal of the NT Meaningful Maths network and Principal of Alawa Primary School, Sandy Cartwright, said the network supports the department's key priorities of boosting numeracy and student wellbeing.
"By incorporating numeracy into playful daily routines and challenges at an early age, we're helping students begin to understand patterns, measurements, and basic calculations, setting the stage for more complex mathematical thinking," she said.
"This leads to long-term academic and cognitive benefits, boosting critical thinking, problem-solving, and reasoning abilities, all essential for success in school and life".
With the NT network including all principals and teachers from the 16 participating schools, teachers also benefit from learning opportunities.
Maths teacher Sarah Hodgson from Bakewell Primary School said she was excited about the day.
"We get the opportunity to create and deliver an activity for the event, share ideas with other teachers and schools in the network and build our capacity by working together behind the scenes to make this engaging day possible for all the students involved," she said.
