Students and staff at Peasedown Primary School are celebrating this week after being the best school at a district-wide maths competition.

Six different schools in the Midsomer Norton Schools Partnership had their pupils in years four, five and six compete against one another in ‘Times Tables Rock Stars’.

The Midsomer Norton Schools Partnership is a trust that includes 32 schools in the local area, sharing a commitment to supporting our local school communities in their hubs.

The vision for the partnership is to ensure all children can attend a good or better school, regardless of their socio-economic background or postcode, through meaningful, thought out collaboration between schools.

Times Tables Rock Stars is an award-winning maths learning platform where children can practise their times tables in a game-like setting with motivating rewards.

Suitable for all learners over six years old, the question-based games automatically adapt to each child’s unique learning needs, helping them to recall their times tables in record speed.

Accessible on any device via an app or browser, children can learn and play anywhere at any time.

School headteacher Ruth Noall said: “It was incredibly close, but right at the last moment Peasedown Primary School crept into first place and we won.

“Collectively the children answered 135,997 questions correctly, an average of 743 each. As well as being the top school, year four were the second highest class across the competition and year six were the third highest class.

“A special mention must also go to Matvii who was the highest scoring child in the whole competition, Logan who was the second highest scoring child and Olivia who was the fourth highest scoring child.

“We rock Peasedown Primary School.”

Times Tables Rock Stars has proven to be a popular part of the maths curriculum at the school and has encouraged pupils to develop enthusiasm for the subject.

Children in key stage two have weekly maths homework, linked to learning they have completed in class each week. In addition, all children will have a log-in to both Doodlemaths and Times Table Rock Stars.

Both of these online learning tools support times tables and wider mathematical fluency and children are expected to log in to either of these at least three times a week.

For more information about Peasedown St John Primary School visit their website www.psjprimary.co.uk and follow them on Facebook at @psjprimary.