It’s the tenth year of the Liverpool Maths Party! Join schools across Liverpool CIty Region as we share positive messages about maths and celebrate how it shapes our lives, our learning, and our future careers.

📅 Date: Friday 17th October 2025 (or choose another day that suits your school)

🌍 Where: In your school!

What Is The Liverpool Maths Party?

The Liverpool Maths Party is more than just a day of activities; it’s a city-wide campaign to share positive messages about maths. We want every young person in the city region to feel confident, curious, and informed about the role maths plays in everyday life and future careers.

Get Involved

We invite schools across the Liverpool City Region to get involved by:

– Access the Maths Party padlet and packs filled with ideas

– Get involved in our activities, videos, competitions and campaigning call-outs listed below

– Deliver lessons and activities themed around lifelong maths

– Inspire families and the wider community with positive maths messages through workshops, newsletters and social media.

You Might Choose to..

  • Have a cross-curricular day, exploring maths through all your subjects
  • Have a special themed maths lesson or club at lunchtime
  • Hold a maths party with shape hats, fraction food etc
  • Raise money for a charity through an entrepreneurial activity
  • Hold competitions for your families to engage in
  • Invite governors and parents/carers in to talk about how they use maths in their careers
  • Have a maths themed dress up day

You can make the day, whatever works for you… as long as you celebrate positive messages around maths!

Resources

All Aboard The Maths Express

EYFS ideas for linking maths to trains.

Liverpool and Maths Web Bank

Web links to support linking Liverpool and Maths

Further Ideas

A web bank of other ideas to choose from.

200 Years of The Railways

Merseyside has always been an important part of the history of the railways. 27th September marks 200 years of the railways. You can find a range of wonderful resources for all ages linked to maths and themed around railways in their education resource collection.

Merseyside and Railways Maths Resource Pack

LLP and Merseyrail present a resource pack of ideas that can be adapted for use in KS1 to secondary to explore the maths underlying the railways in the Liverpool and Merseyside area.

Where’s the Maths in LCR Photo Collection

Contribute to a region-wide bank of photos for exploring maths in everyday life.

Liverpool and Maths Resource Pack

Ideas for activities and lessons based around Liverpool and Maths. Ideas for all key stages.

Maths Moments

We’re inviting schools, organisations and businesses to join our campaign to show how they use maths everyday!

Art of the Cube Resource Pack

A maths resource pack based on the work of local artist, Fai McCabe.

School Themed Maths Challenge

A challenge sheet that can be used as part of a competition for parents, staff and UKS2/Secondary pupils.

Maths Joke Competition for LLP Members

LLP member schools are invited to ask their families to enter our Maths Joke, Riddle and Poem competition where they could win a board game! If you are an LLP member school and would like to take part, please email admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com and we’ll send over the image to share on websites or print as a poster.

Videos and Live Events

Clap, Count, Play

Join James from ‘Make Mouth Music’ for an engaging 15 minute session involving counting, clapping and moving. Explore the links between music and maths with your EYFS learners! This video will be available for free for LLP member schools and will be sent to schools wb 6th October so it can be used in the following week to coincide with Maths Party Day.

Links will be sent directly to LLP member schools through our network lists. If you’d like to make sure you receive this directly, please sign up here: EXPRESS AN INTEREST

The Art of the Cube with Fai McCabe

Fai McCabe is a local multi-disciplinary artist who often creates images using Rubik’s Cubes. KS2/3 pupils can join us for a livestream where Fai will talk about her art and lead us in a maths/art activity.

There will even be a chance to win an artwork created by Fai from Rubik’s Cubes!

WATCH THIS SPACE FOR THE DATE OF THIS SESSION!

You can express an interest in being sent the details as soon as they’re released by filling in this form.

Engagement from Previous Years