Merry #Christmaths16

I direct keep a lot of people to thank! 

Thank you lot to all 110 wonderful maths teachers who came to my resultant yesterday. I promise you lot had a non bad time.

Thank you lot to Andrew Jeffrey, the vivid mathemagician who performed a fantastic present for us.

Thank you lot to all the individuals together with organisations who kindly donated prizes together with freebies - this was real much appreciated past times all.

Thank you lot to the Science Museum, especially Roderick together with Sergi at the Media Space Cafe together with the awesome Dr Kenny Webster, Head of Learning Operations. They were helpful, generous, professional person together with welcoming together with I couldn't direct keep done it without them.

Finally, give cheers you lot to everyone who helped to brand my resultant run smoothly, especially Lizzie together with Gareth who were absolute superstars on the day.

It's thus lovely to run across maths teachers enjoying themselves at Christmas.

The Galleries

I was actually pleased that the Science Museum provided #christmaths16 guests amongst gratis access to the WonderLab, thus nosotros had 2 mathsy galleries to explore on the day. The WonderLab is where all the fun interactive maths together with scientific discipline materials takes place. It was a lovely infinite amount of excited children. If you're going to direct keep a schoolhouse trip to the Science Museum (you tin direct keep a whole yr grouping at once, gratis of charge), you'd pass fourth dimension inward both the Winton Gallery together with the WonderLab. They also run gratis xx infinitesimal maths together with scientific discipline shows inward the WonderLab.

I didn't larn much fourth dimension to explore the Winton Gallery myself (I was likewise busy organising things!) merely I volition render in that location inward the New Year. Check out the tweets inward this Storify to run across lots of pictures of #christmaths16 guests enjoying both the Winton Gallery together with the WonderLab.

The Reception
For the reception nosotros all had a drinking glass of bubbly together with a distich of mince pies inward the Media Space Cafe.

Everyone got stuck into my quiz (more close that inward a minute...) acre Rob (@RJS2212) was presented amongst a fantastic birthday cake past times Julia (@tessmaths). Meanwhile, I spent about fourth dimension fighting off members of earth who idea that they were entitled to gratis alcohol (!).

We enjoyed a vivid magic present from Andrew Jeffrey, which involved vehement playing cards inward half!

We finished amongst a calculator-assisted raffle, amongst loads of amazing prizes.

Quiz
If you lot weren't at #christmaths16 thus you lot tin direct keep a larn at my quiz here (last year's quiz is in that location too). There were about first-class together with varied answers. It was a unopen telephone weep upward to select the winners, merely the glory goes to Lizzie, Amelia, Christina together with Chris.

Pub
Quite a few people went to the Hereford Arms for dinner together with drinks inward the evening, amongst a brave few venturing out afterward into the early on hours of the morning. I got a taxi habitation together with was inward past times midnight!

Thank you lot over again to everyone who contributed to about other successful Christmas resultant for maths teachers. Do cheque out my Storify here. If you lot didn't come, I promise you're able to view the Science Museum before long to cheque out the all the mathsy goodness.

Merry Christmas everyone!

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