![]() ![]() "The videos were there, the Premier League pencils, the Premier League stickers. All the stuff for teachers, all the lesson planning's there, all the worksheets for the kids are there. "This is free for primary schools so I can't advocate this enough. Now having seen it in action, I'm just going to be telling everyone, anyone who will listen, how good this is and why every school should get involved. "They're making their own data, whether it's kicking or throwing the ball. "Then we went and produced our own data, so the kids are actually involved in active lessons, which is shown by research to really help learning. "It puts it in a fun way so they're learning. "They’re working on a match report for Arsenal v Liverpool and, even if they don't know what football is, they have to read the information, collect it, put it into a graph," she says. favourite primary school memory is a perfect #PLPrimaryStars message /y8JLuiV7Pm If at first you don't succeed - try, try again. Rachel is one of the experts who have helped to create lesson plans and activities for the new Premier League Primary Stars programme, which was launched last month. They can remember things because they enjoy it, and then they get better." "Anyone whose kids play EA SPORTS FIFA video games, they'll know that their kids know stats they can reel them off. When you start learning something new that you couldn’t do. ![]() The National Numeracy Challenge is a brilliant online tool to check your own skills, to see where you are strong and where you need some help. She said: With maths it’s really important to believe that you can improve. "When I joined Sky Sports I quickly realised there's way more maths and numeracy in football than there ever is in Countdown. Rachel Riley introduces the National Numeracy Challenge. "So many studies show maths is all about confidence and psychology, so if you keep telling your kids, 'I'm rubbish at maths and it doesn't matter', they'll pick up on that and they'll carry on. Born in 1986 in Southend Essex, Rachel gained 4 A grades at A Level before attending Oriel College, Oxford, where she gained a second class honours degree in mathematics. "They'll laugh it off and it's a badge of honour, whereas you wouldn't say proudly, 'I can't read' - so that's one thing that needs to change. "All we wanted to do was play football" - TV presenter & mathematician remembers her primary school years ⚽️ #PLPrimaryStars /neiEPwJPb7 The maths geeks did their mass drop-in at lunchtime and it turns out there is a monthly ration of ten condoms per person. ![]()
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