“Are you ready to rock? Are you ready, steady, ready to roll?”
Our Y3 boys were part of something extraordinary this National Numeracy Day as they chanted and danced their way to a new Guinness World Record for times tables with pupils across the UK.
With crowns and wigs at the ready, the boys prepared for their record attempt with a high energy warmup before launching into the record-breaking ‘Rocking and Rolling Numbers’ five times table chant along with some 5,361 viewers across the country. The boys’ day was all the more special and exciting as their record-breaking times table was filmed for BBC Look East.
“My favourite bit was when we broke the world record. It was really exciting!”
The record-breaking attempt organised by Time Tables (TT) Rockstars (a fun and challenging programme created and owned by Old Bedfordian Bruno Reddy (88-98)) proved a real success, and it was clear from the excitement on the boys’ faces during the morning that ‘Rocking and Rolling Numbers’ enthuses them about learning their times tables—one of the key building blocks for maths—in a truly fun and memorable way.
“I like Times Table Rockstars because it’s really fun, and it helps me learn my times tables.”
Head of Y3, Mrs Carrington, explained, “The TT Rockstars activities are a real highlight of boys’ lessons and provide a fun way to engage all in numbers. I am so delighted that the boys could participate today and help to set a new world record! As the Guinness World Record Adjudicator said, they are all officially amazing!”
