These achievements led to Cara being named a National Numeracy Day Hero. She is appearing in the National Numeracy Day Virtual Festival on Wednesday 13 May alongside National Numeracy Ambassadors Rachel Riley, maths teacher and broadcaster Bobby Seagull and Money Saving expert Martin Lewis as well as Maths Factor creator Carol Vorderman, Charlie & Lola author Lauren Child and many more.
Given the coronavirus lockdown, National Numeracy, the charity behind National Numeracy Day, has reorganised the event as the UK’s first ever virtual festival of numbers.
The National Numeracy Virtual Festival features a varied online schedule throughout the day, including videos, interviews, book readings for kids, practical sessions for adults, free resources and puzzles, accessible via www.numeracyday.com.
The event covers three areas people want support with during this challenging time: helping children; personal development; and getting to grips with household finance. It aims to help everyone feel a bit better about their number skills.
Cara said: “I did the National Numeracy Challenge and once I’d completed it, I realised that everyone else needed to do this too, including managers, with no time limit and no pressure.
“The Challenge made us realise we were all using maths every day anyway; with the children talking about who’s the tallest and shortest, measuring portions and allocating staff – it's all everyday maths and we all feel a lot more positive about it now.
“My advice to anyone else who wants to improve their numeracy would be to tackle it as a team, with a mutually supportive approach. We did it together and honestly, maths has never been so fun!”
For the full festival line-up visit the National Numeracy Day website
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