A SCHOOL in North Cornwall has seen students don their favourite career uniforms in an effort to raise money for charity and get stuck into maths.

St Stephens Community Academy in Launceston saw an array of careers enter the spotlight as students came dressed up as members of the workforce as part of NSPCC’s Number Day.

The annual event is a free and inclusive maths-inspired fundraising day for children in nursery right through to secondary school. It aims to provide the perfect way to get schools or nurseries involved with fundraising and celebrating maths ‘while helping to protect more children from abuse’.

Funds raised will go towards the NSPCC, a national charity which works to support children who are victims of abuse.

For this year’s event, St Stephens asked students to come dressed in the uniform of people who use numbers every day in their jobs, from teachers to doctors and vets to designers.

Maura Furber, executive headteacher at the school, said: “The wide range of roles selected really emphasised the importance of this fantastic core subject. It was like we were in a time machine and we could see the vets, scientists, doctors, nurses, sports people, tradesmen and woman, designers, teachers, office workers (and so much more) in the future.

“Throughout the day each class was immersed in mathematical explorations and learning about famous mathematicians in history-individuals who have made a huge impact on the world we live in such as Marjorie Lee Browne, Florence Nightingale, Ada Lovelace, Sir Isaac Newton and Alan Turing.

“The children have also been using Thinking Frames as part of our whole school "Thinking Matters" project to deepen their understanding and question their facts and knowledge.

“A truly fantastic number day and a huge thanks to everyone who dressed up and who contributed to the NSPCC charity.”