We have three simple, ready-to-go activities for you to use as lesson starters, form time or anywhere you need a calm, focused beginning. They’re quick to dip into, easy to repeat, and flexible enough to use in different ways. Sometimes, that’s all you need to get things moving.

1. NumBots Scrapheap Stories

2. Bot Trumps

Bot Trumps is a simple card game for two or more players, featuring our bright and fun NumBots characters. Each card comes with scores for positivity, courage, determination and resilience, making it easy to play and quick to pick up.

Access by logging in and heading to Downloads > Activities.

3. Represent

Kick off your lesson with our free card game, designed to familiarise students with the different representations used in the classroom.

Access by logging in and heading to Downloads > Activities.

If you can, please share any photos of your class using our activities to support@mathscircle.com, or our social media channels:

X – @NumBots
Instagram – @numbots
Facebook – NumBots

Maths Week London’s mission is to ignite a love of maths in children across the capital. Numeracy is a vital skill and we believe it can and should be enjoyable, relatable and accessible.

This year, our aim is to highlight why maths is important to engage with from a young age to help develop practical skills. We want to show how making maths relevant can also make it fun and how it can enable success in all areas of everyday life.

Maths Week London aims to:

• boost confidence in mathematics and encourage a positive attitude 
• demonstrate the value of maths as a lifelong skill by linking it to the wider world
• encourage all young people and adults to develop their maths skills and become confident mathematicians not just at school but in everyday life. 

We are delighted to be supporting Maths Week London, taking place 23rd – 27th June 2025.

FOR NUMBOTS, WE ARE OFFERING A FREE GAME: BREAK IT TO MAKE IT!

Boost number skills with this interactive problem-solving game! Play it in the classroom, on the playground, or at home!

NumBots game pack includes:
 Instructions
Challenge extension
Key learning objectives

For Times Tables Rock Stars, London Rocks will be returning from Tuesday 24th June to Thursday 26th June!

For schools based in Greater London, we have a 3-day competition where schools battle it out to become the number 1 school in London at times tables (and division)!

To sign up your school (free for TTRS subscribers), click the link below:

Visit the website to:

● download a range of free resources.
● register to attend free events.
● take part in one of the Maths Week London contests and competitions.

Join in the celebration and register below to take part!

2. Generic Certificates

3. Encouragement Stickers

Share your stories with us; we’d love to see how you’re using our certificates and stickers to celebrate success! For more tips or advice, drop us an email at support@mathscircle.com.

If you want to set your school up with MyLogin SSO, give the friendly team at Wonde an email: hello@mylogin.com

Don’t use Wonde but want to know more? Click below…👇👇👇

The stories can be enjoyed together as a whole class (or school) via YouTube, or if your class have access to individual headphones and tablets, you can set them up to listen on any main streaming platform. Whilst they are listening, they can enjoy the accompanying creative activity.🎨✂✏

Now you’re caught up on the what and the why’s, let’s start on the when’s! Here are eight ways to use the NumBots Scrapheap Stories during school:

2. Wet play

☔ The bad news is, it’s raining outside…but the good news is, you can still bring some sunshine into your classroom! ☀️

This is the perfect opportunity to enjoy the creative worksheets!

Best way to listen: YouTube

3. PSHE or Values lessons

The stories promote values similar to those that you might teach at school: respect, perseverance, teamwork, resilience as well as others.

The aim of the stories is to give children a takeaway that can help them develop positive mindsets for learning and for life! They provide children with reference points to turn to in their own lives when they face a challenge. That’s why they are the perfect PSHE teaching tool!

Best way to listen: YouTube or Spotify (with headphones)

4. Once the class has finished their NumBots practice

Does your class have a tendency to finish their NumBots or maths practice quickly? If you’ve got 10 minutes to spare at the end of the lesson, reward your students with a 10 minute growth mindset story.

Best way to listen: Spotify (with headphones)

5. Storytelling lessons

NumBots may provide core maths skills, but the NumBots Scrapheap Stories can act as a literacy tool. Audio stories have been found to improve reading fluency in children, as well as helping them develop emotional skills. We’ve also provided the transcripts for each story so students can learn to read alongside the narration.

Helpful articles:
EdSurge: Breaking Barriers to Literacy: Using Audiobooks to Overcome Reading Challenges

National Literacy Trust: We release research review on the benefits of audiobooks on literacy

Best way to listen: YouTube or Spotify (with headphones)

6. Golden Time

Do you run dedicated sessions during the week to reward good behaviour? What better way than to reward them with an uplifting, motivating robot-themed story?🤖

Best way to listen: YouTube or Spotify (with headphones)

7. Assemblies

If you promote values in assemblies then listening to one of our stories is a fun and engaging way to demonstrate growth mindsets and positive attitudes to children. Each story is approximately 10 to 15 minutes long. 🎥

Best way to listen: YouTube

Bruno Reddy, CEO:

Select a story to enjoy!👇

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Behind the Scenes…

Each 10-minute story incorporates a different growth mindset, with the aim to develop children’s confidence and resilience, setting them up for success in maths, and in life more generally.

Exploring themes such as practising little and often, teamwork, asking for help, stepping out of your comfort zone, and overcoming fears, the NumBots Scrapheap Stories can help to start conversations about healthy attitudes and positive mindsets.

At the end of each story, Rusty is on-hand to ask the little listeners a set of thought-provoking questions about the stories. This way, you can continue the conversation, or simply reinforce the message of the story.

Once the questions are finished, enjoy the creative activity set by Rusty. You can download each story’s activity and the transcript for each story should you wish to read them yourself! To access the resources, head HERE and select your chosen story.

The Feedback…

Miss Harding, Swallowfield Primary School:

Swallowfield Primary School is LOVING NumBots Scrapheap Stories. See their reactions to the stories…

Bruno Reddy, CEO:

Select a story to enjoy!👇

TIP 1 – DRESS UP!

TIP 2 – HOLD AN EPIC ASSEMBLY!

TIP 3 – ACTIVATE ACTIVITIES MODE!

If you’re looking for time away from the screen, we have a number of activities for you to enjoy with your class.

1. Bot Trumps – Our very own addition and subtraction card game.
2. Colour by Numbers –
3. Enter the Scrapheap – Subitise your way across the 
4. Move Like a Robot – Get active with 

TIP 4 – DASHING DISPLAYS!

Dazzle your classroom with an all-singing and all-dancing classroom display! If you manage to find 10 minutes to vamp up the classroom walls then head over to Downloads, click Displays, and you will find yourself in a whole new electric, immersive world of classroom display resources.

How to Access:
Display Pack – Downloads > Displays

TIP 5 – REWARDS AND AWARDS!

Celebrating successes is always important, but receiving your Stage Completion Certificate whilst dressed as Megatron? There is no greater honour.

The generic certificates can be used however you like! Here are some ways we’ve seen them used:

1. Most Improved.
2. Consecutive Daily Logins.
3. Most Coins.
4. Best Dressed.

So you there you have it. Time to fish out those old cardboard boxes; it’s time for launch off.

1. Hide the Timer in Challenge Mode

The timer in Challenge mode can be distracting for some children, or it can even make them feel tense…which is exactly what we don’t want children to feel when they’re playing NumBots!

To reduce those uneasy feelings caused by the timer, you can remove it by simply clicking on the timer icon itself. Or head to Settings (the small orange cog) and toggle the ‘Show Timer’ to the left.

2. Allow More Time to Pass Story Mode

3. Check out our Audio Stories

No matter how you’re feeling, or what situation you’re in, taking time out to listen to a story can help you to relax and focus your mind on something else. Listen to our NumBots Scrapheap Stories, our series of uplifting and motivating audio stories. Each tale presents different growth mindsets and positive values.

You can listen on all the main streaming services, including: Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Audible, and YouTube.

If you want to feature in July’s edition, post your picture on your social media channel, but make sure to use the hashtag #RustysFriends AND tag us:

Alternatively, you can email us directly at support@mathscircle.com!