We have been celebrating everything that makes our school special, we have been completing challenges involving the number 60, our children have chosen some activities from the list below to do with their friends, class and around school:
Quick & silly
- Do 60 star jumps.
- Do 60 high knees.
- Clap 60 times.
- Count backwards from 60.
- Do 60 seconds of silent dancing.
- Balance on one leg for 60 seconds.
- Do 60 toe touches.
- Hop 60 times.
- Do 60 seconds of your best dance.
- Make 60 silly faces!
Team challenges
11. Get 60 children into a photograph.
12. Make a human number 60.
13. Build the tallest tower you can using exactly 60 objects.
14. Pass a ball between 60 people.
15. Complete a 60-piece jigsaw.
16. Make a chain of 60 paper links.
17. Collect 60 leaves.
18. Make a picture using 60 natural objects.
19. Work together to count exactly 60 footsteps across the playground.
20. Give 60 high-fives.
Creative
21. Draw what you think school will look like in another 60 years.
22. Design a special 60th birthday logo.
23. Make a birthday card for the school.
24. Create a picture using exactly 60 dots.
25. Write a story in exactly 60 words.
26. Write 60 words beginning with the same letter.
27. Make a 60th birthday crown.
28. Create a giant birthday banner.
29. Make a paper chain with 60 links.
30. Draw 60 things you love about your school.
School history
31. Find out what the school was like 60 years ago.
32. Find the oldest object in school.
33. Find out who the first headteacher was.
34. Find an old photograph of the school.
35. Interview someone who attended the school in the past.
36. Find out what children used to play at break time.
37. Find out what school dinners were like 60 years ago.
38. Find an object in school that is older than you.
39. Create a “Then and Now” drawing.
40. Write a question you’d like to ask a pupil from 1966.
Maths challenges
41. Find 60 things in your classroom.
42. Make 60 using four different numbers.
43. Find as many ways as possible to make 60.
44. Count in 60s—or multiples of 60.
45. Find something that is approximately 60 cm long.
46. Find something that weighs approximately 60 g.
47. Make a shape using exactly 60 sticks.
48. Roll two dice and see how many rolls it takes to reach 60.
49. Find 60% of something.
50. Solve a “60” maths puzzle.
Kindness & community
51. Give 60 compliments.
52. Do 60 acts of kindness across the school.
53. Thank 60 people.
54. Write 60 reasons why your school is special.
55. Leave 60 positive messages around school.
56. Help someone for 60 seconds.
57. Smile at 60 people!
58. Collect 60 items for a charity/community cause.
59. Make 60 wishes for the school’s future.
60. We finished the day by shouting “Happy 60th Birthday!” together! 
