To help you with some ideas, here are the 'Top 5' football maths articles that I've written in the past.
1. Football maths game
This is deservedly at the top spot - a football game for you to print out and use in your classroom. Use it to practise multiplication tables, odd and evens and logical thinking skills.
2. Maths activities and ideas for the World Cup
We've already had more success than in Brazil, but this article from 2014 still gives lots of ideas. The wealth of facts and figures create fantastic opportunities for problem solving starting points.
3. Statistics for KS1 - World Cup winners
Finding data in a real life context for EY or KS1 maths can be difficult as the numbers need to be small. The list of teams that have won the World Cup is perfect with numbers between 1 and 5. Remember to add an extra for Germany in 2014!
4. Putting addition in a football context
Practising a key skill in calculation can be so much more effective if it is put into a context that grabs the interest of a class. With the World Cup upon us, try this as a football maths activity.
5. Using football match statistics to teach money
BBC Sport carried out some research into the cost of going to a football match and came up with some amazing statistics that can be used to teach primary maths. Well worth using.
