So, speaking of maths, stumbled upon Alan Parr via the NRich website. I've been thinking of those first 15 minutes in the day where children are organising their lunches, what to do to fill the time? See Parr's post on the 22nd October for a great problem solver:
https://established1962.wordpress.com/
answer to blog title: forty days (and forty nights?) http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/08/the-biblical-expression-40-days-and-40-nights-just-means-a-really-long-time/
