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This is a lesson idea for Maths or Upper Primary teachers, and came out of the fact that 25 million people's records would actually take up an awful lot of space - is the two discs claim actually true?

In the first part of the lesson, give the children the list of items stolen, and talk about how long each string would be - try testing this with the longest name in the class for example. Here is the list of data taken for each person below:

• First name
• Last name
• Address 1
• Address 2
• Town
• County
• Postcode
• National Insurance number
• Dob
• Child benefit number

For all those who use Roamer, I game I came up with on the hoof that has paid massive dividends in all sorts of other ways.

I created a roamer grid using masking tape on my ICT floor (it was 5 squares by 5 squares), and got the group I was working with to bring a toy in each, ending up with 8 toys. I then placed the roamer in the middle, and put the toys in various places around the grid.

The children then played Roamer Chess, where they each had to make one move, be it forward, back, left or right. If they landed on a square with a toy, they could keep it. The game required c-ordinations skills, as well as the ability to plan ahead, and not keep giving the next person playing a good advantage.