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DEPUTY FIRST MINISTER’S HOLIDAY MATHS CHALLENGE – CHRISTMAS 2017
20th December 2017
DEPUTY FIRST MINISTER’S HOLIDAY MATHS CHALLENGE – CHRISTMAS 2017 The Holiday Maths Challenge has been developed in partnership with the Scottish Mathematical Council. It is designed for primary 6 pupils and their families. The intention is that pupils will take this home for the holidays to explore maths in a fun way outwith the classroom…
Making Maths Count in Scotland’s schools 11-15 December 2017
15th December 2017
Maths learning in primary and secondary schools in Scotland as featured on Twitter this week. Quite a lot of Christmas-related numeracy and maths activity. And the dates for Maths Week Scotland 2018 announced, woohoo! Pleased to meet with Maureen McKenna @maureen0207 today to discuss the implementation of the Making Maths Count report and delighted to…
Maths learning and teaching in Scotland from Twitter 4-8 December 2017
8th December 2017
Lots of professional learning, parental engagement, innovative teaching, pupil success and progress and even some signs of fun! Read, Write , Count boxes for P4 – P7 were introduced this morning. The activities can be signed out and taken home beginning next week. #ReadWriteCount #BookWeekScot #Riversidereads @FMReadChallenge pic.twitter.com/KzKvCP6Mtu — Riverside Primary (@wlriverside_ps) December 1, 2017…
Maths Education in Scotland 22-30 November 2017 – Snapshot of activity
1st December 2017
Every week the Making Maths Count Twitter timeline is packed with examples of innovative, creative and focused maths learning and teaching across Scotland’s schools. Here is a snapshot of what was going on over 22-29 November 2017… Busting some of the myths around conceptual understanding in numeracy! #mythbusting #numeracy #conceptualunderstanding pic.twitter.com/qVD8cQkWUA — Fife Pedagogy Team…
Super Maths at National Museums Scotland
8th September 2017
Super Maths at National Museums Scotland When I heard about Maths Week Scotland, it gave me the opportunity to think about how we could bring maths to life for schools at the National Museum of Scotland. Maths is key to the development of so many of our objects and a visit to the museum…
Maths Week Scotland – What’s On?
6th September 2017
What’s on each day? One of the biggest challenges the Maths Week Scotland team have faced is keeping a track on all of the fantastic things happening around the nation – we’ve been amazed by the sheer volume of enthusiasm. If there’s something you’re doing that you think we should know about, give us a…
Travel Sale Spectacular!
30th March 2017
Travel Sale Spectacular! John Macdonald, teacher at Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, Isle of Lewis, sets his P7 learners a real life task of planning a trip to the mainland that needs them to use their enterprising, communicating and mathematical skills. Sorry to disappoint, but we’re not actually offering blog readers a cheap holiday deal! Instead,…
Siubhal Saor Iongantach!
30th March 2017
Siubhal Saor Iongantach! Bidh Iain MacDhòmhnaill, a tha a’ teagasg aig Comhairle nan Eilean Siar air Eilean Leòdhais, ag iarraidh air luchd-ionnsachaidh ann am P7 turas gu tìr-mòr a phlanadh, a’ cleachdadh sgilean ann an iomairt, conaltradh agus matamataig. Tha sinn duilich briseadh-dùil a thoirt dhuibh, ach chan eil sinn a’ toirt cothrom do leughadairean…