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SMC Conference – May 2024

The SMC Conference is back for another year! See details below for information on the different range of sessions. Julie Brewer and I (Sarah Leakey) are very excited to be presenting some work related to subtraction. I’m also looking forward … Continue reading

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SMC Conference

The SMC Conference is back in action as a face-to-face conference in Stirling this year. There are a great range of workshops available for both primary and secondary; I know I had trouble choosing which ones I would go to … Continue reading

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The final post from me!

As many will know, the decision was made last academic year to no longer have a council wide development officer for numeracy or literacy which meant that aspect of my job came to an end. I was fortunate that I … Continue reading

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Scottish Mathematical Council Primary Journal

The latest issue of the Scottish Mathematical Primary Journal is out! You can access this issue (as well as previous issues) here. If you are a secondary teacher (or just want to access additional articles) then previous issues of the … Continue reading

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SMC Conference – Registration is open!

Registration is now open for this year’s SMC Conference where you will find a wide range of workshops for those who are in primary, secondary or tertiary education as well as student teachers. For the second year running the event … Continue reading

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Maths Week Scotland is here!

Maths Week Scotland is upon us again – it’s always a great week and the events, resources and opportunities available during this week seem to get better and better each year. For a full run down of the events, activities … Continue reading

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Choral Counting with the Marvellous Merkinchers

Some of the P7s at Merkinch had a go at their first Choral Count yesterday with Mrs Campbell. Choral Counts are brilliant for helping pupils to think mathematically as they explore the patterns and relationships they see within the count … Continue reading

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Highland Diagnostic Assessment Updates

We were making a few updates to some of the Highland diagnostic assessment materials towards the end of last year and these have now been finalised and I have updated the relevant materials on both the blog and the shared … Continue reading

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The end, the middle and the beginning

You may have noticed that it’s been a little quiet on the Highland Numeracy Blog for a while now.  Unfortunately early in Term 4 we were told that the Development Officer positions for both numeracy and literacy were being discontinued … Continue reading

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Music Survey – Can you help?

A colleague is carrying out a research study on music education in Scottish primary schools. If you teach in a primary school and have 5 minutes to spare they would be very grateful if you could take the time to … Continue reading

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