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Christmas Holiday Challenge

This year’s Christmas Holiday Challenge has been published and will be making its way to schools and libraries this week.  If you click on the link it will take you to a downloadable copy of the challenges. Solutions will be … Continue reading

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Deputy First Minister’s Summer Holiday Challenge!

Scottish Government colleagues have advised that the Challenges will be delivered to primary schools this week.  It will also be delivered to holiday clubs and libraries and will be available at some of the Glasgow2018 venues.  Gaelic versions will also … Continue reading

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Parental engagement at Glenurquhart!

Glenurquhart Primary hosted a fantastic parent event last week to share developments in maths and numeracy. I love the resource packs they have developed to involve parents with maths learning at home! Children demonstrated how to use these resources at … Continue reading

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Mathematical Mindsets

Have a look on YouCubed to see Jo Boaler’s new interactive mindset guide! Follow this link for ideas on how to teach for a mathematical mindset culture: Mathematical Mindsets I love the video teaching illustrations! Please let me know your … Continue reading

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Maths is everywhere!

Hopefully Spring is on its way soon and taking maths outside is a great way to reinforce that maths is everywhere, not just in school! I love this article from Maths Australia – follow this link for some fun ideas for … Continue reading

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Fractions at Daviot Primary

Have a look at Daviot Primary’s blog to see fantastic work with fractions! Fraction Eels – Daviot Primary I love these photos, which show how effective concrete materials can be in developing conceptual understanding of fractions, promoting exploration and dialogue … Continue reading

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STEM Resources

Have a look at the NRICH website for fantastic resources to support STEM learning aimed at 10-14 year olds: There are fantastic ideas which could be linked in to learning across a range of contexts and different curricular areas, as … Continue reading

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Maths starters

Thank you to Grantown Primary for sharing this great resource! Follow this link to create or generate a whole range of maths starters: Maths Starters These can be used to consolidate knowledge or practice skills, and difficulty can be adjusted … Continue reading

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Maths Supermovers!

Another great link to use in class for knowledge activities or practice of basic facts – thanks so much to Arlene Beattie at Daviot Primary for sharing this! Follow this link for a range of videos that will get children … Continue reading

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Place Value Boot Camp at Glenurquhart Primary!

Thanks to Kerrie Laird at Glenurquhart Primary for sharing this fantastic idea from their recent Health and Wellbeing Week. It’s great to see ways that schools are effectively linking maths with other areas of the curriculum, and promoting positive views … Continue reading

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