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Maths Week Scotland
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#MathsWeekScot is a celebration of the importance of maths in our everyday lives. Join us for our gala week 22 - 28 September 2025, and online all year round. https://mathsweek.scot/
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To celebrate #BookWeekScotland we're sharing some of our favourite #kidsbooks featuring maths. Next, we have 'The Perfect Fit' by Naomi Jones & James Jones, which is all about shapes. What's your favourite shape?

#MathsWeekScot #MathsToday #UKMathsChat #kidslit #kidsbooks #booksky 💙📚
November 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Huge congrats to the Scotland's Men's national #football team on their win last night, which sees them go through to the Men's #WorldCup next year ⚽️ 🙌 Did you know there's lots of maths involved in football? Find out more on our website >>
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November 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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To celebrate #BookWeekScotland we're sharing some of our favourite #kidsbooks featuring maths. Next, we have the wonderful counting caper 'How Many Legs' by Kes Gray & Jim Field. What's your favourite picture book about maths?

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November 19, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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To celebrate #BookWeekScotland we're sharing some of our favourite #kidsbooks featuring maths. First up, Walter's Wonderful Web by Tim Hopgood - a great introduction to shapes for little ones 🕷️

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November 17, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Congratulations to the winners of our Finn Finity's Wild Maths Adventure Contest for Early Years! We received over 50 entries from ELCs and P1s across Scotland. Head over to our website to view the winning entries mathsweek.scot/news/finns-w...

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November 6, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Congratulations to the winners of our Fibonacci Poetry Competition! With over 300 entries, it was not an easy choice. Find out more, and read the poems from the other finalists, on our website >> mathsweek.scot/news/fibonac...

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Little Robin by Theadora from Portobello High School (1) Come (1) Now (2) Bright Eyed (3) Little beast, (5) Bring us our winter (8) Bring the long-waited snow and cold, (13) And then you can feast on the holly’s red fruits ‘till spring (21) And your wonderful song will share share many stories needing told. So come, little robin. Gaming by Max from Kinlochbervie High School (1) Games (1) Console (2) Grab controller (3) Turn it on (5) Pick the game to play (8) Start the game and have lots of fun (13) Lose alot but win the game turn it off start again the next day. Hiding from winter, hoping for daisies by Cynthia from St Mary’s Music School (1) Five, (1) Six, (2) Seven, (3) Eight, nine, ten. (5) I’ll count the daisies (8) Before summer turns to autumn (13) Before the sky turns into a dusty shade of grey (21) Before the lakes form an icy shield, guarding the depth of the lake from all its secrets. (34) Before daylights duration increasingly starts to grow dimmer, while the cold, snowy and eerie nights are feeling unearthly and endless. (55) Soon we will meet winter’s chilly embrace. I will watch the icicles form under the rising sun, and the birds fly back and forth as the sun sets. Yet I still sit here and wish for the daisies to appear once again. There is hope. The Magic of Maths by Donald from Stirling (1) Life (1) Is (2) Superb (3) When Maths is (5) Part of the Magic! (8) The Wonders of the universe (13) Can start to be explored and understood with numbers (21) Astronomy, Time, Nature, the whole world around us, everything! comes to life with Maths (34) Unknown Planets orbiting distant suns, movements in our own solar system, the moon, the tides, the rhythm of our own lives. All down to Maths. (55) Our Mountains, Lochs, Valleys, Seas, created by ice-age forces, seemingly at ease. Maths explains events from our past, bringing logic and sense as we explore the facts. Dive into numbers, make it all fun - Maths is your number one! (89) Wing span of an eagle, speed of a hare. A ptarmigans plumage on the mountains, the temperature up there. The patterns of nature, plants and leaves, the lifespan, the carbon capture of trees. The height of Ben Nevis, the depth of Loch Ness, the two hundred and eighty-two munros, the thirty-thousand lochs, more or less! Let the Magic of Maths and Nature light up your life!
November 5, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Anyone else watching the Great British Bake off final? There are a multitude of maths and numeracy skills involved in baking.

Find out more about learning maths through baking >> www.mathsweek.scot/news/learnin...

#MathsWeekScot #UKMathsChat #MathsToday #GBBO
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November 4, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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The #MathsWeekScot team is at the National Museum of Flight in #EastLothian today (Sun 2 Nov) for Science Sunday! Lots of fun STEM activities included in your admission in the Concorde Hangar until 3pm mathsweek.scot/events/scien...

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November 2, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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This year for #Halloween, we've created some new spooky puzzles to hone your maths skills - from counting & pattern recognition, to logical thinking & code cracking. Download your free copy! mathsweek.scot/news/hallowe...

#MathsWeekScot #STEMeducation #EduSky 🎓
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October 29, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Download your FREE copy of the Wild Maths activity booklet developed by Dumfries & Galloway Outdoor and Woodland Learning Group (DGOWL), supported by grant funding from #MathsWeekScot mathsweek.scot/news/new-wil...

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October 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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And the next Glasgow MathsJam also takes place tonight (21 Oct) from 7pm at the Esquire House, Great Western Road.

If you enjoy some friendly maths fun over a drink, it might be just the thing for you. www.mathsjam.com/cities/glasgow

#MathsJam #STEM #Glasgow #MathsToday #UKMathsChat
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October 21, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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The next Edinburgh Maths Jam takes place tonight (21 Oct) from 7pm at the Brass Monkey on Drummond Street.

If you enjoy some friendly maths fun over a pint, or other beverage, it might be just the thing for you. www.mathsjam.com/cities/edinburgh

#MathsJam #STEM #Edinburgh #MathsToday #UKMathsChat
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October 21, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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We've rounded up some highlights of the Wild Maths themed posts that were shared with us during #MathsWeekScot this year: mathsweek.scot/news/maths-w...

(Preview image by Oakgrove Primary School)

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October 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Don't miss the deadline this coming Friday, 10 October, for our final round of #MathsWeekScot competitions:

⭐ Maths Wi Nae Borders (Secondary School)
⭐ Graph Craft (age 11-16)
⭐ SuperQuesters (age 4-12)

Info for all on our website mathsweek.scot/schools/math...

#MathsToday #UKMathsChat #EduSky 🎓
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October 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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For #ScottishMuseumsDay (3 Oct) we’ve rounded up some of our favourite #MathsWeekScot museum activities from across the country!

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October 3, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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It's that time again when we ask you all for feedback to help us improve #MathsWeekScot 🙏

We have one feedback form for teachers & educators:
www.surveymonkey.com/r/MWS2025-Te...

And one for all other participants:
www.surveymonkey.com/r/MWS2025-Pa...

Deadline to respond is 12 October. Thank you!
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October 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Don't miss the deadline this coming Friday, 3 October, for many of our competitions and prize draws!

School Map is here (add yourself by 3 Oct to win a goodie bag) mathsweek.scot/schools/put-...

Info for all others here mathsweek.scot/schools/math...

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On the left of the graphic is an illustration of the Maths Week Scotland mascot Finn Finity standing outside surrounded by trees, plants and flowers, with the words Wild Maths above his head. On the right side of the graphic it says: Competitions closing on 3 October! Finn’s Wild Maths Adventure Contest Maths Tales Story Writing Contest Fibonnaci Poetry Contest Finn Finity and the Zoo Adventure Prize Draw Schools Map Prize Draw
October 1, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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Very excited to welcome author David MacPhail to the National Museum of Scotland this morning for “Legends, Myths and Maths: A Journey Through Scotland” - exploring the myths, legends, wildlife and landscapes of Scotland, with hidden maths.

#MathsWeekScot #KidsBooks #tmwyk #UKMathsChat #MathsToday
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September 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Every morning during #MathsWeekScot a new puzzle set by The Scottish Mathematical Council will be shared on BBC Bitesize. You'll get a hint to solve it & the answers will be posted after 12:00 each day. The final puzzle is now live!
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#MathsToday #UKMathsChat #EduSky 🎓
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September 28, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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It’s the final day of our #MathsWeekScot family programme, and we have events & trails in Anstruther, Coatbridge, Cupar, Edinburgh, East Kilbride, East Lothian, Lerwick, Livingston & St Andrews.

Details at bit.ly/MWSFamilyEve...

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September 28, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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This was another really good one!
September 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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At our Science Saturday event in Edinburgh today, we challenged visitors to the National Museum of Scotland to build Scottish animals out of LEGO. These are just a few of the incredible creations that were made. Can you identify them all?

#MathsWeekScot #Lego #LegoFan #STEMeducation #KidsInMuseums
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September 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Every morning during #MathsWeekScot a new puzzle set by The Scottish Mathematical Council will be shared on BBC Bitesize. You'll get a hint to solve it & the answers will be posted after 12:00 each day. Day 6 puzzle is now live!
mathsweek.scot/schools/math...

#MathsToday #UKMathsChat #EduSky 🎓
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September 27, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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The #MathsWeekScot family programme today (27 Sep) covers Anstruther, Coatbridge, Cupar, Dingwall, Dumfries, Dundee, East Kilbride, East Lothian, Edinburgh, Fort William, Hawick, Lerwick, Livingston, Motherwell, Newtongrange, Rosemarkie, St Andrews & Stanley Mills!

Details at bit.ly/MWSFamilyEve...
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September 27, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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We had two very lively 'Wild Maths for Wee Ones' sessions at the National Museum of Scotland today, with lots of fun counting songs. Finn Finity surprised participants with mini versions of himself to take home 😄 Big thanks to the museum's learning & engagement team!
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September 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM