{"id":1076,"date":"2025-09-26T15:15:27","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T14:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcowanprimaryschool\/?p=1076"},"modified":"2025-09-26T15:15:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T14:15:27","slug":"maths-week-scotland-wild-maths-with-p1-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcowanprimaryschool\/2025\/09\/26\/maths-week-scotland-wild-maths-with-p1-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Maths Week Scotland &#8211; Wild Maths with P1-4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The maths might have been wild, the weather wasn&#8217;t and the pupils in P1-4 worked really hard to complete some outdoor maths challenges as part of Maths Week Scotland.\u00a0 In groups the pupils used a Carroll Diagram to sort natural and some unnatural objects that they found in the playground.\u00a0 The pupils also sorted through a huge pile of bamboo to try and find the pieces the measured exactly 1m.\u00a0 Finally, the class played a 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