{"id":16804,"date":"2025-09-04T07:45:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T07:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/mountcarmelps2017\/?p=16804"},"modified":"2025-09-04T07:46:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T07:46:53","slug":"maths-week-scotland-wild-maths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/mountcarmelps2017\/2025\/09\/04\/maths-week-scotland-wild-maths\/","title":{"rendered":"Maths Week Scotland &#8211; We need your help"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This year Maths Week Scotland will take place from Monday 22nd September. The theme is Wild Maths, and as a school we&#8217;ll be exploring how maths connects to the outdoor, nature, and the wider world around us.<\/p>\n<p>To make this event even more exciting, we&#8217;d love to involve our parents and carers. Maths isn&#8217;t just about something with do in the classroom, it&#8217;s a skill that&#8217;s used in many different jobs every single day.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;d love if some parents and carers would be willing to record a short video (1 &#8211; 2 minutes long) for our learners, explaining how you use maths in your work.<\/p>\n<p>You might include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What your job is<\/li>\n<li>The kind of maths you use (measuring, estimating, planning, problem solving, data handling, counting money)<\/li>\n<li>Why maths is important in your role<\/li>\n<li>(optional) Any &#8216;wild&#8217; maths connection &#8211; maybe you work outside, with animals, plants, construction, travel or in ways that help the environment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Below is a script which will help with your video.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><u>Introduce yourself <\/u><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\u201cHello my name is \u2026.. and I work as a \u2026..<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><u>Explain how you use Maths in your job<\/u><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\u201cIn my role, I use maths when I&#8230; (give 1 or 2 examples)<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><u>Link to \u2018Wild Maths\u2019 if you can<\/u><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\u201cThis links to the outdoors\/nature\/wild maths\u2026<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><u>Finish with a positive message <\/u><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\u201cMaths is important in my job because it helps me\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Please send your video to the school email address by <strong>Thursday 18th September.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thank you,<\/p>\n<p>Mrs Terras<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year Maths Week Scotland will take place from Monday 22nd September. The theme is Wild Maths, and as a school we&#8217;ll be exploring how maths connects to the outdoor, nature, and the wider world around us. To make this event even more exciting, we&#8217;d love to involve our parents and carers. Maths isn&#8217;t just &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/mountcarmelps2017\/2025\/09\/04\/maths-week-scotland-wild-maths\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Maths Week Scotland &#8211; We need your help<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5529,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-whole-school-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/mountcarmelps2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/mountcarmelps2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/mountcarmelps2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/mountcarmelps2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5529"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/mountcarmelps2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16804"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/mountcarmelps2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16807,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/mountcarmelps2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16804\/revisions\/16807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/mountcarmelps2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/mountcarmelps2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/mountcarmelps2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}