Education Scotland have produced a new suite of numeracy and mathematics resources. These have been developed to support practitioners in schools and early learning and childcare settings as they begin to develop planning and support for learners as they return. These resources aim to help practitioners reflect on their own practice in developing and promoting numeracy.

These resources have been published on the National Improvement Hub and also on the  Professional Learning Community .

You will find here a SWAY which also details these resources.

The Maths Week Scotland Small Grants Fund is available for  applications (10^th – 26^th August). The fund is available to help you be part of Maths Week Scotland. It can support individuals, schools, groups or organisations, and funding can be used to host events, work with local communities or advertise more effectively. Obviously this year, as a result of the ongoing impact of the public health challenges, activities may need to focus more on digital/virtual engagement, carefully planned school activities and opportunities for outdoor engagement. More details and the application process can be found here.

I hope that you all enjoyed National Numeracy Day 2020.  If you didn’t manage to catch everything from the virtual festival on the day, then you can get all the sessions and materials here:

Numeracy Day

We are all numbers people.

Here you will find support for numeracy and mathematics that the Numeracy Team within the Forth Valley and West Lothian Improvement Collaborative have produced.

FV&WL RIC Home learning

These videos can be used for professional development:

RIC Numeracy Videos

Numeracy Guides

Here you will find the guides that have been produced for professionals and also parents/carers.

The first is a guide to games and activities that can be completed at home and are found on the Nrich website (all resources are free on this site).

Brochure 1 – Games and activities Nrich

If you missed out on the conference this year or just want the slides from the workshops, then you can get them here.

National Numeracy Day is all about recognising that numbers play a big part in all our lives and helping people sharpen their skills and build their confidence.

Being better with numbers isn’t a special talent, it’s something we can all learn. Join us on the 13th of May to start improving your numeracy.

National Numeracy has recently received funding from the Garfield Weston Foundation to deliver a project around parental engagement in maths, and are currently recruiting primary schools to get involved.

The project aims to improve the confidence of both children and parents/carers in maths and to help parents build a positive relationship with their children’s learning.

Centred around our Family Maths Toolkit and National Numeracy Challenge resources, this project will run from September 2019-July 2020.

For more information, click here.