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National Numeracy Day 2023. Will you be a numbers champion?

Sign up for National Numeracy Day: National Numeracy Day sign up | National Numeracy

National Numeracy Day will take place on Wednesday 17th May 2023.  Education Scotland and the Scottish Government will again participate as lead supporters of the #NationalNumeracyDay campaign in the hope of encouraging all adults in Scotland to become more confident in using numbers in every day life.

This year National Numeracy will celebrate numbers by hosting a mainly virtual campaign, packed full of practical advice from celebrities and experts, inspirational stories from real-life learners and a host of free online events and resources.  The campaign will focus on three key themes; numeracy for work, managing money and supporting children.  “The impact of the economic [Covid-19] crisis has been disproportionately felt by those with low numeracy skills”  (Counting on the Recovery, 2021). It is particularly important at the moment, as households continue to face financial challenges, that we highlight the importance of being number confident and knowing how and where to get help to improve maths skills.

If you sign up for National Numeracy Day you will receive free, fun materials and resources to use and share, and join over 4,800 organisations helping the nation to feel good about numbers.  All participants will have access to an online number skills checker called ‘The National Numeracy Challenge’ that will help signpost to resources to improve number skills.

What can you do? As an individual or an organisation you can run an online event, you can circulate resources to learners/parents or you can just simply promote the campaign via social media to your partners and stakeholders.

To find out more visit National Numeracy Day – 17 May 2023

The Numeracy Challenge is a fun interactive tool to find out how confident you are using numbers, and it flags up how easy it is to get support and learn if you want to. Take the Numeracy Challenge, and encourage your staff/colleagues and learners too.

Since 2018, Scotland has had record numbers of community organisations, adult learning providers, schools and businesses signing up to be numeracy champions:

  • An estimated 7,554 people took action on the National Numeracy Challenge from Scotland, which is a 25% increase on last year and around 9% of the total Challenge actions
  • The average Challenge Quick Check score in Scotland was 12.3 out of 20, in line with the average UK score of 12.4
  • The average confidence score in Scotland was also higher than the UK average (7.0 compared to 6.8 out of 10)
  • 18% of all official Champions organisations supporting National Numeracy Day were from Scotland

 

Number Confidence Week, 7-11 November 

Confidence to use numbers helps everyone to be more successful at work, to manage our lives and to support our children at school. This annual campaign , run by National Numeracy, aims to make sure that everyone feels comfortable with everyday maths. 

49% of adults have the numeracy skills expected of a primary school child. Feeling that we “don’t get” numbers or that we’re no good at maths can mean we avoid them, which only makes matters worse. Low confidence with numbers can hold us back, affect our wellbeing and have an impact on how our children feel about maths too. Number Confidence Week exists to help us take steps towards numbers instead of running away from them. But doing so is only possible in a safe, supportive space. National Numeracy has created free online resources that can be accessed by anyone, at any time.  

How can you support and promote Number Confidence Week?  

Visit the Number Confidence Week campaign hub:  Number Confidence Week 2022 | National Numeracy 

Have a go at the National Numeracy Challenge, and promote it to others:  https://www.nationalnumeracy.org.uk/challenge/edscot 

Social media: #NumberConfidenceWeek #becauseofcld @Nat_numeracy @EdScotCLD 

Maths Week Scotland “Playing with Pattern” Online Workshop 2nd October

A gentle workshop for anyone interesting in making patterns using  art and a little bit of maths. Funded by Maths Week Scotland, this workshop will be run by Lucy Rycroft-Smith and take place 11-12.30 on Sun 2nd Oct. Described as a gentle introduction to mathematical art, the workshop is suitable for adults and children (8 yrs+). 

Playing with pattern making Tickets, Sun 2 Oct 2022 at 11:00 | Eventbrite

Becoming a Numeracy Champion- free online training available for CLD practitioners and STEM Ambassadors

Following on from the success of Phase 1 of a STEM grant, this training programme is being offered free to CLD practitioners in the South East (Oct-Nov), Northern Alliance (Sep-Nov) and Tayside (Nov-Dec). There is also a “mop up” session for all areas (Dec). The programme consists of 3 x 2hr workshops and was highly valued by previous participants.  Use the links below to find out more and to book a place:

National Numeracy Day 2022- Are you a Numbers Champion?

National Numeracy Day will take place on 18th May 2022.  Education Scotland and the Scottish Government will again participate as lead supporters of the #NationalNumeracyDay campaign in the hope of encouraging all adults in Scotland to become more confident in using numbers in every day life.

This year National Numeracy will celebrate numbers by hosting a mainly virtual festival, packed full of practical advice from celebrities and experts, inspirational stories from real-life learners and a host of free online events and resources.  The festival will focus on three key themes; supporting children’s numeracy, managing your money and numeracy for work.  “The impact of the economic [Covid-19] crisis has been disproportionately felt by those with low numeracy skills”  (Counting on the Recovery, 2021). It is particularly important at the moment, as households continue to face financial challenges, that we highlight the importance of being number confident and knowing how and where to get help to improve maths skills.

If you sign up to be a National Numeracy Day Champion you will receive free, fun materials and resources to use and share, and join over 2,800 other Champions helping the nation to feel good about numbers.  All participants will have access to an online number skills checker called ‘The Challenge’ that will help signpost to resources to improve number skills.

To be a champion you could run an online event, you could circulate resources to learners/parents or you could just simply promote the campaign via social media to your partners and stakeholders.

Sign up to be a Champion by clicking the link below:

To find out more visit National Numeracy Day ​

The Numeracy Challenge is a fun interactive tool to find out how confident you are using numbers, and it flags up how easy it is to get support and learn if you want to. Take the Numeracy Challenge, and encourage your staff/colleagues and learners too.

Since 2018, Scotland has had record numbers of community organisations, adult learning providers, schools and businesses signing up to be numeracy champions:

  • 6,054 people took action on the National Numeracy Challenge from Scotland, which is around 11% of the total Challenge actions
  • The average Challenge score in Scotland was 12.5, slightly higher than the average UK score of 12
  • The average confidence score in Scotland was also higher than the UK average (7 compared to 6.7)
  • 13% of all official Champions organisations supporting NNDay were from Scotland