{"id":127,"date":"2015-06-19T09:39:32","date_gmt":"2015-06-19T09:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/anntest3\/?page_id=109"},"modified":"2015-11-12T14:28:57","modified_gmt":"2015-11-12T14:28:57","slug":"numeracy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/cumbernauldprimary\/numeracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Mathematics &amp; Numeracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';font-size: small\">Mathematics includes specific aspects of numeracy which will be developed both in mathematics and through activities in other areas of the curriculum.<\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';font-size: small\">Putting mathematical knowledge and understanding to constructive use has been one of the decisive factors in shaping societies.<\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';font-size: small\">Engineering, science, technology and business rely upon mathematics and continue to find new applications for mathematics.<\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';font-size: small\">Cultural development and artistic endeavour are influenced by mathematics.<\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';font-size: small\">Each of us uses mathematical skills and concepts in everyday life.<\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';font-size: small\">To face the challenges of the 21st century, each young person needs to have confidence in using mathematical skills, and Scotland needs both specialist mathematicians and a highly numerate population.<\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';font-size: small\">Learning through mathematics enables children and young people to:<\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000dd;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';font-size: small\">develop essential numeracy skills, including arithmetical skills\u00a0which allow them to participate fully in society<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000dd;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';font-size: small\">develop a secure understanding of the concepts, principles and processes of mathematics and apply these in different contexts, including the world of work<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000dd;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';font-size: small\">have an understanding of the application of mathematics, its impact on our society past and present, and its potential for the future<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000dd;font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';font-size: small\">establish firm foundations for further specialist learning, including for those who will be the mathematicians of the future.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mathematics includes specific aspects of numeracy which will be developed both in mathematics and through activities in other areas of the curriculum. &nbsp; Putting mathematical knowledge and understanding to constructive use has been one of the decisive factors in shaping &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/cumbernauldprimary\/numeracy\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-127","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/cumbernauldprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/cumbernauldprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/cumbernauldprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/cumbernauldprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/cumbernauldprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/cumbernauldprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":460,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/cumbernauldprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/127\/revisions\/460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/cumbernauldprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}