{"id":1806,"date":"2018-10-02T21:55:56","date_gmt":"2018-10-02T21:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhscumbernauld\/?p=1806"},"modified":"2018-10-02T21:55:56","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T21:55:56","slug":"maths-week-scotland-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhscumbernauld\/2018\/10\/02\/maths-week-scotland-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Maths Week Scotland 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Maths Week Scotland 2018<\/span><\/h4>\n<p class=\"gd_p\" align=\"left\">Our pupils and staff were celebrating all things mathematical as part of this national initiative. This included:<\/p>\n<p class=\"gd_p\" align=\"left\"><b>Higher Maths Inter-Authority Student Conference<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"gd_p\" align=\"left\">The Maths department were delighted to plan and host this event which included students and staff representing 6 local authorities: St Thomas Aquinas Secondary (Glasgow), Turnbull High (East Dunbartonshire), St Peter the Apostle High (West Dunbartonshire), St Benedict\u2019s High (Renfrewshire), St Andrew\u2019s and St Bride\u2019s High (South Lanarkshire). This event enabled students and staff to share their experiences of their mathematical journey so far \u2013 the challenges and support as well as sharing top tips for success.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gd_p\" align=\"left\">We were also joined by Craig Spence from Skills Development Scotland, who gave an inspiring presentation on the diverse range of career pathways beyond school for our young mathematicians.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gd_p\" align=\"left\">Students then participated in a workshop, delivered by University of Strathclyde post-graduate student, Jon Devlin, on the use of Mathematics in the control of infectious diseases.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gd_p\" align=\"left\">Our guests left with a Maths goody bag, which included Maths Week cupcakes specially designed and made by our own Mrs Varty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gd_p\" align=\"left\"><b>Senior Students at St Joseph\u2019s Primary<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"gd_p\" align=\"left\">A group of our S6 pupils were delighted to be invited by University of Strathclyde to work with their post-graduate student to deliver workshops with pupils at St Joseph\u2019s Primary School.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/content.govdelivery.com\/attachments\/fancy_images\/UKNLC\/2018\/09\/2165586\/2246422\/maths-week-logo_crop.jpg\" alt=\"Maths Week Logo\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/content.govdelivery.com\/attachments\/fancy_images\/UKNLC\/2018\/09\/2165591\/2246423\/maths-week-1_crop.jpg\" alt=\"Mathe Week\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/content.govdelivery.com\/attachments\/fancy_images\/UKNLC\/2018\/09\/2165579\/2246424\/mathe-week-seniors_crop.jpg\" alt=\"Maths Week Seniors\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maths Week Scotland 2018 Our pupils and staff were celebrating all things mathematical as part of this national initiative. This included: Higher Maths Inter-Authority Student Conference The Maths department were delighted to plan and host this event which included students and staff representing 6 local authorities: St Thomas Aquinas Secondary (Glasgow), Turnbull High (East Dunbartonshire), &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhscumbernauld\/2018\/10\/02\/maths-week-scotland-2018\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Maths Week Scotland 2018<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1583,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhscumbernauld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhscumbernauld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhscumbernauld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhscumbernauld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1583"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhscumbernauld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1806"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhscumbernauld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1807,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhscumbernauld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1806\/revisions\/1807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhscumbernauld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhscumbernauld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhscumbernauld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}