Maths Week news and media
Douglas Why DCBEAGLE??
Why DCBEAGLE? I became a deputy head at the age of 25 and kept that status for most of my career. I was always called Deputy Beagle by my colleagues and so with the combination of the nickname, my initials (DCB) I created the title of DCBEAGLE.
Douglas RB Obit
RB Obit Sadly my brother, Douglas Buchanan, passed away on the 19th May 2024 after a short illness, a week short of his 72nd birthday. Doug was born in Gatooma, Southern Rhodesia and went Munro, Sir John Kennedy and Jameson Schools. All his life he wanted to be a teacher and went to Teachers
Douglas The Challenges
The Challenges The aim of the website is to encourage the teaching world that effective maths teaching is not from text books! You will trigger few pupils to follow you at your pace. Excite them with conundrums and projects to confirm that it is not about just "sums" and the textbook.
Statistics Lecturer Rafael De Andrade Moral receives Maths Week Ireland Award for Raising Public Awareness of Maths
Statistics Lecturer Rafael De Andrade Moral receives Maths Week Ireland Award for Raising Public Awareness of Maths 20th October 2022: Maynooth University’s Statistics Lecturer Rafael De Andrade Moral has been honoured as this year’s recipient of the Maths Week Ireland Award for his contribution to Raising Public Awareness of Maths. The award is presented
COUNTDOWN IS ON FOR MATHS WEEK
Maths Week Ireland takes place from 15 th – 23 rd October 2022 Thursday 22 nd September 2022: Maths Week 2022 was today launched by Minister for Education Norma Foley TD. Now in its 17 th year, the all-island festival of maths and numeracy kicks off on Saturday 15 th October
Minister Foley joins Maths Eyes celebrations
Over 400 young people across the island of Ireland came together to open their Maths Eyes, in a competition for Maths Week which challenged participants to look at their surroundings and the world around them in a new and creative way. A final cohort of 22 shortlisted winners were selected by
Pupils say Maths isn’t Scary and Minister Donohoe agrees!
Maths and numbers are part of everyday life and there’s nothing scary about that. This was the message from pupils of Glasnevin Educate Together National School who held a Children’s Budget with Maths Week Ireland Co-ordinator Eoin Gill and a special guest visitor, Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe TD. Over 400,000
Dara Ó Briain receives the 2021 Maths Week Ireland Award for Raising Public Awareness of Mathematics
Renowned Irish comedian Dara Ó Briain has been honoured as the recipient of the 2021 Maths Week Ireland Award for his contribution to Raising Public Awareness of Maths. The award is presented once each year during Maths Week Ireland - the all-island festival of maths and numeracy (16th - 24th October). The