I spy... REINDEERS! Back to the calendar I spy... REINDEERS! Back to Resources Count how many of reindeers there are. Drag and drop the correct number to the corresponding reindeer. Which is your favourite reindeer? Let us know on social media @mathsweek! Download a paper
Skill: counting, problem-solving Resources: Printed booklet Activity: This Maths Week Activity Book contains riddles, mazes, code breakers, picture equations, word puzzles and more! Enjoy doing maths with this fun and colourful activity booklet in English or Irish, thanks to the collaboration between Fingal Libraries and Maths Week Ireland. A space has been left at the
Pirate Game This activity is not suitable for mobile phones. We recommend using a computer and full screen mode for a better experience. This is a long activity that mixes literacy and maths with storytelling and puzzles to solve. We recommend teachers to use it as a team activity and project it on a
Mary Boole's Curve Stitching DOT TO DOT - TRIANGLE Connect the numbered holes from 1 to 34 for each colour with wool (1 - 2, 2 -3, 3 - 4 ... 33-34) and create a nice design in the middle! Print out the template and make holes over the magenta dots. We recommend
Mary Boole's Curve Stitching ADD TO TEN Skill: addition, counting, stitching, patience Resources: template, wool, plastic needle , [cardboard and pen for making the holes] Activity: This is a simple but long activity that will combine maths and art; thinking and stitching. Use additions of 10 to connect the right holes with wool and
Skill: Grouping and sharing, counting, ordinal number Resources: Images of the juice drink, biscuit, strawberry and cupcake and images of 20 children Activity: There are 20 children in the class. The teacher had a Halloween party and started to give out some treats. All pupils lined up and he gave a juice drink to
Snakes and ladders Skill: Counting, addition, position and direction Resources: One die per pair of pupils, counters, snakes and ladders board Activity: Give each pair of pupils a die and one counter each. Each person starts on 1 and takes it in turn to roll the die and move the appropriate number of
Picking Apples Skill:Counting, subtraction, problem solving Resources: 10 counters per pair of pupils, ‘Picking Apples’ template Activity: Give each pair of pupils the ‘Picking Apples’ template and ten counters (apples) placed on the branches of the tree. Pupils must take it in turns to ‘pick’ either one or two apples from the tree.
Skill: Counting, position and direction Resources: Ten blank frames for each pupil, a barrier, ten counters for each pupil Activity: Children should work in pairs and each child will need a ten frame and ten counters. They will need a barrier between both of their ten frames. Child A places some of the counters
Caesar Cipher Skill: Reason abstractly and quantitatively Resources: Caesar Cipher template and worksheet( see below) Activity: As an introduction, you can begin with writing on the board: “Today we will be encoding secret messages” but backwards (similar to Leonardo Da Vinci’s but not mirror backwards). Ask your students to decipher that sentence and
