Dear Maths Friends,

The 20th Maths Week is now over and thanks to you it has been a great success.

We estimate that over Half a Million participated across the island including 2,347 teachers from 1,853 schools who registered 438,819 pupils.

We do need you to tell us how we can make Maths Week better for you, schools, pupils and the wider community. Please fill in our short survey.  

While Maths Week is over for another year many of the activities are still available to use throughout the year. For instance the Money Sense activities and Maths Eyes!

Congratulations to  Maths Week’s Dr Sheila Donegan who recently won the Business Post Women in STEM award for her work promoting Maths.

Congratulations to the winners of our Maths Week registration draw, see below for details.

We are already working on Maths Week 2026, please fill out our survey to let us know what you want to see next year.

Eoin Gill,

Maths Week Founder

Registration Draw Winners

The winner of the set if Izak Cubes is

Nicola Foy,

Park Education Resource Centre, Belfast

The winners of the Samsung Tablets are:

Ciara O’Neill, Lakyle National School, Clare

Gemma Curran, North Bay Educate Together, Dublin

Ger Glynn, Gallen Community School, Offaly

Nicky O’Neill, Scoil Chronain, Dublin

Tina Carroll, Scoil Mhuire, Roscommon

You can still be in with a chance to win a tablet by completing our survey.

Tell Us What You Thought!

Thank you for being a part of our 20th anniversary of Maths Week. Let us know your thoughts on this years events. Your feedback will help us continue to improve every year!

Each participant will be entered in a chance to win a Samsung tablet.

Then. Today. Tomorrow.

This weekend sees the start of the 30th Science Week, a week-long festival running across the Republic, to celebrate science in our everyday lives. Running from 8-16 November, there will be lots of STEM events for all ages and interests.

Isaac Newton - A Beginner’s Guide

One particular Maths related events will be happening on Tramore Library, Co. Waterford on Thursday November 13th at 7pm, presented by Dr Gabriel. This is a free event but booking is essential.

There will be loads of family days on the 8/9th and the 15/16th at various locations around Ireland, including Waterford, Clonmel, Kilkenny, Wexford, Dungarvan, Galway, Limerick, Tralee, Midlands, Clogher Head, and Achill Island.

Northern Ireland has its own great Science festival running from February 11 – 22^nd. The full programme will be announced in December, but in the meantime, there are over 20 events already posted with early bird booking available.

John Bell Day Lecture

Queen's University Belfast presents the 2025 John Bell Day Lecture in association with the School of Mathematics and Physics and Business Engagement at Queen’s University Belfast.

The John Bell Day Lecture is held annual to mark John Bell Day on the 4th of November, honouring John Stewart Bell (1928-1990) who was one of the great physicists of the 20th century. Bell is best known for ‘Bell’s Theorem‘ and has laid the foundations for quantum information technology that has shaped the world we know today.

^{Friday, 7 November}

^{10:00 - 11:30 am}

^{QUB Belfast (online)
Presented by Prof Andreas Wallraff, ETH Zurich}

Free, registration essential

Business Post Women in STEM Awards

Maths Week’s Sheila Donegan was honored recently for her work in promoting mathematics.  

If you have news, resources, or events you would like to share or feedback on this newsletter, please email mathsweek.wd@setu.ie

Supported by: