{"id":9483,"date":"2021-04-15T15:27:51","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T15:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mathsweek.ie\/2020\/?p=9483"},"modified":"2021-04-15T15:31:20","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T15:31:20","slug":"maths-week-news-april-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mathsweek.ie\/2025\/maths-week-news-april-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Maths Week News April 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eaeaea;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 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\">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                <table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextContentContainer\">\n                    <tbody><tr>\n                        \n                        <td style=\"padding-top: 9px;padding-left: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-right: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                        \n                            <table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100% !important;background-color: #429984;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                                <tbody><tr>\n                                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100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextContentContainer\">\n                    <tbody><tr>\n                        \n                        <td style=\"padding-top: 9px;padding-left: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-right: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                        \n                            <table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100% !important;background-color: #449284;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                                <tbody><tr>\n                                    <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding: 18px;color: #F2F2F2;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;text-align: center;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 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100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n    <tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\n        <tr>\n            <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\" style=\"padding-top: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n              \t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"width:100%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n\t\t\t    \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\" style=\"width:600px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                <table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"max-width: 100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\">\n                    <tbody><tr>\n                        \n                        <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding-top: 0;padding-right: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-left: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;color: #757575;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 16px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;\">\n                        \n                            <h3 class=\"null\" style=\"display: block;margin: 0;padding: 0;color: #444444;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 22px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 150%;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;\"><br>\n<span style=\"color:#B22222\">In this issue:<\/span><\/h3>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><a href=\"#MW Story\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">Maths Week Tops the Poll<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><a href=\"#MEI 8\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">MEI 8 - Deadline Extended<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><a href=\"#STEMreach\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">STEMreach<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><a href=\"#Maths Resources\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">Maths Resources<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><a href=\"#What's on?\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">What\u2019s on<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><a href=\"#DCBeagle\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">DCBeagle challenges<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n                        <\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                <\/tbody><\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n            <\/td>\n  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100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                            <span><\/span>\n                        <\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                <\/tbody><\/table>\n<!--            \n                <td class=\"mcnDividerBlockInner\" style=\"padding: 18px;\">\n                <hr class=\"mcnDividerContent\" style=\"border-bottom-color:none; border-left-color:none; border-right-color:none; border-bottom-width:0; border-left-width:0; border-right-width:0; margin-top:0; margin-right:0; margin-bottom:0; margin-left:0;\" \/>\n-->\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n    <!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n\t<![endif]-->\n\t<tbody class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter\">\n        <tr>\n            <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockInner\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t\t\t\t<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" \">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                <table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextContentContainer\">\n                    <tbody><tr>\n                        \n                        <td style=\"padding-top: 9px;padding-left: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-right: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                        \n                            <table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100% !important;background-color: #404040;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                                <tbody><tr>\n                                    <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding: 18px;color: #F2F2F2;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;text-align: center;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;line-height: 150%;\">\n                                        <br>\n<span style=\"font-size:28px\"><strong><a id=\"MW Story\" name=\"MW Story\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\"><\/a>Maths Week tops the poll in STEM attendance!<br>\n<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" data-file-id=\"1744998\" height=\"217\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/1e4c696c230483f91e7da02d5\/images\/0e91e38a-45e0-4da3-9eaa-c0d997fa2bb3.png\" style=\"border: 0px;width: 700px;height: 217px;margin: 0px;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;\" width=\"700\"><\/strong><\/span><br>\n<br>\nThe\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfi.ie\/engagement\/barometer\/SFI-Science-in-Ireland-Barometer-2020-Research-Report.pdf\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color:#FFFF00\">SFI Science in Ireland Barometer 2020<\/span><\/a>\u00a0is a survey and analysis of the Irish public\u00a0attitudes to science. The results presented in the Barometer are\u00a0important in informing all stakeholders who are working to support and stimulate\u00a0greater public engagement and\u00a0dialogue on\u00a0STEM.\u00a0Maths Week once again leads the field, with 28% of people polled attending. It is third in awareness, which is no mean feat given the resources of BTYSTE and Science Week. Maths Week is supported by funding from SFI.<br>\n<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" data-file-id=\"1745002\" height=\"542\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/1e4c696c230483f91e7da02d5\/images\/0ea9a57d-9491-4f05-9b2d-bb040c974ca7.png\" style=\"border: 0px;width: 700px;height: 542px;margin: 0px;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;\" width=\"700\"><br>\n<br>\nClick on the link for the full report:<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfi.ie\/research-news\/publications\/SFI-Science-in-Ireland-Barometer(2).pdf\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color:#FFFF00\">https:\/\/www.sfi.ie\/research-news\/publications\/SFI-Science-in-Ireland-Barometer(2).pdf<\/span><\/a>\n                                    <\/td>\n                                <\/tr>\n                            <\/tbody><\/table>\n                        <\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                <\/tbody><\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n                <\/tr>\n                <\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n    <!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n\t<![endif]-->\n\t<tbody class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter\">\n        <tr>\n            <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockInner\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t\t\t\t<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" \">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                <table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextContentContainer\">\n                    <tbody><tr>\n                        \n                        <td style=\"padding-top: 9px;padding-left: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-right: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                        \n                            <table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100% !important;background-color: #E6F8E9;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                                <tbody><tr>\n                                    <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding: 18px;color: #222222;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;text-align: center;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;line-height: 150%;\">\n                                        <span style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>Earth Day<img decoding=\"async\" align=\"right\" data-file-id=\"1745066\" height=\"265\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/1e4c696c230483f91e7da02d5\/images\/e7f210e1-a91d-4dec-aaa4-4b97cf21523c.jpeg\" style=\"border: 0px;width: 200px;height: 265px;margin: 0px;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;\" width=\"200\"><\/strong><\/span><br>\nEarth Day is an annual event on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First held on April 22, 1970, it now includes a wide range of events coordinated globally by EARTHDAY.ORG (formerly Earth Day Network). It is said to be the biggest public engagement in the world including 1 billion people in more than 193 countries.<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Earth_Day\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">https:\/\/www.earthday.org\/earth-day-2021\/<\/a><br>\n\u00a0<br>\n<br>\n<br>\n<br>\n<br>\n<span style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>Celebrate Earth Day 2021 with Northern Ireland Science Festival<\/strong><\/span><br>\nNISF has teamed up with organisations such as British Council NI, the National Geographic Society, the Department of Education and The Nerve Centre to present a very special series of talks and workshops for schools, including:<br>\nhttps:\/\/nisciencefestival.com\/2021_pre\/a2110-celebrate-earth-day-2021-with-nisf<br>\n\u00a0<br>\n<span style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>Celebrate Earth Day with Natural History Museum<\/strong><\/span><br>\nDid you know that woolly mammoths used to live in Ireland during the last Ice Age? What experiments can you do at home to explore climate change? Discover this and more in a special Primary Schools event this Earth Day with the National Museum of Ireland \u2013 Natural History and the Rediscovery Centre.https:\/\/www.museum.ie\/en-IE\/Museums\/Natural-History\/Events\/202104\/Earth-Day-2021-Cool-Fossils-Hot-(Climate)-Facts!<br>\nDate: Thursday 22nd April 2021<br>\nTime: 11:30 pm \u2013 12:30pm<br>\nLevel: 3rd \u2013 6th class Primary Schools<br>\nFormat: Online via Museum YouTube & Facebook channels<br>\n\u00a0<br>\n\u00a0<br>\n<strong><span style=\"font-size:18px\">RT\u00c9 want to see what you are doing on Earth Day 2021.<\/span><\/strong><br>\nSend us in your video messages and show us what you are doing to help save the planet!!<br>\nThere is a chance your awesome content could be shown on news2day or on RT\u00c9jr social channels. Just make sure to hold the phone SIDEWAYS when recording!<br>\nhttps:\/\/www.rte.ie\/learn\/2021\/0414\/1209870-earth-day-2021\/\n                                    <\/td>\n                                <\/tr>\n                            <\/tbody><\/table>\n                        <\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                <\/tbody><\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n                <\/tr>\n                <\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n    <!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n\t<![endif]-->\n\t<tbody class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter\">\n        <tr>\n            <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockInner\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t\t\t\t<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" \">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                <table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextContentContainer\">\n                    <tbody><tr>\n                        \n                        <td style=\"padding-top: 9px;padding-left: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-right: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                        \n                            <table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100% !important;background-color: #2A3C5B;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                                <tbody><tr>\n                                    <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding: 18px;color: #F2F2F2;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;text-align: center;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;line-height: 150%;\">\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" data-file-id=\"1745046\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/1e4c696c230483f91e7da02d5\/images\/ea882e2c-f1bb-458c-bf5a-c841153f8bfa.jpeg\" style=\"border: 0px;width: 400px;height: 133px;margin: 0px;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;\" width=\"400\"><br>\n<br>\n<strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\">Workshop: Teaching Mathematics in a DEIS Setting<\/span><\/strong><br>\n<span style=\"font-size:14px\">Wednesday 21st\u00a0April 18.30 - 21.00<br>\n\u2028Saturday\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a024th April 09.00 - 11.30\u2028<br>\nThursday\u00a0 \u00a0 29th April 18.30 - 21.00<\/span><br>\n<br>\nTeaching Mathematics in a DEIS setting can present challenges and opportunities. This interactive online workshop will explore productive approaches for engaging students with Mathematics and to develop students' mathematical competencies.\u2028<br>\nThis workshop will be hosted via zoom.<br>\nParticipants will receive a Zoom registration link by email in advance of the webinar\u2028.\u00a0<br>\n<br>\nBook your place online at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pdst.ie\/onlinebooking\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color:#FFFF00\">www.pdst.ie\/onlinebooking<\/span><\/a>\n                                    <\/td>\n                                <\/tr>\n                            <\/tbody><\/table>\n                        <\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                <\/tbody><\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n                <\/tr>\n                <\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n    <!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n\t<![endif]-->\n\t<tbody class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter\">\n        <tr>\n            <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockInner\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t\t\t\t<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" \">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                <table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextContentContainer\">\n                    <tbody><tr>\n                        \n                        <td style=\"padding-top: 9px;padding-left: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-right: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                        \n                            <table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100% !important;background-color: #F0E1B3;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                                <tbody><tr>\n                                    <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding: 18px;color: #222222;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;text-align: center;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;line-height: 150%;\">\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" data-file-id=\"1745062\" height=\"144\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/1e4c696c230483f91e7da02d5\/images\/35c5cfb6-61da-40f3-b8b8-7ca768a05bc9.png\" style=\"border: 0px initial;width: 500px;height: 144px;margin: 0px;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;\" width=\"500\"><br>\n<br>\nThe Gathering4Gardner movement organises recreational mathematics events in commemoration of prolific maths popularising writer Martin Gardner. To that end, next week, from Sunday to Saturday, we are hosting 21 presentations over Zoom, that's 3 per day of some of the top maths presenters in the world. This includes a chance to see several Maths Week Ireland past speakers and a first chance to see Twitter sensation Caitriona Agg (@Cshearer41), a teacher in England who has built up a huge following for her geometric puzzles.<br>\n\u00a0<br>\n<strong>Presentations next week are at noon, 4pm and 8pm Atlanta time. (add 5 hours for\u00a0 UK & Ireland)<\/strong><br>\nThe incredible line-up, includes teachers, mathematicians, jugglers, magicians\u00a0<br>\n<br>\n<strong>SUNDAY 18th:<\/strong> Mark Setteducati, Bronna Butler, Mark Mitton<br>\n<strong>MONDAY 19th:<\/strong> Jorge Nuno Silva, Tanya and Tim Chartier, James Tanton<br>\n<strong>TUESDAY 20th:<\/strong> Katie Steckles, Ellie Baker, John Railing<br>\n<strong>WEDNESDAY 21st:<\/strong> Lisa Rougetet, Laura Taalman, Peter Winkler<br>\n<strong>THURSDAY 22nd:<\/strong> Robert Fathauer,\u00a0Catriona Agg, \u00a0Ed Peggg<br>\n<strong>FRIDAY 23rd:<\/strong> Jeremiah Farrell, Craig Kaplan, Alissa Crans<br>\n<strong>SATURDAY 24th:<\/strong> Marjorie Senechal, Colin Wright, Debbie Leifer<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gathering4gardner.org\/g4gs-celebration-of-mind-april-2021\/\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">https:\/\/www.gathering4gardner.org\/g4gs-celebration-of-mind-april-2021\/<\/a><br>\n<strong>(Note: speaker order subject to change)<\/strong><br>\n<br>\nLast October\u2019s Celebration of Mind Videos are now available on YouTube.<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL5_D5QQxvWKWNk0EsLClgMN2cIsKTbhDw\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL5_D5QQxvWKWNk0EsLClgMN2cIsKTbhDw<\/a><br>\n\u00a0<br>\n\u00a0\n                                    <\/td>\n                                <\/tr>\n                            <\/tbody><\/table>\n                        <\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                <\/tbody><\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n                <\/tr>\n                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exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;line-height: 150%;\">\n                                        <p style=\"color: #F2F2F2;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;text-align: center;margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;line-height: 150%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"MEI logo\" height=\"286\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dcu.ie\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/widescreen_television\/public\/2020-10\/mei-logo.png?itok=Ng9WGQxo\" style=\"border: 0px initial;width: 300px;height: 286px;float: left;margin: 0px;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;\" width=\"300\"><\/p>\n\n<p style=\"color: #F2F2F2;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;text-align: center;margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong><a id=\"MEI 8\" name=\"MEI 8\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\"><\/a>MEI 8 2021\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p style=\"color: #F2F2F2;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;text-align: center;margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;line-height: 150%;\">8th Conference on Research in Mathematics Education in Ireland<br>\nOctober 15th and 16th, 2021<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"color: #F2F2F2;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;text-align: center;margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;line-height: 150%;\">The deadline for the submission of papers and symposia for MEI 8 has been extended by 1 week.<br>\n<br>\nThe new deadline for submissions<br>\nis\u00a0<strong>April 25th<\/strong>.\u00a0<br>\nDetails <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dcu.ie\/stem-education-innovation-global-studies\/news\/2020\/oct\/mei-8-accessing-mathematics-inspiring\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color:#FFFF00\">HERE<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p style=\"color: #F2F2F2;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;text-align: center;margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;line-height: 150%;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n\n                                    <\/td>\n                                <\/tr>\n                            <\/tbody><\/table>\n                        <\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                <\/tbody><\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 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border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextContentContainer\">\n                    <tbody><tr>\n                        \n                        <td style=\"padding-top: 9px;padding-left: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-right: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                        \n                            <table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100% !important;background-color: #452380;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                                <tbody><tr>\n                                    <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding: 18px;color: #F2F2F2;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;text-align: center;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;line-height: 150%;\">\n                                        <h3 style=\"display: block;margin: 0;padding: 0;color: #444444;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 22px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 150%;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-file-id=\"1745050\" height=\"171\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/1e4c696c230483f91e7da02d5\/images\/eb47d9b9-60eb-496a-b095-92b87fabafe0.jpeg\" style=\"width: 400px;height: 171px;margin: 0px;border: 0;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;\" width=\"400\"><br>\nF\u00e9ilte - Applications for Showcases and Workshops are now open!<\/span><\/h3>\n\n<h4 style=\"display: block;margin: 0;padding: 0;color: #949494;font-family: Georgia;font-size: 20px;font-style: italic;font-weight: normal;line-height: 125%;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF\">The closing date for applications is Friday, 23 April 2021.<br>\nClick\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScd9MpQQqlDKOuvhpPnXNrsd1R20uIkE2bz_DDg1C5H-Ludgw\/viewform\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color:#FFFF00\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF\">\u00a0to apply!<\/span><\/h4>\n\n<p style=\"color: #F2F2F2;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;text-align: center;margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;line-height: 150%;\">The opening keynote speaker for this year\u2019s F\u00c9ILTE is none other than Roddy Doyle, former teacher, co-founder of the Fighting Words charity, and author of 12 novels. He has written for TV, big screen and stage.\u00a0 He has also written seven books for children, including\u00a0<em>The Giggler Treatment and Brilliant<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"color: #F2F2F2;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;text-align: center;margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;line-height: 150%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachingcouncil.ie\/en\/feilte\/feilte-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color:#FFFF00\">https:\/\/www.teachingcouncil.ie\/en\/feilte\/feilte-2021\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n                                    <\/td>\n                                <\/tr>\n                            <\/tbody><\/table>\n                        <\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                <\/tbody><\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n                <\/tr>\n                <\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnImageCardBlock\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n    <tbody class=\"mcnImageCardBlockOuter\">\n        <tr>\n            <td class=\"mcnImageCardBlockInner\" valign=\"top\" style=\"padding-top: 9px;padding-right: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-left: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                \n<table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"mcnImageCardBottomContent\" width=\"100%\" style=\"background-color: #0C648D;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n    <tbody><tr>\n        <td class=\"mcnImageCardBottomImageContent\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" style=\"padding-top: 0px;padding-right: 0px;padding-bottom: 0;padding-left: 0px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n        \n            \n\n            <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/1e4c696c230483f91e7da02d5\/images\/7fff51c6-c694-4ce0-b98f-28c480761f99.jpg\" width=\"400\" style=\"max-width: 400px;border-radius: 1%;border: 0;height: auto;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;vertical-align: bottom;\" class=\"mcnImage\">\n            \n        \n        <\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n        <td class=\"mcnTextContent\" valign=\"top\" style=\"padding: 9px 18px;color: #F2F2F2;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;text-align: center;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;line-height: 150%;\" width=\"546\">\n            <p style=\"color: #F2F2F2;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;text-align: center;margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;line-height: 150%;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"color: #F2F2F2;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;text-align: center;margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;line-height: 150%;\">The Institutes of Technology, TU Dublin, DCU and St Mary's College, Derry host one-day SciFest STEM fairs which are open to all second-level students. A SciFest fair consists of a competition and exhibition of projects, a prize-giving ceremony,\u00a0and advice on careers in STEM and courses available in the college.<br>\n<br>\n<span style=\"font-size:16px\"><strong>The Scifest@college \u2013 closing date: \u00a0april 19th<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p style=\"color: #F2F2F2;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;text-align: center;margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;line-height: 150%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scifest.ie\/News\/Enter-SciFest@College-2021-Here\/251800\/Index.html\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color:#FFFF00\">https:\/\/scifest.ie\/News\/Enter-SciFest@College-2021-Here\/251800\/Index.html<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n        <\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n    <!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n\t<![endif]-->\n\t<tbody class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter\">\n        <tr>\n            <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockInner\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t\t\t\t<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" \">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                <table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextContentContainer\">\n                    <tbody><tr>\n                        \n                        <td style=\"padding-top: 9px;padding-left: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-right: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                        \n                            <table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100% !important;background-color: #C0E4F5;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                                <tbody><tr>\n                                    <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding: 18px;color: #222222;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;text-align: center;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;line-height: 150%;\">\n                                        <div style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:24px\"><a id=\"STEMreach\" name=\"STEMreach\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\"><\/a>STEMreach<\/span><\/strong><br>\n<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" data-file-id=\"1744994\" height=\"408\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/1e4c696c230483f91e7da02d5\/images\/908cf4d8-8c2d-4c38-96ee-572980861718.png\" style=\"border: 0px;width: 600px;height: 408px;margin: 0px;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;\" width=\"600\"><br>\n<br>\n<strong>STEMreach<\/strong><br>\nNow that students are back in school, Calmast STEMreach programme is running once more. The initiative was developed to provide sustained engagement through partnership in the South-East in Ireland. STEMreach connects higher education, industry, governmental and non-governmental bodies with primary and post-primary schools and wider society and is designed to benefit educational attainment, economy and culture in the region.<br>\n\u00a0<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.calmast.ie\/stemreach-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color:#0000FF\">https:\/\/www.calmast.ie\/stemreach-2\/<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n                                    <\/td>\n                                <\/tr>\n                            <\/tbody><\/table>\n                        <\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                <\/tbody><\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n                <\/tr>\n                <\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnDividerBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;table-layout: fixed !important;\">\n    <tbody class=\"mcnDividerBlockOuter\">\n        <tr>\n            <td class=\"mcnDividerBlockInner\" style=\"min-width: 100%;padding: 18px 18px 36px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                <table class=\"mcnDividerContent\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-top: 2px solid #EAEAEA;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                    <tbody><tr>\n                        <td style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                            <span><\/span>\n                        <\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                <\/tbody><\/table>\n<!--            \n                <td class=\"mcnDividerBlockInner\" style=\"padding: 18px;\">\n                <hr class=\"mcnDividerContent\" style=\"border-bottom-color:none; border-left-color:none; border-right-color:none; border-bottom-width:0; border-left-width:0; border-right-width:0; margin-top:0; margin-right:0; margin-bottom:0; margin-left:0;\" \/>\n-->\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n    <tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\n        <tr>\n            <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\" style=\"padding-top: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n              \t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"width:100%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n\t\t\t    \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\" style=\"width:600px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                <table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"max-width: 100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\">\n                    <tbody><tr>\n                        \n                        <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding-top: 0;padding-right: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-left: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;color: #757575;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 16px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;\">\n                        \n                            <h3 class=\"null\" style=\"display: block;margin: 0;padding: 0;color: #444444;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 22px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 150%;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;\"><strong>Schools News<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n                        <\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                <\/tbody><\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n    <!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n\t<![endif]-->\n\t<tbody class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter\">\n        <tr>\n            <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockInner\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t\t\t\t<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" \">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                <table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextContentContainer\">\n                    <tbody><tr>\n                        \n                        <td style=\"padding-top: 9px;padding-left: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-right: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                        \n                            <table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100% !important;background-color: #E0629A;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                                <tbody><tr>\n                                    <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding: 18px;color: #F2F2F2;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;text-align: center;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;line-height: 150%;\">\n                                        <span style=\"color:#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" data-file-id=\"1744558\" height=\"185\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/1e4c696c230483f91e7da02d5\/images\/ee14635a-7cab-447b-bc37-93331c7115cf.png\" style=\"border: 0px;width: 147px;height: 185px;margin: 0px;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;\" width=\"147\"><br>\n<br>\nFriday Fun \u2013 TargetBoards<\/strong><\/span><br>\nOur TargetBoards Competition has been running online each Friday during lockdown.<br>\nTeachers can register their class and get a code to share with their students so the whole class can play together in cyberspace!\u00a0<\/span><br>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathsweek.ie\/2020\/targetboard-instructions-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color:#00FFFF\">R<\/span><\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathsweek.ie\/2020\/targetboard-instructions-2020\/\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color:#00FFFF\"><strong>egister HERE<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br>\n\u00a0\n                                    <\/td>\n                                <\/tr>\n                            <\/tbody><\/table>\n                        <\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                <\/tbody><\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n                <\/tr>\n                <\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnDividerBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;table-layout: fixed !important;\">\n    <tbody class=\"mcnDividerBlockOuter\">\n        <tr>\n            <td class=\"mcnDividerBlockInner\" style=\"min-width: 100%;padding: 18px 18px 36px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                <table class=\"mcnDividerContent\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-top: 2px solid #EAEAEA;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                    <tbody><tr>\n                        <td style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                            <span><\/span>\n                        <\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                <\/tbody><\/table>\n<!--            \n                <td class=\"mcnDividerBlockInner\" style=\"padding: 18px;\">\n                <hr class=\"mcnDividerContent\" style=\"border-bottom-color:none; border-left-color:none; border-right-color:none; border-bottom-width:0; border-left-width:0; border-right-width:0; margin-top:0; margin-right:0; margin-bottom:0; margin-left:0;\" \/>\n-->\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n    <tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\n        <tr>\n            <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\" style=\"padding-top: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n              \t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"width:100%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n\t\t\t    \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\" style=\"width:600px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                <table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"max-width: 100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\">\n                    <tbody><tr>\n                        \n                        <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding-top: 0;padding-right: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-left: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;color: #757575;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 16px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;\">\n                        \n                            <div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><strong><a id=\"Maths Resources\" name=\"Maths Resources\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\"><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n<h1 class=\"null\" style=\"text-align: left;display: block;margin: 0;padding: 0;color: #222222;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 40px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 150%;letter-spacing: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size:24px\"><span style=\"color:#B22222\"><strong>Maths at Home Resources<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n\n                        <\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                <\/tbody><\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n    <!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n\t<![endif]-->\n\t<tbody class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter\">\n        <tr>\n            <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockInner\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t\t\t\t<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" \">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                <table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextContentContainer\">\n                    <tbody><tr>\n                        \n                        <td style=\"padding-top: 9px;padding-left: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-right: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                        \n                            <table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100% !important;background-color: #E6CB73;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                                <tbody><tr>\n                                    <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding: 18px;color: #F2F2F2;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;text-align: center;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;line-height: 150%;\">\n                                        <strong><img decoding=\"async\" data-file-id=\"1744866\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/1e4c696c230483f91e7da02d5\/images\/1ec364fe-b546-40b4-bcbe-b1ea569d8647.jpg\" style=\"border: 0px;width: 300px;height: 300px;margin: 0px;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;\" width=\"300\"><br>\n<span style=\"color:#000000\">Maths at Home<\/span><\/strong><br>\n<span style=\"color:#000000\">We have developed a series of appropriate resources to help support the learning of maths at home. You can catch up on all the activities we have released to date at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathsweek.ie\/2020\/maths-activities\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">https:\/\/www.mathsweek.ie\/2020\/maths-activities\/<\/a><\/span>\n                                    <\/td>\n                                <\/tr>\n                            <\/tbody><\/table>\n                        <\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                <\/tbody><\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n                <\/tr>\n                <\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnDividerBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;table-layout: fixed !important;\">\n    <tbody class=\"mcnDividerBlockOuter\">\n        <tr>\n            <td class=\"mcnDividerBlockInner\" style=\"min-width: 100%;padding: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                <table class=\"mcnDividerContent\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-top: 2px solid #EAEAEA;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                    <tbody><tr>\n                        <td style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                            <span><\/span>\n                        <\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                <\/tbody><\/table>\n<!--            \n                <td class=\"mcnDividerBlockInner\" style=\"padding: 18px;\">\n                <hr class=\"mcnDividerContent\" style=\"border-bottom-color:none; border-left-color:none; border-right-color:none; border-bottom-width:0; border-left-width:0; border-right-width:0; margin-top:0; margin-right:0; margin-bottom:0; margin-left:0;\" \/>\n-->\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnImageCardBlock\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n    <tbody class=\"mcnImageCardBlockOuter\">\n        <tr>\n            <td class=\"mcnImageCardBlockInner\" valign=\"top\" style=\"padding-top: 9px;padding-right: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-left: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                \n<table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"mcnImageCardBottomContent\" width=\"100%\" style=\"background-color: #415F4F;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n    <tbody><tr>\n        <td class=\"mcnImageCardBottomImageContent\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" style=\"padding-top: 0px;padding-right: 0px;padding-bottom: 0;padding-left: 0px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n        \n            \n\n            <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/1e4c696c230483f91e7da02d5\/images\/c48387a0-293e-4baa-bb2d-f4f5e893af50.png\" width=\"564\" style=\"max-width: 1024px;border: 0;height: auto;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;vertical-align: bottom;\" class=\"mcnImage\">\n            \n        \n        <\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n        <td class=\"mcnTextContent\" valign=\"top\" style=\"padding: 9px 18px;color: #F2F2F2;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;text-align: center;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;line-height: 150%;\" width=\"546\">\n            <div style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>The Maths Map of Ireland<\/strong><br>\n\u00a0<br>\nThe Maths Map of Ireland is an exciting new project from Maths Week Ireland and the ESB. The project will see the creation of a Maths Map; to include historical places and people relevant to maths; maths trails and contemporary maths figures and places of interest. If you are interested in contributing please email mathsweek@wit.ie with the subject MATHS MAP.<br>\n\u00a0<\/div>\n\n        <\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnDividerBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;table-layout: fixed !important;\">\n    <tbody class=\"mcnDividerBlockOuter\">\n        <tr>\n            <td class=\"mcnDividerBlockInner\" style=\"min-width: 100%;padding: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                <table class=\"mcnDividerContent\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-top: 2px solid #EAEAEA;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                    <tbody><tr>\n                        <td style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                            <span><\/span>\n                        <\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                <\/tbody><\/table>\n<!--            \n                <td class=\"mcnDividerBlockInner\" style=\"padding: 18px;\">\n                <hr class=\"mcnDividerContent\" style=\"border-bottom-color:none; border-left-color:none; border-right-color:none; border-bottom-width:0; border-left-width:0; border-right-width:0; margin-top:0; margin-right:0; margin-bottom:0; margin-left:0;\" \/>\n-->\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n    <!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n\t<![endif]-->\n\t<tbody class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter\">\n        <tr>\n            <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockInner\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t\t\t\t<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" \">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                <table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" class=\"mcnBoxedTextContentContainer\">\n                    <tbody><tr>\n                        \n                        <td style=\"padding-top: 9px;padding-left: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-right: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                        \n                            <table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100% !important;background-color: #DADADA;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                                <tbody><tr>\n                                    <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding: 18px;color: #484848;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;text-align: center;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;line-height: 150%;\">\n                                        <div style=\"text-align: left;\"><br>\n<strong><span style=\"font-size:32px\"><a id=\"What's on?\" name=\"What's on?\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\"><\/a>What's On?<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" data-file-id=\"1745030\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/1e4c696c230483f91e7da02d5\/images\/3d699545-391c-4ad5-9b5a-464642199ee1.jpeg\" style=\"border: 0px;width: 360px;height: 140px;margin: 0px;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;\" width=\"360\"><br>\n<strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\">April 16-18, 2021<br>\nNational Math Festival (USA)<\/span><\/strong><br>\n<br>\nThe<span style=\"color:#0000FF\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/mathfest.org\/\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color:#0000FF\">National Math Festival<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color:#0000FF\">\u00a0<\/span>is a free event for the public held in Washington, DC, in odd-numbered years. Follow<span style=\"color:#FFFFFF\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/natmathfestival\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color:#0000FF\">@NatMathFestival<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color:#0000FF\">\u00a0<\/span>on Twitter and check the festival's website for updates about this day of lectures, activities, and performances for all ages!<br>\n<br>\n\u00a0<br>\n\u00a0<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" data-file-id=\"1745026\" height=\"67\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/1e4c696c230483f91e7da02d5\/images\/9a456ed5-90bd-401f-a851-5a37cc9f89b7.jpeg\" style=\"border: 0px;width: 400px;height: 67px;margin: 0px;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;\" width=\"400\"><br>\n<strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\">April 17, 2021 - 10:00 GMT<br>\nONLINE \/ Edinburgh, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland<\/span><\/strong><br>\n<br>\nThis is a one hour live online long event taking place on ZOOM. Children aged 7-14 and their families can have a go at fun mathematical problems and activities, guided by University students and staff. For further information and to book a space, please visit: https:\/\/www.maths.ed.ac.uk\/school-of-mathematics\/outreach\/maths-circle<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maths.ed.ac.uk\/school-of-mathematics\/outreach\/maths-circle\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color:#0000FF\">Official website<\/span><\/a><br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maths.ed.ac.uk\/school-of-mathematics\/outreach\/maths-circle\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color:#0000FF\">https:\/\/www.maths.ed.ac.uk\/school-of-mathematics\/outreach\/maths-circle<\/span><\/a><br>\n\u00a0<br>\n\u00a0<br>\n\u00a0<br>\n\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" data-file-id=\"1745022\" height=\"207\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/1e4c696c230483f91e7da02d5\/images\/4ccc411e-88a4-4acd-bdfe-c42ad9acb8db.png\" style=\"border: 0px;width: 400px;height: 207px;margin: 0px;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;\" width=\"400\">\n<h3 style=\"display: block;margin: 0;padding: 0;color: #444444;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 22px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 150%;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>April marks a time to increase the understanding and appreciation of mathematics and statistics.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<br>\nWhy? Both subjects play a significant role in addressing many real-world problems\u2014internet security, sustainability, disease, climate change, the data deluge, and much more. Research in these and other areas is ongoing, revealing new results and applications every day in fields such as medicine, manufacturing, energy, biotechnology, and business. Mathematics and statistics are important drivers of innovation in our technological world, in which new systems and methodologies continue to become more complex.<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ww2.amstat.org\/mathstatmonth\/\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color:#0000FF\">https:\/\/ww2.amstat.org\/mathstatmonth\/<\/span><\/a><br>\n\u00a0<br>\n\u00a0<br>\n<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" data-file-id=\"1745018\" height=\"115\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/1e4c696c230483f91e7da02d5\/images\/981a6153-90c6-494a-95bc-579e9e28b3d7.png\" style=\"border: 0px;width: 272px;height: 115px;margin: 0px;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;\" width=\"272\"><br>\n\u00a0<strong>Tech Week is a nationwide series of events, showcasing and celebrating Ireland\u2019s application on technology. We provide a platform for students to learn, share ideas and create connections to enhance our future world.<\/strong><br>\nIt is much more than a festival; it is an unforgettable lifetime experience for the students who take part.<br>\nThe intention behind it is as simple as fostering the growth of technology and innovation that have been growing rapidly. Workshop, competition and company visit are some of the activities involved during the event. With numerous event options, there\u2019s something for everyone!<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.techweek.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color:#0000FF\">https:\/\/www.techweek.ie\/<\/span><\/a><br>\n<br clear=\"all\">\n<br>\n<span style=\"font-size:18px\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-file-id=\"1745014\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/1e4c696c230483f91e7da02d5\/images\/6dfaeee8-1844-4999-b948-a82f8ed49c00.jpg\" style=\"border: 0px;width: 400px;height: 140px;margin: 0px;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;\" width=\"400\"><\/span><br>\n<span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>April 19-20, 2021 in Paris, France<br>\nICM 2021: 15. International Conference on Mathematics<\/strong><\/span><br>\n<br>\nThe International Research Conference is a federated organization dedicated to bringing together a significant number of diverse scholarly events for presentation within the conference program. Events will run over a span of time during the conference depending on the number and length of the presentations. With its high quality, it provides an exceptional value for students, academics and industry researchers.<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/waset.org\/mathematics-conference-in-april-2021-in-paris\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color:#0000FF\">https:\/\/waset.org\/mathematics-conference-in-april-2021-in-paris<\/span><\/a><br>\n<br>\n\u00a0<br>\n\u00a0<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" data-file-id=\"1745010\" height=\"179\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/1e4c696c230483f91e7da02d5\/images\/07028f2e-55a3-49dd-888d-eb9683817db9.png\" style=\"border: 0px;width: 400px;height: 179px;margin: 0px;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;\" width=\"400\"><br>\n\u00a0<br>\n<span style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong><em>20 - 22 April<br>\nNRICH Live for Teachers -\u00a0Latest Problems\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/span><br>\n<em>Join Charlie, Claire and Liz online for a chance to work on some problems from their latest features, and to consider the valuable mathematical thinking that the problems might prompt in your classroom.<\/em><br>\n<strong>Date for teachers of 5-11 year olds:<\/strong>\u00a0Tuesday 20 April\u00a02021,\u00a016.00-17.00 GMT<br>\n<strong>Date for teachers of 11-17\u00a0year olds:<\/strong>\u00a0Thursday 22 April 2021,\u00a016.00-17.00 GMT<br>\nMore information and booking details can\u00a0be found\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nrich.maths.org\/14815\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color:#0000FF\">here<\/span><\/a>.<br>\n\u00a0<br>\n<br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" data-file-id=\"1745042\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/1e4c696c230483f91e7da02d5\/images\/65af4d66-7ab9-453c-8b2e-6207f01f5b3d.jpeg\" style=\"border: 0px;width: 600px;height: 450px;margin: 0px;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;\" width=\"600\"><br>\n<br>\n<strong><span style=\"font-size:14px\">20 - 21 April<br>\nMaths Anxiety & Misconceptions<\/span><\/strong><br>\n5th\/6th class teachers! Join us for three, one-hour sessions to deepen your understanding of maths anxiety and pupil misconceptions while exploring targeted strategies and approaches for senior classes. More info here: <a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FAHv9aSvjA?amp=1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" role=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color:#0000FF\">https:\/\/pdst.ie\/PrimarySTEM<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color:#0000FF\">\u00a0<\/span><br>\n<br>\n<br>\n<strong>27\/04\/21\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cWhere do Mathematical Symbols Come From?\u201d<\/strong><br>\nWhere do we get our mathematical symbols from? Why is the set of integers called \u2124 ? When was the equals sign first used? How about zero? Good notation tends to catch on quickly, whereas bad notation can obscure beautiful theory. This lecture by Gresham Professor Sarah Hart explores how the introduction of new notation has paved the way for new leaps in understanding, and considers some mathematical quirks of language, such as what the number 4 in English has in common with the number 11 in Russian.<br>\nDetails: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color:#0000FF\"> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gresham.ac.uk\/lectures-and-events\/maths-symbols\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color:#0000FF\">https:\/\/www.gresham.ac.uk\/lectures-and-events\/maths-symbols<\/span><\/a><br>\n<br>\n\u00a0\n<h4 style=\"display: block;margin: 0;padding: 0;color: #949494;font-family: Georgia;font-size: 20px;font-style: italic;font-weight: normal;line-height: 125%;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-file-id=\"1745006\" height=\"417\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/1e4c696c230483f91e7da02d5\/images\/6fa7c8de-d507-4292-97f3-ea3bc8dba8f5.jpg\" style=\"border: 0px;width: 400px;height: 417px;margin: 0px;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;\" width=\"400\"><\/h4>\n<br>\n<strong>15th - 23rd May<br>\nBealtaine Living Earth Festival<\/strong><br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.livingearth.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color:#0000FF\">www.livingearth.ie<\/span><\/a><br>\n<br>\n<br>\n<br>\n<strong>21\/05\/21\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cThe Maths of Life and Death\u201d<\/strong><br>\nEvery time you look at the world you are building a model. With every new experience these representations of your environment are refined and reconfigured. Each piece of sensory information you perceive makes the model of reality in your head more detailed and complex. The building of mathematical models, designed to capture our complex reality, is the best way we have of making sense of the rules that govern the world around us. The key to exemplifying these rules is to demonstrate their effects on people's lives: from the extraordinary to the everyday. This talk by Dr Kit Yates will relate true stories of life-changing events in which the use (or abuse) of mathematics has played a critical role. We will meet athletes banned by faulty tests and patients crippled by faulty genes; innocent victims of miscarriages of justice and the unwitting victims of mathematical bugs. We follow stories of investors who have lost fortunes and parents who have lost children, all because of mathematical misunderstanding. We wrestle with ethical issues from abortion to anti-vaccination and examine pertinent societal issues like medical screening, political referenda, disease prevention and criminal justice, on all of which mathematics has something profound or significant to say.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gresham.ac.uk\/lectures-and-events\/maths-covid\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color:#0000FF\">https:\/\/www.gresham.ac.uk\/lectures-and-events\/maths-covid<\/span><\/a><br>\n<br>\n<strong>07\/05\/2021\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \"The \u201cMathematical Summer in Paris\u201d<\/strong><br>\nThis Paris summer school, July 5-9, 2021, will bring together young people who are passionate about mathematics and allow them to discover some of its many facets. Lectures by famous mathematicians will cover a wide range of topics. There will also be problem solving activities.<br>\nIf you have highly motivated students \u00a0between 16 and 20 years of age, or between two years before and two years after your high school degree, and if you love mathematics, then this school should interest them!<br>\nThe school will be 100% online, and free of charge.\"<br>\nDetails: \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathematicalsummerinparis.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color:#0000FF\">https:\/\/www.mathematicalsummerinparis.fr\/<\/span><\/a><br>\n<br>\n<em>Morning, Thursday, 24<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0June 2021<\/em><br>\n<strong><span style=\"font-size:16px\">Policy Forum for Northern Ireland keynote seminar<\/span><\/strong><br>\n<strong>Next steps for skills and apprenticeships in Northern Ireland<\/strong><br>\nwith\u00a0<strong>Graeme Wilkinson<\/strong>, Director of Skills, Department for the Economy<br>\n<em>and\u00a0<\/em><strong>Julian David<\/strong>,\u00a0<em>Tech UK<\/em>;\u00a0<strong>Dr Margaret Duddy<\/strong>,\u00a0<em>Education and Training Inspectorate<\/em>;\u00a0<strong>Terry Fennell<\/strong>,\u00a0<em>FDQ<\/em>;\u00a0<strong>Dr Declan Keeney<\/strong>,\u00a0<em>Ulster University<\/em>;\u00a0<strong>John Kennedy<\/strong>,\u00a0<em>Education and Training Inspectorate<\/em>;\u00a0<strong>Richard Kirk<\/strong>,\u00a0<em>Workplus<\/em>;\u00a0<strong>Philip McNally<\/strong>,\u00a0<em>KPMG Ireland<\/em>;\u00a0<strong>Gordon Parkes<\/strong>,\u00a0<em>Northern Ireland Electricity<\/em>;\u00a0<strong>Professor Terri Scott<\/strong>,\u00a0<em>Northern Regional College<\/em>; and\u00a0<strong>Ken Webb<\/strong>,\u00a0<em>South Eastern Regional College<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>College Principals\u2019 Group<\/em><br>\n<em>Chaired by:<\/em><br>\n<strong>Dr Caoimhe Archibald MLA<\/strong>, Chair, Committee for the Economy<br>\n<strong>Stewart Dickson MLA<\/strong>, Alliance Party Economy Spokesperson and Member, Committee for the Economy<br>\nBook online here:<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.policyforumforni.co.uk\/book\/NI-Skills-21\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color:#0000FF\">https:\/\/www.policyforumforni.co.uk\/book\/NI-Skills-21<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n                                    <\/td>\n                                <\/tr>\n                            <\/tbody><\/table>\n                        <\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                <\/tbody><\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if gte mso 9]>\n                <\/tr>\n                <\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnDividerBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;table-layout: fixed !important;\">\n    <tbody class=\"mcnDividerBlockOuter\">\n        <tr>\n            <td class=\"mcnDividerBlockInner\" style=\"min-width: 100%;padding: 38px 18px 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                <table class=\"mcnDividerContent\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-top: 2px solid #EAEAEA;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                    <tbody><tr>\n                        <td style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                            <span><\/span>\n                        <\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                <\/tbody><\/table>\n<!--            \n                <td class=\"mcnDividerBlockInner\" style=\"padding: 18px;\">\n                <hr class=\"mcnDividerContent\" style=\"border-bottom-color:none; 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It was interesting that we are not unique and that rote learning is still prominent in maths teaching.<br>\nThe Julia Robinson Festival is an organisation to promote creative teaching in maths lessons and there is an abundance of resources, for all ages on the website. The organisation\u2019s promotion is \u2018to think critically, creatively, logically, and \u201cout of the box.\u201d\u2019<br>\nThe common comments:\n<ul>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">The routine is rigid \u2013 sums from Monday to Thursday and puzzles on Friday.<\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Repetitive written exercises.<\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Frequent assessment narrows the syllabus.<\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Pupils give up too quickly.<\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Teachers who are not confident in maths will only teach the methods they were taught.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nOn of the speakers, Dr Spice, in India described an analogy with a family\u2019s diet. \u201cImage a family only having cooked lentils and rice for each meal with no snacks in between. How fed up would you get? Sadly, that is what is happening in many classrooms. No stimulation to create trigger points to enthuse the young people.\u201d<br>\nNo, I did not sit through the Buffet but scanned the video. The highlight was <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/CHyRGlnJcO0\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">Dr Spice<\/a> (aka Manish Jain) \u2013 what an inspirational presenter.<br>\n<strong>Puzzles of the month <\/strong>(Henry Dudeney 1857 - 1930)<br>\n<strong>A poultry poser<\/strong><br>\nThree chickens and one duck sold for as much as two geese; one chicken, two ducks, and three geese were sold together for \u20ac25.00. What was the price of each bird in an exact number of pounds?<br>\n\u00a0<br>\n<strong>Mistaking the hands<\/strong><br>\n\"Between two and three o\u2019clock yesterday,\" said Colonel Crackham, \"I looked at the clock and mistook the minute hand for the hour hand, and consequently the time appeared to be fifty-five minutes earlier than it actually was. What was the correct time to the nearest minute?\"<br>\n\u00a0<br>\n<strong>Magic in Maths<\/strong><br>\nI have created a compendium selection of \u201cmagic\u201d tricks involving the use of maths. Hopefully the pupils do not just treat it as a magic show but to work out how they work and then become performers presenting their tricks to younger pupils, the elderly, their families and friends.<br>\n\u00a0<br>\nThis is an ideal platform for follow up work whether it be in the classroom, at home. As my \u201cfriend\u201d, Dr Spice says in his video we need to produce material which is fun and engaging and it may set off trigger points in the pupils\u2019 mathematical thinking.<br>\n\u00a0<br>\nThe video can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/5_9taQ9khMg\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/a> and there is also a set of comprehensive notes and materials on my <a href=\"https:\/\/dcbeagle.com\/magicinmathsnotes.pdf\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">website.<\/a><br>\n\u00a0<br>\n\u00a0<br>\n<strong>Making maths meaningful<\/strong><br>\nIn Andrew Jeffrey\u2019s (<a href=\"https:\/\/andrewjeffrey.co.uk\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">https:\/\/andrewjeffrey.co.uk<\/a>) newsletter there was a fine example about bringing a maths concept into the real world. We both sing from the same hymn sheet when it comes to encouraging and enthusing pupils into seeing that maths is not a book of hieroglyphs.<br>\nAndrew writes: \u201cI was reviewing finding percentages of a quantity with some Y6 children last week and realised they were just following a procedure they didn't understand, and hence kept forgetting.<br>\n<br>\nThey were surprised to discover finding 1%, or dividing by 100, or finding 'a hundredth' were all the same thing! I realised we needed to go back a bit, and so we all made our own posters to show these connections.<br>\n<br>\nIt was interesting how much making these connections seemed to help them, so I made one for the classroom as well - Designed for A3 printing. <a href=\"https:\/\/andrewjeffrey.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/One-Percent-poster.pdf\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">1% poster<\/a><br>\n<br>\nAlso, on Tuesday I had a group of children who couldn't remember which was the x and which was the y-axis, so I made a second poster with a way for them to remember it. <a href=\"https:\/\/andrewjeffrey.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/coordinates-poster.pdf\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">X - Y<\/a>\u201d<br>\n<br>\n<strong>Website of the Month <\/strong>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.krazydad.com\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">www.krazydad.com<\/a>)<br>\nI have featured this website a few times before, but the author has added more resources. All are printable puzzles and there is a comprehensive selection for children. In the other sections the activities are graded and the children will be able to cope with the easier sections.<br>\nLet them take ownership! Direct the pupils to the website \u2013 working on their own or in pairs ask them to find an activity they have enjoyed \u2013 get the pupils to explain their puzzles to the rest of the class.<br>\nAn effective homework exercise and I am sure the parents will enjoy joining in.<br>\n<strong>The Wastage of Pencil Sharpening<\/strong><br>\n\u00a0<br>\nRob Eastaway writes very interesting blogs and in this one he looks at the humble pencil \u201csharpenings\u201d - <a href=\"https:\/\/robeastaway.com\/blog\/pencil-sharpening\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\">https:\/\/robeastaway.com\/blog\/pencil-sharpening<\/a> - maths lives!<br>\n\u00a0<br>\n<strong>Puzzles of the month solutions<\/strong><br>\nA POULTRY POSER<br>\nChicken \u20ac2, Duck \u20ac4, Goose \u20ac5<br>\n\u00a0<br>\nMISTAKING THE HANDS<br>\n23 minutes past three o\u2019clock<br>\n\u00a0<br>\n<strong>Final words<\/strong><br>\nThis is not going to be a normal summer term but let us hope the schools can remain open for the whole duration. 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