Dear Maths Friends,

Celebrate International Day of Mathematics this week.

Saturday is March 14th 14/3 to us but 3.14 to the US and has been traditionally celebrated there as Pi day. This was adopted in 2019 by UNESCO as International Day of Mathematics (IDM). Even though it’s on a Saturday, you can still celebrate it this week or early next week. Below please find details of activities you can use to become part of this celebration.

Also next week 16 - 22 March is Global Money Week. This event encourages young people to be money smart and of course this starts with maths. See the Money Sense activities below. See also Maths Eyes 2025 winners, Oide primary resources and Sentinus Young Innovators.

Happy International Day of maths and a happy St Patrick’s Day to all.

MATHEMATICS AND HOPE

Join the International Day of Mathematics (IDM) on 14 March,  The 2026 theme, Mathematics and Hope, creates opportunities for deeper insight and knowledge. Our friends at Maths Eyes have developed a great activity for IDM with lots of great prizes

Have You Got Maths Eyes?

The creative people at Maths Eyes have developed a Maths Eyes Tagline competition for IDM, with categories for primary, post-primary and the general public. There is a €100 prize to be won in each category for participants North or South!

Using your maths eyes, pick one of four posters and explore the mathematical ideas it presents. Then suggest a tagline that illustrates the maths you see.

Poster A: Ice-Cream

Poster B: Boardwalk

Poster C: Church Door

Poster D: Chickens

An Bhfuil Súile Mata Agat?

Tá comórtas Gaeilge againn freisin. Is féidir le daltaí ó scoil ar bith dul isteach ní amháin scoileanna Gaeltachta agus scoileanna lán-Ghaeilge. Chuir COGG urraíocht ar fáil do dhearbhán ar luach €100 do bhuaiteoir gach catagóire.

Póstaer A

Póstaer B

Póstaer C

Póstaer D

Find more ways to celebrate on the IDM website, including a poster inspired by Penrose Tiling that you can colour in many different ways, Mathematics of Eclipses, and many other activities!

You can also use our Money Sense games, developed in partnership with Ireland State Savings, as an activity for IDM. Find those linked below.

16 - 22 March

Global Money Week (GMW) is a campaign to ensure that young people are financially aware from an early age. Personal finances can feel daunting, and many young people may not feel confident managing their money. Of course, maths is key to this.  

Money Sense Games

Budgeting, money sense and financial literacy are all key life skills… and these skills use Maths! Our Money Sense Games, developed in partnership with Ireland State Savings, are a fantastic way to build these skills in the classroom, especially with International Day of Maths and Global Money Week  just coming. There are activities for post-primary and primary.

The games are available on our website Resources page for teachers to print out.

Click on image below to access games.

Maths Week 2025 Maths Eyes Poster and

Group Initiative Competition

The Primary Maths team at Oide have recently added to their extensive range of resources for schools embedding the Primary Maths Curriculum with the development of a Find and Filter function to easily locate key resources.

SciFest@College entry deadline is tomorrow.

Scifest is open to all second-level students, born after 1 May 2007 and attending school or being home-schooled on the island of Ireland, including Northern Ireland.

Entry forms for SciFest@College 2026 are now available -  see link.  The closing date for receipt of completed entry forms to SciFest@College 2026 is Thursday 12 March 2026.

The dates of each college event is also available at this link.