Welcome to the October Newsletter!
With less than a week to go till Maths Week, we're incredibly excited to share the huge itinerary of events and activities in store for this year's celebration of maths! From competitions to shows, games, and quizzes we have you covered. This mailbag contains the line-up for each day of Maths Week listed by day and by target audience. As always, for the most up to date information keep an eye on our website's events tab because there is more still to come!
If you have any questions please contact us at mathsweek.wd@setu.ie
Thanks so much for all of your support and participation in this year's event! If you'd like to keep up with us more often check out our social links below!

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Put your school on the map
We now have almost 350,000 pupils from over 1,000 schools around the Island registered.
Teachers are invited to register their class and/or school for Maths Week 2022 (15-23 October).
All registered teachers are in with a chance to win one of five Samsung Tablets or a set of Izak9 Cubes!

Complete the registration form
Check out our range of resources and start planning your Maths Week activities for 2022 HERE.
You can get involved in Maths Week with:
- In-person events
- Online events
- Online activities and games
- In-school activities
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For more events listing see here
For MathsWeekTV see here
For activities and competitions see here
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Murderous Maths With Kjartan Poskitt
Dublin, Wed 19th - Primary 5th-6th Class
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Maths Week Ireland is delighted to present best-selling author Kjartan Poskitt for a fun filled event to motivate and inspire your students. This event is for 5/6 class primary pupils at the O'Reilly Theatre, Gt Denmark St Dublin 1 at 9:50 am.
For more information click here.
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Living Maths with Bobby Seagull
Dublin Thur 20 Oct, Junior Secondary (1-3yr)
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Maths Week Ireland is delighted to present Bobby Seagull at the Gate theatre, Dublin for a fun filled event to motivate and inspire your students. This event is for 1st-3rd year pupils.
Thur 20 October 10 - 11 am
More info
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Primary Teachers
Let’s Visit Numberland!: A Workshop for Primary School Teachers
- Room E203, St.Patrick’s Campus, DCU - Join us at this free workshop led by Barbara Schindelhauer, co-author of Let’s Visit Numberland, a holistic approach to the development of early number sense.
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Family Scavenger Hunt!
22-23 October
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Join the Maths Week team for a fun, collaborative, and energetic scavenger hunt that will have you competing with other families. The challenges are designed to accommodate all ages and abilities and creativity is highly recommended. All you need to do is download the Goose Chase App. Instructions will be emailed to you just before the event commences!
Click here to sign up!
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In addition to our live in-person events at partner centres, you and your pupils can participate in the best maths shows in the comfort of your own classroom.
Maths Week TV returns with online live events for primary and secondary pupils. The line up will include some of our favourite presenters with some exciting new talent.
See the schedule and more information click here
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Online: Izak9 Live (Year 8, 5th 6th class and 1st Year)
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Izak9 have wanted to hold an event of this nature for some time and are delighted to announce the scheduling of the first ever Izak9 Live. Now that more than 1000 schools in Ireland have Izak9 cubes, for Maths Week 2022 Izak9 are hosting an online cube extravaganza. This event will last for at most one hour and couldn’t be simpler to organise in your school. If you have Izak9 cubes, simply bring the box(es) to your classroom, sort your pupils into groups and be ready to start at 11am.
Booking: mathsweek.wd@setu.ie (email with school and class details)
Izak 9 Live (P6/P7/year 8 & 5th/6th/1st year classes)
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Maths In The City - Dublin
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We'll be taking our live pop-up maths exhibit to the streets of Dublin this Maths Week! We will have shows and activities for all the family at the Bank of Ireland Plaza on College Green in the heart of Dublin city centre. Stop by for a taste of the lighter side of maths with puzzles, games and challenges to engage and entertain people of all ages.
Click Here For more!
Suitable for all ages and groups
No booking required
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Munster Maths and Science Fair (All Ages)
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The Munster Maths and Science fair takes place on Sunday the 16th of October at the Mallow GAA Sports Complex from 11am to 4pm. This will be a great opportunity for the whole family to learn about Maths and Science!
For more details click here
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Public
October 16th
Hamilton Walk
- Dunsink Observatory - A walk starting at Dunsink Observatory, following the Royal canal to commemorate Hamilton's discovery of quaternions! Booking essential more info here
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In School: Maths Week 2022 Olympiad (Students Senior Infants (Year 2) to Third Year (Year 11)
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October 17 - October 24
Following on from the success of 2021, The Maths Week 2022 Olympiad is an innovative event held in collaboration with Living Maths in South Africa. Its primary focus is to empower teachers and learners to find creative and concrete ways to help improve the standard of Maths in schools. We realise the importance of encouraging as many learners as possible to have a positive experience with maths so that they continue to make maths a subject choice as they go through their education. We are delighted to be working with Living Maths; a member of ASTEMI.co.za – the official body that represents STEM competitions in South Africa.
We have two sets of papers; for Northern Ireland and for the Republic. The Olympiad includes question papers for all classes primary and secondary. This is the only Olympiad of its kind (in the world) to cater for the foundation phase. The papers consist of 20 questions and 5 bonus questions. Every learner that takes part will receive a certificate (either bronze, silver or gold included in the online folder) for achieving marks from 1-20 out of 20. Any marks higher than 20 will receive a platinum certificate.
Find out more on the Maths Week 2022 Olympiad.
To register your interest in this year’s Olympiad with papers suitable from Senior Infants (Year 2) to 3rd Year (Year 11) please complete This Form.
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Other Events On October 17th
Primary
Ireland Rocks 2022
- Online - A Times Tables Competition for students!
Adults
Royal Irish Academy Hamilton Day lecture 2022 (Adults)
- Edmund Burke Lecture Theatre, Arts Block, Trinity College Dublin - Cryptography: Secrets and Lies, Knowledge and Trust
Maths Week Parent Workshops (For parents of children aged 10-13 years old)
- St Mary's Youth and Community Centre Tullamore - These workshops will provide a variety of ways that parents can build their own confidence in maths and help their children’s confidence in maths.
Fractions, percentages, area, volume and solving brainteasers using visuals and animation. (Adults)
- Online - Presented by the National Adult Literacy Agency
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Andrew Jeffrey at the Helix! (Primary)
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Andrew Jeffrey, aka The Mathemagician, is a teacher, lecturer, magician, and keynote speaker and has been described as a mathematical evangelist. He is the author of several books, including ‘Be A Wizard With Numbers’, ‘Magic for Kids’, ‘100 Top Tips for Top Maths Teachers’, ‘Top 20 Maths Displays’, and the brand new ‘Cool, Calm and Calculators.’ A former vice -principal, Andrew travels Europe inspiring and entertaining teachers and students alike with his Magic of Maths shows.
Click the session you are interested in for more details and booking!
2nd - 4th Class
5th - 6th Class
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Other Events On October 19th
Primary
Using Maths to Win at Games: An Interactive Workshop with Dr. Kieran Murphy (Year 6 – Year 8/4th – 6th class)
- SETU Waterford - This fun and interactive workshop run by maths lecturer Kieran Murphy explores the ideas behind combinatorial games – games where two players take turns trying to outsmart each other
Maths Magic with Andrew Jeffrey (Primary 5th & 6th Class/Year 7 & Year 8)
- SETU Carlow - Andrew does lots of interactive maths tricks, visual tricks, shapes, tricks with numbers etc. with an emphasis on motivating students and building confidence. Shows are full of audience participation, lots of noise, great fun
Secondary
Maths Magic with Andrew Jeffrey (Year 9 & Year 10/Secondary 1st & 2nd Year)
- SETU Carlow - Andrew does lots of interactive maths tricks, visual tricks, shapes, tricks with numbers etc. with an emphasis on motivating students and building confidence. Shows are full of audience participation, lots of noise, great fun
Teachers
‘I Hate Maths’ – Presented by Mike Askew (Primary, Pre- and in-Service Teachers and Academics)
- St Patrick's Campus, DCU - In this first ‘I Hate Maths’ workshop at DCU, Prof Mike Askew will introduce and discuss a set of maths strategy games that can be used in the classroom to support mathematical thinking
Adults
Algebra, a balancing act: Strategies to help students to approach algebra effectively (Adult)
- Online - Presented by the National Adult Literacy Agency
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Living Maths with Bobby Seagull (Junior Secondary)
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Other Events On October 20th
Primary
Explorers: Unplugged Coding (Onsite Event)(Ages 7 – 12)
- Virtual - 50euro per class
EPIC - The Irish Emigration Museum - 6.50euro per student.
Experience the world of coding without a computer in this fun, practical hands-on STEAM workshop for Maths Week!
Secondary
Mathematical Experiments in UCD (TY, 5th & 6th year students.)
- UCD School of Mathematics and Statistics - is excited to celebrate Maths Week 2022 by hosting the Museum of Mathematics of Catalonia (MMACA) and a talk from Dr Fernando Blasco, a lecturer at the Polytechnic University of Madrid and one of Spain’s best known mathematics promoters.
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Adults
Launch of NALA Numeracy research report: Adult Learner’s understanding and conceptualisation of numeracy in Ireland. (Adult)
- Online - Presented by the National Adult Literacy Agency
Bright Club Galway brings maths and comedy together in a special event for Maths Week! ( adults)
- Upstairs in the Mick Lally Theatre - Combining Maths With Comedy!
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Caroline Ainslee Bubbly Maths at W5 (Primary Year 1-4)
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In celebration of Maths Week, Bubbly Maths with Caroline Ainslie will take place in W5 Belfast. Caroline will perform her 45-minute maths show using magical soap bubbles and giant balloons to illustrate the mathematical fundamentals of shape, space and measurements. Children will learn mathematics without even realising it! For more info and booking click here.
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Other Events On October 21st
Primary
Steve Sherman’s Edutaining Mathemagical Show (Primary 4th – 6th Class)
- ATU Galway Campus - Join internationally acclaimed and multi-award purchasing presenter, Steve Sherman, for an Edutaining mathemagical show that will shine a new spotlight on maths and have students falling in love with maths.
Secondary
Maths Week Scavenger Hunt (Year 11 & Transition Year Students)
- Online - Join the Maths week team for a fun, collaborative and energetic scavenger hunt that will have you competing with other schools.
Sherman’s Edutaining Mathemagical Show (Secondary, 1st – 2nd Year)
- ATU Galway Campus - Join internationally acclaimed and multi-award purchasing presenter, Steve Sherman, for an Edutaining mathemagical show that will shine a new spotlight on maths and have students falling in love with maths.
Adult
Numeracy as part of our everyday lives: A gardening project and a Maths Trail. (Adult)
- Online - Presented by the National Adult Literacy Agency
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For full events listing see here
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