Maths Week

Maths Week 2023

Last week, 16th- 20th October we celebrated Maths Week. 

We held a ‘Guess the Weight of the Pumpkin’ competition, which proved to be one of the star attractions of Maths Week. We had some wide ranging guesses from the students. Well done to our winner Eoin O Donnell. He was the closest to the weight, 4720g.

All classes were also given a Maths Week Challenge. All pupils were encouraged to figure out their challenge and put their answers in a box in their classrooms when complete.

All correct answer sheets were entered into a draw and one winner was selected in each class. Well done to Leah

Wall (Junior infants), Shauna Kelly (Senior infants) Harrison Ryan (1st Class), Aíne Flaherty (2nd Class), James Flaherty (3rd Class), Lauren O Grady (4th Class), Siana O Grady (5th Class) and Jack Duane (6th Class) who won the competition and answered all questions correctly.

A wide range of other fun activities were undertaken throughout the week by each of our classes including building a numicon city, making a pictogram based on a pack of smarties, Maths games and ICt Games, creating 

shape Monsters, scavenger hunts, Maths walks, Izak 9, problem solving and much more. 

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Every year we celebrate Maths week in October where all our pupils participate in a range of maths related activities.  

This is What we did for this years maths week.

 

We held a ‘Guess How Many Sweets Are In The Jar’ competition, which proved to be one of the star attractions of Maths Week. We had some wide ranging guesses from the students.  Well done to our winner Harriet Healey.

 

All classes were also given a Maths Week Challenge.  All pupils were encouraged to figure out their challenge and put their answers in a box in their classrooms when complete.  All correct answer sheets were entered into a draw and one winner was selected in each class.  Well done to Ryan O Grady (Junior infants), Lucia Tully (senior infants) Charlie Klavins Crowe (1st Class), Patrick Smith(2nd Class), Ava Daniels (3rd Class), Cian Ollerenshaw (4th Class), Dáithí Burns (5th Class) and Aleksander Ziolek(6th Class) who won the competition and answered all questions correctly. 

 

A wide range of other fun activities were undertaken throughout the week by each of our classes.  Our infants learnt about lines (juniors) and 2D Shapes(seniors), they went out and about on maths trails using their maths eyes to identify lines, shapes and other maths in our school environment.  Both our 1st and 2nd classes completed an ‘All about me’ poster where they explored all the important numbers in their lives.  1st class also made pictures using 2D shapes while 2nd class had a maths board Gameathon where they enjoyed lots of Maths Board Games. 3rd class played Planet Maths games online to revise concepts such as addition, subtraction, multiplication and time.  Having fun while practising maths skills at the same time.  Our 4th class attended an online problem solving workshop with Franz Schlindwein(creator of Izaq 9), played some new maths games during maths stations and linked literacy with maths.  Our senior classes had a maths table quiz.  All classes had great fun playing maths games throughout the week and our senior infants also even made pizzas while learning about shapes!

Well done to everyone who put in an extra special effort in the area of maths.  A special well done to Luke Bohan, Rebecca Burke, Aibhlín Moore, Róisín Joyce, Muire Byrne, Emma Burke, Conal McDonagh and Séan Molloy who were our Mathletes of the week.

 

We are already looking forward to next year.  Check out our website to see more pictures of all the activities we took part in during maths week. 


Izak 9


In association with Galway Education Centre, our 5th and 6th classes had the opportunity to take part in a number of interactive maths sessions using Izak 9 maths resource during maths week.  Izak 9 cubes allow learners to engage in hands on learning with abstract maths concepts such as prime numbers. It also develops their team work skills, problem solving skills and ability to explain their mathematical thinking. During maths week, both classes also engaged in a live zoom lesson utilising the maths resource Izak 9. Great fun was had utilising the cubes during Maths Week.  Favourite activities include eliminator and total recall.  Thank you to Mr. Treacy for co-ordinating the initiative.