Santa’s reindeer are arguing about who would get to lead the sleigh this year. They decide a race would be the fairest way to decide. Use the clues to work out in what order they finish. There are two levels of difficulty to choose from.
Six friends are out shopping together, to buy new Christmas jumpers. They all want to wear a different one. Can you use the clues to work out who wants to buy each of the jumpers?
Four friends are planning a party for New Year's Eve. Each of them is bring one decoration and one item of party food. Can you work out who is bringing what? There’s two difficulty levels to choose from. In the advanced puzzle you’ll also need to work out what colour party hat each friend is wearing.
We've pulled together all our seasonal resources from the last three years, and thrown in a few new ones too, so that you can create your own Christmas Holiday Countdown depending on age, ability and preferences. With games, puzzles, art and craft activities to choose from, as well as our interactive puzzle mystery story.
To celebrate Book Week Scotland, we are delighted to announce the finalists and winners of our Maths Tales 2025 story-writing competition, run in partnership with Read Write Count with The First Minister.
