Family Activities

Maths inspired arts & crafts, games, puzzles, baking and more!

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Maths Tales RPG

  • Age groups
  • 8-11
  • 12-15
  • 16+

This RPG game about maths in Ancient Egypt was developed by Daisy Abbott from Anderston Primary Parent Council, for Maths Week Scotland 2024.

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Scrapheap Stories

  • Age groups
  • 5-7

All too often, a barrier to learning is a child's lack of confidence in their own ability, which is why the NumBots Scrapheap Stories were created, free for everyone to enjoy on YouTube. Each adventure serves as a gateway to a different growth mindsets, such as developing resilience, independent learning, respect, teamwork and more.

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Seaside Path Finding Challenge

  • Age groups
  • 5-7
  • 8-11

Can you find your way along the seashore by following the repeating pattern from START to END? Colour each square in the repeating pattern to mark out the correct path.

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Summer Sudoku

  • Age groups
  • 5-7
  • 8-11
  • 12-15

In our Summer Sudoku, use your pattern recognition and logical thinking skills to complete the seasonal patterns. Cut out the symbols and place them on the grid so that you have one of each symbol in every row, column and 2x2, 3x2 block or 3x3 block. There are three different levels of difficulty to choose from.

>> Download Summer Sudoku (easy)
>> Download Summer Sudoku (medium)
>> Download Summer Sudoku (hard)

Summer Time Code Cracker

  • Age groups
  • 8-11
  • 12-15
  • 16+

The punchlines to five summer time jokes have been encrypted as secret messages, using Pigpen Cipher. Can you crack the code?

You can also have a go at encrypting your own secret messages, using our Cryptography resource developed by the Open University, with five different ciphers to choose from.

>> Download Code Cracker Challenge
>> Download Cryptography Resource

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Sports Logic Puzzle

  • Age groups
  • 8-11
  • 12-15
  • 16+

It's a Summer of sports - can you work out from the clues, who has gone to watch which sporting event, and what snacks they are eating? There are two levels of difficulty to choose from. In the advanced level, you'll also need to work out what the weather is like.

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Ice Cream Hunt

  • Age groups
  • 5-7
  • 8-11

Get ready for some seasonal summer counting fun! How many of each ice cream can you find? For a bonus activity, colour them all in.

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Summer Holiday Logic Puzzle

  • Age groups
  • 8-11
  • 12-15
  • 16+

Four friends went to the beach together. Can you work out what activity each of them did at the beach, and what flavour of ice cream they ate? There are two levels of difficulty to choose from. In Level 2, you'll also need to work out how they got to the beach.