Holiday Countdown Highlights

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Before we disappear for a break over the Christmas and New Year holidays, we wanted to say a massive thank you for the phenomenal response we've had to our holiday countdown. We have loved hearing from families and schools joining in, and have rounded up some of the pictures that have been shared with us.

Roll-a-Snowflake & Christmas Code Cracker

Baking Sugar Cookies

Festive Lego Building

Collaborative Drawings

Festive Sudoku & Coordinates Mystery Picture

Sierpinski Christmas Tree

Geometric Doodles & Tessellating Trees

Binary Code Ornaments

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Pick & Mix Your Own Christmas Holiday Countdown

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.

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Maths Tales 2025 Winners

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.

21st Feb
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The Amazing Mathemagic Show

National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street | | Free
Experience the wonder of mathematics, as students and staff from the University of Edinburgh transform into captivating performers, dazzling magicians, and astonishing "mind readers".