Holiday Countdown Highlights

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

P1 @St_Denis_PS really enjoyed exploring snowflake symmetry this morning. #MathsIsFun #ChristmasCountdown #MathsWeekScot pic.twitter.com/RJRfWhgu3q

— St Denis’ STEM and D.Y.W. (@stem_st_denis) December 1, 2022

More #P7MathsClub @mathsweekscot activities in process. #MathsWeekScot #ChristmasCountdown pic.twitter.com/ud0gYt7N0q

— Hillside School (@SchoolHillside1) December 6, 2022

My 8 yr old had great fun today decoding the #Christmas Cracker Jokes from the @mathsweekscot holiday countdown 🎄 #MathsWeekScot #STEM #ChristmasCountdown https://t.co/dY0WCTUI7l pic.twitter.com/n33hcCKdsF

— Jenni Fuchs (@jennifuchs) December 3, 2022

Baking Sugar Cookies

Some budding mathmeticians / bakers have been busy at the weekend. pic.twitter.com/faueLFRGn6

— @BruntsfieldPS (@BPSlearners) December 5, 2022

Festive Lego Building

Apparently, if you stick the Lego present & candy cane together, you get a “Christmas guitar” 😂😂 (the red & green one, I am reliably told, is an “elf guitar”) #ChristmasCountdown #Lego #LegoFan #LegoChristmas pic.twitter.com/6HEyZ5gZk0

— Jenni Fuchs (@jennifuchs) December 4, 2022

Collaborative Drawings

To celebrate #CSEdWeek2022 we have been coding and enjoying some computational thinking collaborative drawing activities @St_Denis_PS pic.twitter.com/QK7SY1RocL

— St Denis’ STEM and D.Y.W. (@stem_st_denis) December 6, 2022

Festive Sudoku & Coordinates Mystery Picture

@mathsweekscot #ChristmasSudoko and #Transum https://t.co/tVZsJjwID7 challenges at #P7Hillside #MathsClub yesterday. #ChristmasMaths #Mathsisfun pic.twitter.com/8NSx7TgAW7

— Hillside School (@SchoolHillside1) December 13, 2022

Some Sunday evening #Christmas fun with the @mathsweekscot holiday countdown activities 🖍️ #ChristmasCountdown #STEMeducation https://t.co/xghQdojz5F pic.twitter.com/vWDKg3KYVB

— Jenni Fuchs (@jennifuchs) December 12, 2022

Sierpinski Christmas Tree

P5/6/7 used their knowledge of 3D nets when taking part in the Sierpinski tree challenge today. More photos below in the thread. #teamwork @mathsweekscot #ChristmasCountdown pic.twitter.com/VdhBUKkUAZ

— Forgandenny Primary (@ForgandennyPS) December 12, 2022

Mrs Kerr's S1 Maths class today making a Sierpinski triangle Christmas tree 🎄. Thanks @mathsweekscot for the idea. #HCmaths #hamiltoncollege pic.twitter.com/HbcDioJzfC

— Maths at Hamilton College Scotland (@HCScot_Maths) December 15, 2022

P4 - P7 found the Sierpinski Christmas Trees a challenge but stuck at it and were proud of the result. @mathsweekscot pic.twitter.com/UeJxk4rbZU

— Crathie School (@Crathie_School) December 19, 2022

1 more day until the holidays! Used @mathsweekscot template with S2 today to make a Sierpinski fractal Christmas tree! 🎄 pic.twitter.com/dMLhdj953h

— Miss Cochrane 🔢 (@MCochranee) December 22, 2022

Miss Cunningham’s pupils have worked collaboratively to create this amazing tree! pic.twitter.com/Wlp2c4oRNy

— Rosshall Maths (@Rosshall_Maths) December 22, 2022

Decorate-a-Tree Race

P1-4 enjoyed some festive Christmas counting inspired by @mathsweekscot decorate a tree race. We recorded our results using the greater than and less than symbols.What a fun way to practise lots and lots of different maths skills! pic.twitter.com/kGL85cEBJg

— Tomintoul School (@TomintoulP1) December 16, 2022

Number Doodles

Here are some of our number doodles #mathsisfun pic.twitter.com/dHi1iBmApX

— Gillian Tipling (@MrsTipling) December 20, 2022

Geometric Doodles & Tessellating Trees

Christmas maths today - geometric designs. The children then tried to copy their designs in Lego. @mathsweekscot pic.twitter.com/KrTDFj4tsM

— Crathie School (@Crathie_School) December 20, 2022

P567 have really enjoyed the @mathsweekscot Christmas activities. The tessellated Christmas trees were a big hit and their geometric designs were used to create Christmas cards for residents at Spiers Nursing Home to spread some Christmas Cheer. 🎅🏼🎄#community @NAC_PLA pic.twitter.com/2klu1i6c1C

— Gateside P.S (@GatesideSchool) December 21, 2022

Binary Code Ornaments

More of #HillsideMathsClub creating their Binary Code @mathsweekscot #ChristmasCountdownCalendar ornaments. #Mathsisfun pic.twitter.com/o3PNAGwSMf

— Hillside School (@SchoolHillside1) December 21, 2022