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Circular pairs

This activity shows pupils playing the circular pairs game with their teacher. This game aims to improve children's numeracy skills by creating a fun activity where they are asked to work out the change from money spent.

Posted on 23 September 2009 under Numeracy, Topics, Mathematics, Curriculum.
Tagged as partnership, number skills, collaborative working.

Lenzie Academy - Interview with teachers and pupils

Video of interview with teachers and pupils from Lenzie Academy, who attended the B!te: Big Ideas - Good Practice in Technical Education conference organised by HMIE and LTS, which took place on Wednesday 24 June 2009 at Carnegie Conference Centre, Dunfermline. They describe how they competed in the Faraday challenge.

Posted on 22 September 2009 under Topics, Technologies, Mathematics, Curriculum.
Tagged as HMIE, Curriculum for Excellence.

Financial education reaches other curriculum areas

A visit to the Musem on the Mound in Edinburgh supported history and art as well as financial education for these P5 pupils at Royal Mile Primary School.

Posted on 02 October 2008 under Numeracy, Enterprise Practice, Enterprise in Education, Topics, Partnerships with Employers, Determined to Succeed, Partners, Social studies, Mathematics, Curriculum.

Pupils learn how to run a café

Isobel Mair School and East Renfrewshire Council went into partnership to enable pupils to develop the skills needed to run an enterprise selling cakes to council employees.

Posted on 02 October 2008 under Enterprise Practice, Enterprise in Education, Topics, Partnerships with Employers, Determined to Succeed, Partners, Mathematics, Health and wellbeing, Curriculum.

Business challenge boosts core skills

The partnership between Dumbarton Academy and local businesses enables two students to do extended work experience and expand their options for future training and employment.

Posted on 02 October 2008 under Numeracy, Enterprise Practice, Enterprise in Education, Topics, Partnerships with Employers, Determined to Succeed, Partners, Mathematics, Curriculum.

Southesk Primary School: Number Partners make learning fun

Number Partners is an enterprising link with Glaxo Smith Kline that allows pupils in P4 to interact with adults to help strengthen their number skills. Pupils can play maths games in an informal and fun way that develops numeracy skills that can be tranferred to other maths lessons.