Kiss my Math?
Danica McKellar, star of The Wonder Years and boyhood crush to millions, earned a degree in Math, summa cum laude, at UCLA, and has famously gone on to try to make math (or ’maths’, as we call it in the UK) more approachable for young girls, with books like Math Doesn’t Suck. Danica is now pushing her new book Kiss [...]
Read the whole postRising up the leagues…
England is in the top 10! Which top ten? Football, Table-Tennis, obesity? No, no, and thrice no – TIMSS! TIMSS is the catchily-titled ‘Trends in International Maths and Science Study’. The study is a quadrennial analysis of maths and science skills in primary and secondary-age children (two groups – 10 and 14yrs).
Read the whole postSpotlight on Literacy and Numeracy
“Almost £1.5bn was lost in the UK last year, due to Britons struggling to master the basic skills when it comes to managing money.“ This is, apparently, the staggering cost of poor maths skills in the UK. Maths and English (as even Dizzee Rascal would tell us) are essential for every-day life and, as we reported in June, will keep you [...]
Read the whole postChristmas Triangles
Via Year 6 Blog, Here’s a little seasonal ditty to help you remember the properties of Isosceles Triangles (sing to the tune of ‘Oh Christmas Tree’, or ‘O, Tannenbaum’): ISOSCELES, ISOSCELES, TWO ANGLE HAVE THE SAME DEGREES ISOSCELES, ISOSCELES, YOU LOOK JUST LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE TWO SIDES THE SAME, THREE VERTICES TWO ANGLES HAVE THE SAME [...]
Read the whole postWinter Comes to Whizz
Whether your seasonal celebration is Christmas, Hanukkah, Eid, Kwanzaa, Pagan or secular, we’ve got a treat of a Whizz Winter Adventure for you this year. Featuring Sprout Invaders, Crackernoid, Dress the Snowman and Hit That Note, the Whizz Winter Adventure has a variety of games to keep young occupied over the holiday weeks. Students must earn [...]
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