School Workshops
Maths Workshops for Primary Schools in Scotland
All of our maths workshops for primary schools in Scotland have been carefully designed to put into context and actively promote the keystones of the Curriculum for Excellence – as well, of course, as supporting the push to Make Maths Count.
Our Maths Teaching Resources give you everything you need to deliver your own Creative Maths day! Available to purchase and download from ascreativesconnect.com.
Maths Workshops Scotland
Murderous Maths
School Workshops Interactive problem solving for up to 180 pupils (with follow-up workshops for up to four classes,…
Maths: Christmas Crackers – Teaching Resource Pack
Elton Elf is stranded in New York – and won’t be able to make it back to the North Pole in time without your pupils’ support.
Maths: The Santa Challenge
With the clock ticking away to Christmas Eve, Santa’s lost the combination to the key that unlocks his sleigh!
Maths: CSI: Christmas Storyland
In Christmas Storyland, Rudolph’s nose can’t shine. Pupils must use data handling, sequencing and numeracy skills to track down the thief!
Maths: CSI: Christmas Bake Off!
A festive Bake Off turns into a maths mystery, as pupils use fractions, percentages and measurements to catch the culprit.
Creative Approaches to Maths CPD
Explore a range of proven, highly engaging, creative methodologies for teaching and learning maths!
Number Patterns: The Bunker
A fast-paced workshop contextualising sequencing and making connections between maths and other subjects!
Outdoor Maths
Outdoor spaces provide wonderful opportunities to explore how numbers and shapes create both the built and natural worlds.
Historical Maths
School Workshop Historical Maths These uniquely cross-curricular programmes see children using a range of age-differentiated mathematical skills to…
Captain Morgan and the Maths Monster
Using understanding and knowledge of shape to beat a creature from the deep!
Family Maths
Uncover the meaning and importance of the three keystones of the Curriculum: fluency, reasoning and problem solving.
Sensory Maths
Students harness a system of binary questions and handleable resources to explore in concrete ways quantity, dimensions, capacity and texture.
CSI: Maths
A series of challenging mysteries to engage your students and get them thinking logically.
Maths Around the World – Teaching Resource
Phileas Fogg has pledged to travel around the world in just eighty days – but he needs your pupils’ help with the calculations!
The Captain’s Conundrum
A pirate-themed whole school maths challenge.
The Pirate’s Challenge!
One of our most popular maths workshops – allowing up to 60 pupils at a time to have some piratical fun with numbers and shapes!
The Riddle of the Sphinx
Acclaimed Egyptologist “Dr Colorado Smith” needs your pupils help to solve a 3,000 year old puzzle!
The Race into Space
The search is on for the UK’s next astronaut – and Major Tom wants your pupils’ help in selecting the best person for the job!
Times Tables Trattoria
Times’ Tables Trattoria gives pupils opportunities to use their times tables in context.
The Benefactor
Money-based maths fun for up to 420 pupils in a single day!
The Extraordinary World of Pirates – Pirate Day Teaching Resources
Host your own whole school, cross curriculuar Pirate Day with our wide range of activities exploring the topic of pirates.
Wild About Maths – Maths Week Scotland 2025
This workshop offers children opportunities to practise a range of age-appropriate mathematical skills and explore the maths of the natural world.
School Testimonials
“We completed a student voice survey at the end of the day and I am pleased to say that the outcome showed that your activity was the favourite. Activity was delivered in an excellent manner showing a clear passion which enthused the pupils.”
“We completed a student voice survey at the end of the day and I am pleased to say that the outcome showed that your activity was the favourite. Activity was delivered in an excellent manner showing a clear passion which enthused the pupils.”
Tapping into pupils’ own creativity, our unashamedly fun workshops engage, motivate and, crucially, challenge the children and young people we work with, providing them with meaningful experiences and outcomes.
Our Primary workshops have been specifically developed to support the Curriculum for Excellence in the following ways:
- To support the development a secure understanding of the concepts, principles and processes of mathematics and apply these in different contexts.
- To support the development of essential numeracy skills, allowing full participation in society.
- To provide opportunities for pupils to interpret numerical information appropriately and use it to draw conclusions.
- To provide opportunities for pupils to apply skills and understanding creatively and logically to solve problems, within a variety of contexts.
Maths Week Scotland 2025
Celebrate Maths Week Scotland with a high energy, imaginative, fun and Creative Maths day for all pupils to take part in. This year, Maths Week Scotland will take place during the 22nd Sept – 28th Sept 2025 – and if you would like to take part with a high energy, imaginative, fun and Creative Maths day for all pupils to take part in, then take a look at what’s on offer below.
Funding
The Edinburgh Mathematical Society grant scheme – The Schools Enrichment Fund, exists to provide financial support for mathematical activities which fall outwith the normal school curriculum. There are no closing dates but early submission of applications is strongly encouraged. Find out more over at