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Offaly schools urged to #DoSumGood for children in Crossfire maths challenge

Schools across Offaly are being invited to ‘Do Sum Good’ by participating in the Children in Crossfire’s Maths Challenge 2018. The quiz competition allows classmates to collaborate in teams to solve maths problems themed around the developing world ...

20 Apr 2018 at 13:32

Lifestyle

Parents’ help with schoolwork does little for children’s progress – study

The amount of time parents spend helping their children with homework contributes much less to their progress in school than the family’s social class, a study has suggested. The effects of parents’ class, wealth and education on teachers’ ...

12 Apr 2023 at 09:32

Offaly Life

Over 2,000 Offaly students take part in Maths Week

Maths Week 2018 has been launched by Minister for Education and Skills, Richard Bruton TD. The world’s largest national maths festival returns for 2018 and is set to attract as many as 300,000 people. Schools across Offaly have so far ...

12 Oct 2018 at 15:38

Local News

2,300 Offaly students take part in Maths Week

2,366 students took part in Maths Week events last week as the initiative continues to grow year on year. 250,000 people took part in Maths Week Ireland events last week making it one of the biggest Maths Week Ireland events to date. ...

31 Oct 2017 at 17:22

Lifestyle

Board games may boost maths skills in young children – study

Board games like Monopoly and Snakes and Ladders – which are based on numbers – could make young children better at maths, new research suggests. The games are already known to enhance learning and development, including reading and ...

07 Jul 2023 at 09:46

Lifestyle

As teen star Luke Littler puts the sport in the news, could playing darts make you smarter?

Luke Littler’s impressive run at the PDC World Darts Championship has stirred up some fresh buzz around the sport. The 16-year-old became the youngest person ever to reach the final in the iconic contest – and anyone who’s been ...

08 Apr 2025 at 18:26

National News

COLUMN: ‘Remember swearing you’d never use Pythagoras' theorem after school? Well, I did'

Let me set the scene for you: it’s half past ten on a Thursday night, and my Dad and I are hunched over a set of blueprints at the kitchen table, both scratching our heads. As we stared at the plans for our new project, a home ...

29 Jan 2024 at 19:09

National News

Irish parents divided over teacher's 'ruling' on answer to this kid's maths question

Irish parents have been clashing on Twitter over a teacher's 'ruling' on the correct answer to a maths question in a child's school book. Sunday Independent journalist Mark Tighe shared a photograph of a child's work book ...

20 Nov 2023 at 17:30

National News

Leaving Cert 2024: Everything you need to know ahead of the exams

Take a deep breath: after a few years of stop-start schooling, Wednesday will see the first of the written papers in this year’s Leaving Certificate when English paper one lands at 9.30am. As we quickly approach the ...

04 Jun 2024 at 11:20

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