This week Togher N.S. joined primary schools all across Ireland to celebrate Maths Week 2025. We moved beyond the copybooks and brought numbers, shapes, and patterns to life. Maths is so much more than sums on a page. It’s the language of logic, problem-solving, and discovery. By making maths engaging and hands-on, we help our pupils build confidence and see that everyone can be a mathematician.
At Togher N.S., we are embracing the new Primary Mathematics Curriculum, which places play, hands-on learning and discussion at the heart of maths. The curriculum encourages children to explore, question, problem-solve and make real-life connections—developing not just skills, but a love of mathematics. In our classrooms, you’ll find children working with blocks, shapes, number lines and measuring tools; tackling open-ended challenges; and engaging in lively “maths talk” as they share strategies and ideas. Mistakes are welcomed as part of the journey, building confidence and resilience.
We are proud to be well on the road to implementing the new curriculum. By fostering curiosity, creativity and problem-solving, we are helping every child see that maths is not just something to be learned—it’s something to be enjoyed.
In our classrooms, learning comes alive with Bee-Bots – little bee-shaped robots that make coding fun. By pressing simple buttons, we program the Bee-Bot’s moves, building problem-solving, teamwork, and logical thinking skills.
Bee-Bots aren’t just for coding – they help with math, maps, and even storytelling. Most of all, they make learning exciting, sparking curiosity and creativity as we guide them on their journeys.
With every buzz, our Bee-Bots are helping us prepare for the future.
We’ve been exploring Scratch coding — a fun, visual way for children to create their own games, animations, and stories. Scratch looks like digital Lego: children snap colourful blocks together to make things move, talk, and interact.
What makes Scratch so powerful is how it blends maths and imagination. Children use numbers to control movement, track scores, measure time, and create patterns. They learn about coordinates, angles, and sequences without even realising they’re doing maths. At the same time, they’re designing characters, inventing stories, and building their own mini-worlds.
Scratch helps children become problem-solvers and creators, not just players of games. They learn to test ideas, fix mistakes, and celebrate success when their projects come to life.
By coding in Scratch, children are strengthening their numeracy skills while unlocking creativity — and having a lot of fun along the way.
At Togher N.S. we love learning through play. One of the children’s favourite activities is “Teacher Needs a New House.” Using colourful 2D shapes, the children design their own houses — triangles become roofs, rectangles become doors, and squares make the walls.
It’s fun, but it’s also powerful learning! Children recognise shapes, figure out how they fit together, and build confidence as little problem-solvers. Best of all, every house is unique, showing off creativity and imagination.
We love Science Week here at Togher N.S. The children in the Junior Room enjoyed a maths based scavenger hunt as part of Science Week. The children were tasked with finding specific 2D faces, colours, materials etc. The children worked in groups to help develop their co-operative and team work skills.
The children have been busy creating computer games using Scratch programming. Scratch is an excellent, engaging and fun environment for children to learn some fairly advanced mathematical concepts and the basics of computer science too. Scratch is deceptively simple with its palette of brightly coloured blocks but children can do amazing things when they combine the blocks in interesting ways. As children progress they are able to use Scratch in more and more advanced ways. Scratch programming allows children to use computers to express their creative ideas and solve practical problems and empowers children to be digital makers not just digital users.
The children really enjoyed fun Maths activities during Maths Week. During the week the children participated in collaborative games, ICT and lots of other fun ways to learn Maths.
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Happy Saint Patrick’s Day. We hope you enjoy our animation created using Scratch programming.
