Active learning for Curriculum for Excellence

Design an underwater character competition

The Winners

“My creature is a bad swordfish called Killer”

Tony Thomas, age 6, St Helen’s Primary School, Glasgow

Winner!

“A sea horse”Olivia Ferry, age 10, St. Matthew’s Primary School, Glasgow

Winner!

“My animal is called Jhon and he loves the colour blue and is a jelly fish”

Becca McBryde, age 8, St Patrick’s Primary School, Greenock

Winner!

“Jenna the jolly jellyfish – she likes doing maths”Louisa Keenan, age 9, St. Matthew’s Primary School, Glasgow

Winner!

“His body is a plus shape with other mathematics signs”

Mhaire McGill, age 10, St. Matthew’s Primary School, Glasgow

Winner!

“He is called Coco and he is a shark. He is a general with an octopus army”

Matthew Murry-Irving, age 9, Heathhall Primary School, Dumfries

Winner!

Congratulations!

Now here are a few more of our favourite entries …

“Oscar the Octopus loves maths, has an odd number of tentacles and is very jolly.Lucy Fitzgerald, age 10, St. Matthew’s Primary School

“Patrick’s hobbies are doing maths, helping people, doing more maths and money”

Jordan Bell, age 10, St. Matthew’s Primary School, Glasgow

“Greater than and less than”Jake Toner, age 8, Heathhall Primary School, Dumfries

“My creature is a starfish who loves doing maths and loves a challenge for maths and wants to

encourage more people to do it”Claire Dickson, age 9, St. Matthew’s Primary School, Glasgow

“My monster is magic at maths”Jack Glen Walmsley, age 10, Gartconner Primary School, Kirkintilloch

“My creature is an octopus and he is using a calculator so I called him Octo-later”

Morgan Mackay, age 10, St. Matthew’s Primary School, Glasgow

“My creature is a shark called Timmy. He likes to eat fish and loves the smell of blood and likes to

wear goggles”Cassie O’Neill, age 8, Lady Alice Primary, Greenock

“Super smart shark-white”Aidan Quinn, age 9, St Matthew’s Primary School, Glasgow

“My creature is called Jimmy Joe Jellyfish. He loves to play with his baby, Jim Bob Jelly”Rebekkah Smillie, age 9, Lady Alice Primary School, Greenock

“It’s a piranha with poisonous spots”Nathan Murray, age 8, St. Helen’s Primary School, Glasgow

“Super starfish!”Ryan Creighton, Heathhall Primary School, Dumfries

“Annie the obtuse angled Angelfish”Gemma Cowie, age 9, St. Matthews Primary School, Glasgow

“Sammy the seahorse is crazy about maths and he loves his ‘I love maths’ glasses”

Lauren Ann McFarlane, St. Matthew’s Primary School, Glasgow

“My creature is a puffer fish. His name is puffer and he is happy”

Ewan Collins, age 7, St. Helen’s Primary School, Glasgow

“Olivia the octopus loves to count her cash”Lucas Lemoine, age 9, Baldernock Primary School, Glasgow

Thank you for all of your wonderful entries!

Look out for the winning characters on the front covers of Heinemann Active

Maths Beyond Number this year!