St Thomas of Aquins Maths

MSF Scotland (and Friends) Senior Division : 8th Place goes to @thomasofaquins / @stthomasSTEM and their wonderfully titled The Number sin^2(x)+cos^2(x) Team. Not quite #1 in the Senior Division, but definitely up there for team name! @scottishmaths

Good luck to all of our senior pupils taking part in the SQA National 5 Exams tomorrow. Tips: Read questions carefully (pick out important) "Show that..." qus give you an answer to use in the 2nd part, you don't need to complete (a) for marks in (b) Calmly breathe when stressed

Happy Pi Day!!! Here is one of my favourite videos about π (from Numberphile): youtu.be/sJVivjuMfWA?si…

Thanks to our seniors for supporting our S1 and S2 pupils for the first of four Literacy and Numeracy Support Sessions in the run up to Christmas #numeracy #literacy

Good luck to St Thomas' pupils at today's Enterprising Maths Competition! @scottishmaths

Our Mathematician of the week is Gladys West. Learn more here: theguardian.com/society/2020/n… #BlackHistoryMonth #BHMUK

Useful for S5/S6 pupils. @CHSModStuds @THSSocialSubs @stgemodst @MissMitchellMS @BalwearieMods @ahs_jackson @MSAScotland @LeithModSt @GHSModStuds @BHSModStuds @STT_Maths @thomasofaquins @BroHighOfficial @LibertonHS @HolyRoodRCHigh

Our Mathematician of the week is Katherine Johnson. Learn more here: kids.nationalgeographic.com/history/articl… #BlackHistoryMonth #BHMUK

Discover Edinburgh Mathematical History- a self-paced walking tour of Edinburgh storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/7b9f6e… With thanks to @edinunimaths

Maths Week at Work- a series of videos about careers in Maths: maths.ed.ac.uk/school-of-math… With thanks to @edinunimaths

Have fun with Maths- activities focusing on problem solving and strategy games: maths.ed.ac.uk/school-of-math… With thanks to @edinunimaths

This week we are celebrating Maths Week Scotland! There will be lots of competitions and activities throughout the week so keep an eye on our Twitter page for updates! #MathsWeekScot #MathsInMotion @mathsweekscot

Welcome back to all our fantastic pupils🥳. What a great start to the new term, with a wonderful message on one of our boards from an S4 pupil! @thomasofaquins

The maths department wish for a very restful summer for all our pupils and parents/carers. Perhaps even perfect... Also good luck to our Senior Phase pupils for their results in August.

Thanks @CaledonianNews for hosting a great #STEM event. Our students from @thomasofaquins had a great day. Particular thanks to @novosounduk @GroupHowden and @SmartSTEMs for their great workshops @stthomasSTEM

20 Higher maths student and two staff en route to Glasgow Caledonian University #STEM event. #Engineering @SmartSTEMs @CaledonianNews @GCU_SEBE

S2's measuring using clinometers in order to practise trigonometry in the playground #reallifemaths

Good luck to our National 5 candidates today! 🤞