#NumeracyDay

HOLEX

@holexpolicy.bsky.social

9 months ago

📅 It’s National Numeracy Day and money is the theme. 1/3 of UK adults say managing money is the top reason for wanting to improve their maths.

🧰 Use and share the toolkit to help learners of all ages:
👉 www.nationalnumeracy.org.uk/lead-deliver...

#HOLEX #SpeakUp4AdultEd #NumeracyDay #EverydayMaths

BookLife Publishing

@booklifepublishing.co.uk

9 months ago

We know that teaching maths to young children and keeping them interested can be tricky!

👇 Read our blog where we highlight five of our standout maths series that help children learn and love numbers:
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#NationalNumeracyDay #NumeracyDay #ChildrensBooks

Scilicet - History of Knowledge

@scilicetblog.bsky.social

9 months ago

Inflation and nostalgia in early modern Britain | Scilicet In the past, as today, cost of living crises made people nostalgic for the good old days.

Finally, @jamesafox.bsky.social has written a topical piece on how inflation and a cost-of-living crisis made people nostalgic for the good old days in early-modern Britain. scilicet.org.uk/inflation-an... #NumeracyDay #UKHistory #Skystorians

Scilicet - History of Knowledge

@scilicetblog.bsky.social

9 months ago

The woman who documented the weather every day for thirty-seven years | Scilicet Why did Janet Burnet of Kemnay House in Aberdeenshire, north-east Scotland, meticulously record the weather almost every day from 1758 to 1795?

For the meteorologists among you, @jamesafox.bsky.social has also written a post about Janet Burnet of Kemnay House in Aberdeenshire, the woman who documented the weather every day for thirty-seven years scilicet.org.uk/the-woman-wh... #ScottishHistory #SkyStorians #NumeracyDay

Scilicet - History of Knowledge

@scilicetblog.bsky.social

9 months ago

200 years ago, the Imperial Measurement System was introduced in Britain | Scilicet The Weights and Measures Act of 1824 introduced the Imperial measures we still use today. But what difference did it really make?

If weights and measures are what you're after, @jamesafox.bsky.social also has a post The Weights and Measures Act of 1824, which introduced the Imperial measures still used in the UK today: scilicet.org.uk/200-years-ag... #NumeracyDay #UKHist #Skystorians

Scilicet - History of Knowledge

@scilicetblog.bsky.social

9 months ago

The use and abuse of financial literacy: a case of fraud in 18th-century Scotland | Scilicet Explore the perils of using knowledge in the wrong way through this cautionary tale from an eighteenth-century Scottish innkeeper.

Next in our highlights for #NumeracyDay: The use and abuse of financial literacy, where @jamesafox.bsky.social explores a case of fraud in 18th-century Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 scilicet.org.uk/the-use-and-... #SkyStorians #ScottishHistory #BookHistory #Numeracy

Scilicet - History of Knowledge

@scilicetblog.bsky.social

9 months ago

No laughing matter? The curious case of Cocker’s Arithmetick | Scilicet Why was Cocker’s Arithmetick, the most successful arithmetic textbook of its day, the butt of a joke?

Happy #NumeracyDay! ✖️➕➗🔢 We're celebrating by revisiting some excellent numeracy-related blog posts by @jamesafox.bsky.social First, we have the curious case of Cocker's Arithmetick being the butt of a joke scilicet.org.uk/no-laughing-... #SkyStorians #BookHistory #Numeracy