Multi-Cultural Maths

We wish to celebrate the contributions of different cultures to the world of mathematics.

The African-Caribbean Network for Science and Technology have offered to work with Birmingham Teachers from schools having a significant proportion of African-Caribbean children. The intention is to explore a "multi cultural" maths topics.

Teachers from interested schools attended a mini-conference.

Many aspects of numeracy can be developed by playing board games. A selection of games, many from Asia, are described on our Games Page.

Use data collected from children living in South India with children at your school. A resource pack is available from the Goodwill Children's Village Society containing cross curricular activities for pupils in key stages 2 and 3. The pack comes with a computer disc containing the database.