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Categories

The 2020 categories were in the home, oot an’ aboot, and complete the pattern

Winning entries made deep connections between the subject(s) of their photo and the maths inside them and explained this in their commentary

in the home

Can you find the maths hiding in your own home? Maybe when cooking up a treat? Or in the electronics you use? Perhaps in the melodies you hear? What about the fractal glory of Romanesco broccoli?

Submissions to this category made a mathematical discoveries in the ordinary activities and often unconsidered spaces or objects of their homes

oot an’ aboot

Have you seen some maths oot an’ aboot? Perhaps in your local shop scanning barcodes? Maybe on a daily walk, sheltering under an umbrella or estimating a tree’s growth? What about those steps that take you into town or up a hill?

This category celebrated mathematical discoveries made when oot an’ aboot

complete the pattern

This category is different from in the home and oot an’ aboot

Here two photos were presented and entrants were asked to complete the pattern with a photo and commentary of their own!

With a choice between ‘set 1’ and ‘set 2’. Their photo replaces the jigsaw puzzle with a question mark on the right-hand side

An example set along with possible photos and commentaries that complete the pattern is available here. You can also see previous complete the pattern winners from Maths Week Scotland 2019

In 2020, entrants were invited to complete the pattern for set 1 — stars-rope-? and set 2 — candle-hourglass-? see what connections they made by clicking the links

set 1 — stars-rope-?

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set 2 — candle-hourglass-?

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Entrants in this category submitted a single photo to complete the pattern of ‘set 1’ or ‘set 2’. They also submitted a commentary explaining why their photo completes this set. There was no single right answer, and the submissions were very creative!

Winning entries in this category made clear through their commentary the pattern that links all three photos

Category Winners

The winners in each category received a £50 Amazon voucher & certificate

• in the home winner — £50 Amazon voucher & certificate
  • Holly Paget (P1) with The Tortoise and the Hare
• oot an’ aboot winner — £50 Amazon voucher & certificate
  • Zoe Hislop (P6) with Speed Cameras
• complete the pattern winner — £50 Amazon voucher & certificate
  • Anna Elliott-Gibson with Finite
    

Levels

Submissions were considered in the below levels

• Early Years — pre-school children & P1 pupils
• First Level — P2–P4
• Second Level — P5–P7
• Third/Fourth Level — S1–S3
• Senior Phase — S4–S6
• Another Level — for those out-of-school
  

Level Winners

The winners in each level received a £20 Amazon voucher & certificate. Learn more about the levels above

• Early Years winner — £20 Amazon voucher & certificate
  • Michael Williams (P1) with The Passing of Time
• First Level winner — £20 Amazon voucher & certificate
  • Lola MacKenzie (P2) with Tall, Tall Grass: we have to go through it!
• Second Level winner — £20 Amazon voucher & certificate
  • Caitlin Marshall (P5) with Counting Sheep
• Third/Fourth Level winner — £20 Amazon voucher & certificate
  • Aidan Smith (S1) with Round and Round, Up and Down
• Senior Phase winner — £20 Amazon voucher & certificate
  • Szymon Gates (S6) with Time is Relative
• Another Level winner — £20 Amazon voucher & certificate
  • Hannah Ayre with Shopping in 2020
    

Level Runners-up

Runners-up in each level received a £10 Amazon voucher & certificate. Learn more about the levels above

• Early Years runner-up — £10 Amazon voucher & certificate
  • Ethan Harris (P1) with Monopoly
  • Sophie McKellan (P1) with My Snacks Carbs
• First Level runners-up — £10 Amazon voucher & certificate
  • Lillyanna Robb (P4) with Maths in the Moon Light
  • Sam McKellan (P4) with Weather Maths
• Second Level runners-up — £10 Amazon voucher & certificate
  • Archie Yuill (P6) with New Glass for my Door
  • Matthew Vettese (P7) with Layering Up
• Third/Fourth Level runners-up — £10 Amazon voucher & certificate
  • Athena Tilak (S1) with Math in Music
  • Martin McGuigan (S3) with Maths in Animation
• Senior Phase runners-up — £10 Amazon voucher & certificate
  • Isla Perris (S5) with Time, Throughout time
  • Libby Clarke (S6) with Chill Time in the Sensory Room
• Another Level runners-up — £10 Amazon voucher & certificate
  • Catriona Azhar (NA) with The Timekeeper
  • Megan Maciver (NA) with Conversion Visualisation

IMA Prize for Best Commentary

With the generous support of the Scottish Branch of the Institute of Mathematics & its Applications (IMA), the photo with the best overall commentary received a £50 Amazon voucher & certificate

• best overall commentary — £50 Amazon voucher & certificate
  • Dylan Mackie (P7) with Whisky Tax
    

Additionally, the best commentary in each level each received a £10 Amazon voucher & certificate

• Early Years best commentary — £10 Amazon voucher & certificate
  • Edmund Warrilow Silcock (P1) with Big Cup Little Cup
• First Level best commentary — £10 Amazon voucher & certificate
  • Elsie Raftery (P2) with A Tower of Bricks
• Second Level best commentary — £10 Amazon voucher & certificate
  • Christopher Jamieson (P7) with 20 Second Water Wash Volume
• Third/Fourth Level best commentary — £10 Amazon voucher & certificate
  • Nicola Clark (S3) with Planning and Organising
• Senior Phase best commentary — £10 Amazon voucher & certificate
  • Tatiana Duzy (S4) with Maths in the Shadow of the Pandemic
• Another Level best commentary — £10 Amazon voucher & certificate
  • Catriona Azhar (NA) with Butterfly & Beyond

The winners of IMA best commentary showed in their commentaries connections between different areas of Mathematics, or explained well new insights into our daily lives, new ways of considering familiar things, or communicated well and in appropriate detail the Mathematics behind their photo

All entries were automatically considered for these prizes

Commended Entries

Commended Entries each received a certificate

• Early Years
  • Astrid and Estelle Clark (Pre) with Leaves Underfoot
  • Sophie McKellan (P1) with Tick Tock
• First Level
  • Eve and Lyla (P2) with The Compost Bin
  • Lillyanna Robb (P4) with Do Dandelions Do Maths?
  • Orla Murray (P2) with Autumn Leaves
  • Rebecca Coughlan (P4) with Fire in the Sky
  • Rebecca McFarlane (P2) with Tiletastic Shapes
  • Sasha Kelman (P3) with Sunflower Symmetry
• Second Level
  • Ada Cooper McGraw (P7) with Speed of Light Circle
  • Caitlin Tervet (P7) with Mini Tsunami
  • Caitlin Milne (P7) with The Mathmantics of Bikes
  • Dylan Atkinson-Macdonald (P5) with Hair Raising!
  • Elena Miteva (P7) with Flower Calendar
  • Enzo, Jacob, Freddie (P7) with Naked Eye
  • Erin Day (P6) with A Mountain of Maths
  • Finlay Emond (P7) with Water Under the Bridge
  • Leah Hunter (P7) with The Triangle Stairs
  • Lukas Bradshaw (P7) with Down in Time
  • Malachy (P7) with A Clean Equation
  • Matthew Crawford (P6) with Time After Time
  • Max (P7) with Bird Watching
  • Noel Suthershan (P7) with Noughts and Crosses
  • P6GH (Trinity PS) with Running
  • Teddy Denby (P5) with JUMP!
• Third/Fourth Level
  • Amy Fuller (S3) with Fractional Melodies
  • Clark Noone (S2) with Maths On The Moon
  • Conor Ferry (S2) with Symmetry in Unexpected Places
  • Jack Savage (S2) with Thistle Of Scotland
  • Lily Scott (S1) with The Shapes of Time
  • Ross Adam (S3) with Hidden Maths
  • Ross Adam (S3) with Trumpet Valves
  • Zoë Viale (S1) with Fibonacci Seashell
• Senior Phase
  • Isla Perris (S5) with Light’s Patterns
  • Katie Alsop (S4) with Symmetry
• Another Level
  • E Jopling with Ross Priory Greenhouse

Schools Prizes

• Highly Commended School for outstanding commitment & quality of entries — £100 Amazon voucher & certificate
  • Port Ellen Primary School
  • St. Boswells Primary School
• Commended School for outstanding commitment — certificate
  • Bowmore Primary School
  • Buchanan High School
  • Clydeview Academy
  • Houston Primary School
  • Killermont Primary School
  • Tollcross Primary School
  • Victoria Primary School