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The 2023 categories were oot an’ aboot, the ‘why’ of shapes and in motion

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

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

the ‘why’ of shapes

Can you see the maths inside the shapes and spaces around us? What shapes can you see? Why have these shapes been chosen and not other shapes? How do the shapes you see fit together …or not!? Where can you find similar shapes? Why are the same shapes used in different places? Why are the same shapes used for different tasks?

🚲 What shape is used on a bicycle wheel? Why is this shape and not others used for a wheel? What happens if another shape is used? Can you find another shape that works for a wheel? What would be different? What would be the same?

🏗 What shapes are used in building the spaces around us? Why are these shapes chosen? Can you find another place where the same shapes are used? What is the reason for these shapes to be used? Where will you look? What will you discover?

🔺🔹⬣⬠ Why regular triangles, square and hexagons in tiles, and not pentagons? 🚧 Why traffic cones and not traffic cylinders? 📦 Why cuboid cardboard boxes and not spherical?

in motion

Can you see the maths inside motion? How fast can you run?🏃 Who is the fastest runner you know? 🏃💨How do you know the speed they are moving? 🏎 What about a car? How can we catch cars that travel too fast? 🚗 🚓 On a bike, what else changes when you change gear? 🚴⚙️

In the playpark, how will a released swing move? Where will it be after five seconds? Five minutes? Five hours? 🤔⏱ Why does it behave like this? How can the movement of the seesaw, merry-go-round, and spring-rider be described?🛝

🧭⛵ A sailor in open water sails due west for one hour, and then due east for one hour. They arrive in a different place to the one they started, why?

🧭🌍 I walk one mile south, one mile west, one mile north and now I am back where I started, where on Earth could I be?

🏀 Why does a ball roll down a hill? What happens when the ball is bigger or smaller? When the hill is more or less steep? Can you calculate what time it will arrive at the bottom?

⚽⛷🏂🏇🏄🏌 Where is the maths inside the motion of your favourite sport? 🤸‍🤹🥋‍🏉🏓🏸 How are motions be described, predicted, improved? Why are they the way they are?

Category Winners

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

• the ‘why’ of shapes winner — £50 Amazon voucher & certificate
  • Ellie Chandler (P6) with Bee Tornadoes
• oot an’ aboot winner — £50 Amazon voucher & certificate
  • Aidan Ambrose (P6) with Archaeology
• complete the pattern winner — £50 Amazon voucher & certificate
  • Eilidh Watts (S3) with Drops on a Web

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 adults, parents, teachers, photographers, all mathematical artists (or artistic mathematicians!) 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
  • Milda Kurgonaite (P1) with Rocks and Water
• First Level winner — £20 Amazon voucher & certificate
  • Magnus McKenna (P4) with Motion Equals Power
• Second Level winner — £20 Amazon voucher & certificate
  • Brody Shakespeare (P6) with Taking a Photo of a Photo of a Photo…
• Third/Fourth Level winner — £20 Amazon voucher & certificate
  • Dinura Ransana (S2) with How Does an Airplane Use Maths?
• Senior Phase winner — £20 Amazon voucher & certificate
  • Louis Scott (S6) with Beauty of Bells
• Another Level winner — £20 Amazon voucher & certificate
  • Pradeep De (NA) with Hollow Mask Illusion
    

Level Runners-up

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

• Early Years runner-up (x 2) — £10 Amazon voucher & certificate
  • Milda Kurgonaite (P1) with My Very Own Rainbows
  • Sgoil - àraich Balivanich (P0) with Speed = Distance ÷ Time
• First Level runners-up (x 2) — £10 Amazon voucher & certificate
  • Gaia Lawson (P3) with The Giant Tube Trumpet
  • Arianna Woods (P4) with Sailing Along
• Second Level runners-up (x 2) — £10 Amazon voucher & certificate
  • Jacob Hart (P7) with Angels’ Share
  • Joshua Kingsley (P6) with Flick-onometry
• Third/Fourth Level runners-up (x 2) — £10 Amazon voucher & certificate
  • Thomas Davies (S1) with Bakefficiency: the Art of Tessellation
  • Ava Swan (S2) with Wanderous Waves
• Senior Phase runners-up (x 2) — £10 Amazon voucher & certificate
  • Elza Lee (S4) with Spherical Triangles
  • Dominic Rogers (S5) with Wheel of Class 318 at Glasgow Central

Commended Entries

Commended Entries each received a certificate

• Early Years — pre-school children & P1 pupils
  • Aria, Grace & Mollie (P0) with The Wheels on the Bus
  • Leyana Hunter (P0) with Why Are There Circles in the Water?
  • James Morrison (P1) with Patterns Outside
  • Odhran Tuohy (P1) with My Party Outfit
  • Oliver McPhee (P1) with Triangular Flags
  • Bluebells Room (P0) with Autumn Hunt
  • Leyana Hunter (P0) with Some Numbers Are Missing!
  • Chris Jose (P1) with Crack the Code
  • Harris Close (P1) with Market Day
  • Oliver McPhee (P1) with Colourful and Cozy
  • Sgoil - àraich Balivanich (P0) with Aon, dhà, trì
  • Eoin Gallacher (P1) with Leaves Without Gravity
  • Rosie Hannett (P1) with Boaty Bubbles
• First Level — P2–P4
  • Roseanna Davis (P2) with Highland Dancing Patterns
  • Hope Wilson (P4) with Circle Selfie
  • Ethan Steel (P2) with Small, Medium and Large
  • Natalia Besser (P2) with Waves
  • Morganne Wright (P3) with Missing Shells
  • Tete Atimati (P3) with Hairy Maths
  • Jackson Ayres (P4) with Trickier to Build Than Lego
  • Charlotte Woods (P2) with Golfing with Maths
  • Noah Johnston (P2) with Rolling In
  • Theo Shekleton (P2) with Golfing Around
  • Cameron Strang (P4) with Maths At Sea!
  • Elinor Flint (P4) with Falling Test
• Second Level — P5–P7
  • Ruby McPhee (P5) with Spherical Buoy
  • Gregor Davies (P6) with Football: A Shapes Game
  • Rachel Heads (P7) with Dancing into Shape
  • Thomas Edwards (P7) with Distracting Refracting Reflecting Rainbows
  • Yuhan Kyla zhang (P7) with Plane Windows
  • Archie Logan (P6) with Dosing Sheep
  • Freya Quail (P6) with What a Flock!
  • Sophia Stewart (P6) with What’s the Point?
  • Riley Bell (P5) with Highland Dancing
  • Elise Bignal (P6) with Crashing Waves
  • Ollie Kemp & Jamie Stewart (P6) with Car or Ferry?
  • Abbie (P7) with Get Your Timing Right
  • Daniel Flint (P7) with String Vibration
  • Hugh MacKinnon (P7) with Bend it Like Magnus
  • Zachary Crombie (P7) with Slam Dunk Mathematics
• Third/Fourth Level — S1–S3
  • Aaron Hanmer (S1) with Maths in Radiators
  • Ved Joshi (S2) with Why are Airliner’s Engines Shaped Circular
  • Ana Tonks Garcia (S1) with Vanessa Butterfly
  • Anaya Ahmad Rana (S1) with Calculated Construction
  • Jessica O’Neill (S1) with Paws for Fuel
  • Haridarshan Bhatt (S1) with Maths in Table Tennis
  • Alyssia Rowing (S2) with Swinging Away…
• Senior Phase — S4–S6
  • Kirsty MacLeod (S4) with Guitar
  • Callum Alexander (S6) with Our Flat Universe
  • Dominic Rogers (S5) with Glasgow Central Station Clock
  • Callum Alexander (S6) with Photoelectric Effect
  • Louis Scott (S6) with Formulas in Foliage
  • Nathan Ross (S5) with Bell’s Woodpecker
  • Callum Alexander (S6) with The Doppler Effect
  • Louis Scott (S6) with The Gaul of Gulls
  • Sophie Edwards (S6) with Ready, Set, Go

Schools Prizes

• Highly Commended School for outstanding commitment & quality of entries — £100 Amazon voucher & certificate
  • Port Ellen Primary School
• Commended School for outstanding commitment — certificate
  • Bishopbriggs Academy
  • Bowmore Primary School
  • Kelvinside Academy
  • Kinross High School
  • St Andrew’s RC Primary (DG1)
  • St Joseph’s College (DG1)