Counting On Excellence

Counting on Excellence supports shared, consistent mastery pedagogy so learners build on prior knowledge with deep understanding and strong skills.

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Today we celebrate the birth of Denis Papin (22/8/1647), a brilliant mathematician and inventor! Papin designed early pressure cookers and had the visionary idea of using steam to power pistons, the basic building blocks for steam engines and modern engineering. #ArgyllAndBute

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Our Counting On Excellence team is expanding the Framework! We're thrilled to announce that the Addition and Subtraction Framework is being extended to Third and Fourth Levels. This will be available for teachers in Argyll and Bute very soon. #ArgyllAndBute #LoveNumeracy

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Maths Moment! 🤯
Can a piece of paper have only one side? Yes! A Möbius Strip is created by giving a strip of paper a half-twist before taping the ends together. It has just one side and one edge. Try drawing a line down the middle, you'll end up where you started! #ArgyllAndBute

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Great to see so many teachers and practitioners at our first Counting On Excellence CLPL session last night! This follows the program being launched across Argyll and Bute. Look out for more supportive sessions coming soon. #ArgyllAndBute #LoveNumeracy

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Looking forward to our first CLPL session of the new academic year tonight! We'll be providing an introduction to Counting On Excellence for teachers and practitioners online. #ArgyllAndBute #LoveNumeracy

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Maths Moment: Today in 1939, mathematician Alan Baker was born. He studied really tricky maths problems called Diophantine equations – these are just equations where the answers must be whole numbers. #ArgyllAndBute #LoveNumeracy

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Framework News: Updated Chapter 1 framework is live on the Counting on Excellence website. Find new models and images for Third and Fourth Level, clear learning progressions, and essential vocabulary to support your learners. #LoveNumeracy #ArgyllAndBute #PlaceValue #Maths

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Maths Moment: On this day in 1877, the Martian moon Phobos was discovered! Did you know Phobos is only about 22 km wide? That’s smaller than some towns in Scotland! Question: If Phobos is 22 km wide, about how many times bigger is Earth (12,742 km wide)? #ArgyllAndBute #Numeracy

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Framework Update: Get ready for new resources! We're hard at work creating the Models and Images for Place Value at Fourth Level for the Counting On Excellence Feed. #CountingOnExcellence #PlaceValue #Maths #ArgyllAndBute

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Maths Moment: Dice Fact of the Day Did you know? On a standard die, the numbers on opposite faces always add up to 7. Try it out—and then ask: Why is that? What other number pairs can you find in games or nature?#ArgyllAndBute #Numeracy #CountingOnExcellence

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Framework Update: We're building on the Place Value Framework to tackle Third Level concepts. This means moving beyond the basics to master larger numbers, decimals, and rounding. #ArgyllAndBute #Numeracy

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Maths Moment: Today we're celebrating Charles de la Vallée Poussin! He was a brilliant mathematician who helped us better understand prime numbers. Prime numbers are special numbers (like 2, 3, 5, 7) that can only be divided by 1 and themselves. #ArgyllAndBute #Numeracy

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A huge welcome back to all our pupils across Argyll and Bute! We're so excited to start the new term with you. Get ready for a year of counting on excellence, discovering the fun in numeracy, and achieving great things! #NewTerm #BackToSchool #ArgyllAndBute #CountingOnExcellence

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Today is the 225th day of the year! What's so special about 225? Well, it's a perfect square (152) AND it's the sum of the cubes of the first five integers (13+23+33+43+53). A great example of the hidden patterns in maths! #ArgyllAndBute #CountingOnExcellence

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We are thrilled to announce that today is the official launch of Counting On Excellence! The August 2025 newsletter has been sent to all our teachers and practitioners this morning. We are here to help, so please get in touch if you need any support from the team.

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CLPL is offered over two days, with flexible booking—attend only the sessions that best suit your role and schedule. #CountingOnExcellence #ArgyllAndBute #LoveMaths

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#CountingOnExcellence Framework Update! The Algebra Framework is now live—from Early to Fourth Level: Early–2nd ➤ Patterns & Relationships 3rd–4th ➤ Expressions & Equations. Available now on the website site for all Argyll & Bute educators! #ArgyllAndBute

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#CountingOnExcellence Framework Update: We are completing work on Fourth Level progression statements, models, and images for Inequalities and Algebraic Reasoning in Context. Once finished, the Algebra Framework will be complete from Early Level through to the end of Fourth Level