Mathematics

Mathematics is taught in a very concrete and practical way in the school. Through stepping, clapping, skipping and using beanbags, for example, the children experience the rhythm and patterns of numbers with their whole bodies. From this comes their maths tables. From the child's own experience and from nature and stories come the qualities of numbers. Mathematical concepts arise from the children's activities, whether it be putting toys away in junior infants (sorting) or building a swing in fourth class (measurement).