Maths + sports = winning formula for schoolchildren

The use of sports to help get children more interested in, and better at, maths is about to be pitched to a new level in Cork schools.

Maths + sports = winning formula for schoolchildren

Written by local teachers for local teachers, the Maths in 50 Sports book will be available free to most primary and second-level schools in the city and county.

It gives an almost A to Z of different sporting codes, each accompanied by exercises of an intellectual nature. Starting with archery and ending with wrestling, chapters include dozens of sports that will feature in this summer’s Olympics in London — such as basketball, fencing, gymnastics, rowing, swimming, and weightlifting.

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