Great British Bake-Off Winner Peter Sawkins Leads National Numeracy Day Event in Edinburgh
Building brighter futures through confidence with numbers. That was the message today for children and young people from across the Capital as they celebrated National Numeracy Day.
The national scheme, run by charity National Numeracy, aims to promote confidence through numbers and how we use them in our everyday lives.
Here in Edinburgh at Piershill Library in the east of the city, Great British Bake-Off Winner, and National Numeracy Ambassador Peter Sawkins, led a reading group for local children.
A singing session then took place, led by library colleagues, before finishing with refreshments.
The aim of the event was to show local children the variety of situations where maths and numeracy were important.
Also in attendance were Depute Lord Provost, Councillor Lezley Marion-Cameron and Culture and Communities Convener Val Walker, alongside library colleagues, representatives from National Numeracy, Education Scotland, and the Scottish Book Trust.
Culture and Communities Convener Councillor Val Walker said:
“I was delighted to attend the event today at Piershill Library to celebrate National Numeracy Day. It was fantastic to hear from National Numeracy Ambassador Peter Sawkins and all the children who attended enjoyed it tremendously”.
“I am proud that our libraries can host such diverse and fun events for our residents to enjoy.”
