We are excited to announce our new MathCityMap partner school from Portugal: the Escola Secundária Augusto Gomes, located in Matosinhos! The mathematics teacher Dra Ana Louro has sent us a report on her experiences:
“Over the course of the current academic year (2025/2026), we have developed six geo-referenced maths trails covering the 7th, 8th and 9th year curricula (codes: 4831440, 2331439, 2331438, 3631437, 3631436 and 2631435), comprising 30 tasks created in collaboration with our 10th-year pupils from classes 10L and 10M2.
The trails were completed in time for our school’s Pi Day celebrations, running from 9th to 16th March, during which all 15 classes from Years 7, 8 and 9 took part in the trails. A particularly rewarding feature of the initiative has been the peer tutoring element: the 10th-year students who created the trails have been accompanying and guiding their younger peers throughout the exploration, bringing an enriching collaborative dimension to the whole experience.
This project opens doors to some very promising continuations: involving new classes in the
creation of further tasks, organising inter-school visits to solve each other’s trails, or
expanding the routes to other areas of the municipality. Mathematics no longer fits within
four walls.”
The package with the official partner school badge and the MCM measuring instruments are already on their way and we are looking forward to receiving more applications from all over the world.
All further information on the partner school programme and the requirements for application can be found both in the article on the first MCM partner school and on the homepage of our MaSCE³ project.
