WHITEHIRST Park Primary School have been crowned the first ever Scottish Sumdog Maths Champions.

A class of Primary 7 pupils emerged as champions in Scotland’s first-ever nationwide online maths contest, organised by education technology social enterprise Sumdog.

Starting on May 12 for a week, the contest saw more than 2,000 classes from more than 500 schools throughout Scotland competing to win a coveted trophy and the title.

Pupils taking part worked together as a class to answer as many maths questions as possible over the duration of the contest, using Sumdog’s innovative online game-based learning system.

Primary 7b pupils from Whitehirst scooped the top prize with a winning score of 934.

Higher Education, Further Education and Science Minister Shirley-Anne Somerville presented the champions’ trophy to pupils from the school class during a visit to Sumdog’s headquarters in Edinburgh this week.

Presenting the prize, Shirley-Anne Somerville said: “Congratulations to class P7b from Whitehirst Park primary on winning the Sumdog Scottish maths challenge.

“This is a great achievement and I am honoured to present them with their award.”

On behalf of Whitehirst Park Primary School, Lynne Robertson said: “All of the pupils in Primary 7b are absolutely thrilled to have won the contest.

“For some of them to get the opportunity to come along to Edinburgh to be presented with their trophy is particularly special.

“They really enjoyed the experience of working together as a class.

“Considering the number of classes and schools that took part, it’s a fantastic achievement to have won and we’re really proud of them.”

Sumdog CEO Andrew Hall said: “On behalf of everyone at Sumdog, I’d like to express my huge congratulations to all Primary 7b pupils at Whitehirst Park Primary School on becoming the first ever Scotland-wide Sumdog maths champions.

“Digital technology is becoming an increasingly important and powerful tool for teachers and pupils in the classroom. Used properly, we believe it can make a real and meaningful contribution towards encouraging learning and improving attainment. With this in mind, we’re really pleased to have been able to make our own unique contribution to this year’s National Digital Learning Week by organising this nationwide contest.”