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QuestFriendz @questfriendz.bsky.social · 18h

There just a few more days left to enter the SuperQuesters and @mathsweek.scot design competition!🏆

📅 Entry deadline: 11.59pm on FRIDAY, 10 OCTOBER

QuestFriendz @questfriendz.bsky.social · 6d

There is still time to enter the @mathsweek.scot competition to design a medal to reward the SuperQuesters for saving River Crest. 🏅

The deadline is 11.59pm on FRIDAY, 10 OCTOBER.

Enter now: tinyurl.com/3bz7fkf5

@pauliancross.bsky.social
#MathsWeekScot

QuestFriendz @questfriendz.bsky.social · 1d

It’s #WorldSpaceWeek and Leo Zoom is over the moon. 👨‍🚀 🚀

SuperQuester Leo Zoom is an awesome astronaut who loves the world space travel!

If you’d like to be an astronaut, drop a🚀in the comments.

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QuestFriendz @questfriendz.bsky.social · 2d

🎉It’s just one month until SuperQuesters Mission: Rainforest Magic by @pauliancross.bsky.social is published! 🎉

We are so excited to share the SuperQuesters second chapter book adventure with you.

Pre-order to get your copy on 6 November
tinyurl.com/AmazonSQRM

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QuestFriendz @questfriendz.bsky.social · 3d

Happy World Teachers’ Day!

SuperQuesters say a huge THANK YOU to teachers everywhere for igniting curiosity and sparking a love of learning.

📖 👩🏻🏫 👨🏾🏫❤️👏🎉

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QuestFriendz @questfriendz.bsky.social · 5d

🎃 Are you as excited about Halloween as the SuperQuesters are? 🎃

Check out these spooky stem projects you can make from Kids Craft Room including:

🔮 Witch’s potion
🕷️ Climbing spiders
👻 Flying Ghost
🎃 Pumpkin volcano experiment

Start making now 👇
tinyurl.com/bdwss8u7

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QuestFriendz @questfriendz.bsky.social · 6d

There is still time to enter the @mathsweek.scot competition to design a medal to reward the SuperQuesters for saving River Crest. 🏅

The deadline is 11.59pm on FRIDAY, 10 OCTOBER.

Enter now: tinyurl.com/3bz7fkf5

@pauliancross.bsky.social
#MathsWeekScot

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QuestFriendz @questfriendz.bsky.social · 7d

It’s the first day of October! Why not try out one of the 31 Halloween STEM activities 👻 from Little Bins for Little Hands, including:
🎃 spooky LEGO builds
🦴 fizzing cauldron
🦇 vampire blood!

Find out more now:
tinyurl.com/53ennbm8

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QuestFriendz @questfriendz.bsky.social · 8d

Have you discovered SuperQuesters: The Case of the Angry Sea? 🌊 Jenn Booth, Year 3/4 teacher, lower KS2 lead and science lead at Hamer Primary School highly recommended the book in the @associationscied.bsky.social Primary Science journal.

Check it out for yourself: tinyurl.com/SQCASAMZ

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Jacqui Sydney 📚 @jacquisydney.bsky.social · 25d

Huge thanks to @questfriendz.bsky.social for sending me a copy of #SuperQuesters Mission: Rainforest Magic by @pauliancross.bsky.social, illustrated by Katarina Gasko. Out 06/11 for 6-9 readers, I can’t wait to read this and share my thoughts in the upcoming blog tour! 🥰

#KidlitUK #UKKidlit #STEM

The book, the cover of which shows the 3 SuperQuesters riding a raft along a fast-flowing river within a forest, and its press release.

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QuestFriendz @questfriendz.bsky.social · 12d

On the SuperQuesters Mission: River Crest Rescue by @pauliancross.bsky.social blog tour @Homeschooltwoboys said:

‘Covering Rewilding, Conservation, Science and Tech with added fun facts and puzzles, this definitely ticks all the boxes!'

Find out more: tinyurl.com/AmazonSQRM

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QuestFriendz @questfriendz.bsky.social · 13d

Help your local beach by joining the Marine Conservation Society’s @mcsuk.bsky.social #GreatBritishBeachClean until Sunday 28 September.🌊

See how the SuperQuesters save Questland’s beaches and the sea from pollution in The Case of the Angry Sea by @thomasambernard.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/4kanwztr

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Maths Week Scotland @mathsweek.scot · 13d

Enter the SuperQuesters competition to design a medal!

QuestFriendz @questfriendz.bsky.social · 14d

At the SuperQuesters @mathsweek.scot event yesterday @pauliancross.bsky.social launched a brand-new competition!

Design a medal to reward the SuperQuesters for using their maths skills to save the village of River Crest. 🥇

Enter here: tinyurl.com/3bz7fkf5

📅 Closing date: Friday 10 October

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QuestFriendz @questfriendz.bsky.social · 13d

Thank you for the opportunity, it was such a lot of fun!

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QuestFriendz @questfriendz.bsky.social · 14d

At the SuperQuesters @mathsweek.scot event yesterday @pauliancross.bsky.social launched a brand-new competition!

Design a medal to reward the SuperQuesters for using their maths skills to save the village of River Crest. 🥇

Enter here: tinyurl.com/3bz7fkf5

📅 Closing date: Friday 10 October

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Paul Ian Cross @pauliancross.bsky.social · 15d

I had a wonderful time at the SuperQuesters virtual event! 📚

So many fantastic questions from the children!

Maths Week Scotland @mathsweek.scot · 15d

Finn Finality is looking forward to joining @questfriendz.bsky.social and autho @pauliancross.bsky.social for our #MathsWeekScot SuperQuesters virtual event at 9:30am today! mathsweek.scot/events/quest...

#MathsWeekScotland #MathsToday #UKMathsChat #EduSky

A photograph of the Maths Week Scotland mascot Finn Finity, holding a copy of the book SuperQuesters Mission River Crest Rescue, by Paul Ian Cross.

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Maths Week Scotland @mathsweek.scot · 19d

Join the FREE #MathsWeekScot virtual schools event with @questfriendz.bsky.social & @pauliancross.bsky.social, Tues 23 Sept, 9:30am - 10:30am. For P2 to P5, home learners welcome too.

Booking required. More details here >>
mathsweek.scot/events/quest...

#UKMathsChat #MathsToday #EduSky 🎓

A flyer advertising the free virtual schools event with Paul Ian Cross, about his new book SuperQuesters Mission River Crest Rescue. The flyer includes an illustration from the book, with three children flying on the back of a giant robot dragonfly.

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QuestFriendz @questfriendz.bsky.social · 15d

Wonderful, thanks for sharing!

QuestFriendz @questfriendz.bsky.social · 15d

A big thank you to Finn Finity #MathsWeekScot and almost 3,000 children from across Scotland for joining the SuperQuesters virtual event with author @pauliancross.bsky.social! We had such a lot of fun with so much engagement and many fantastic questions from the children!

Maths Week Scotland @mathsweek.scot · 15d

Finn Finality is looking forward to joining @questfriendz.bsky.social and autho @pauliancross.bsky.social for our #MathsWeekScot SuperQuesters virtual event at 9:30am today! mathsweek.scot/events/quest...

#MathsWeekScotland #MathsToday #UKMathsChat #EduSky

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QuestFriendz @questfriendz.bsky.social · 16d

✨ Win £250 of Bookshop.org vouchers! ✨

Simply buy any SuperQuesters book at @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social from Monday 22 to Wednesday 24 September to be entered into a prize draw to win £250 of vouchers:

bit.ly/BookshoporgS...

UK entrants only. Ts & Cs apply.

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QuestFriendz @questfriendz.bsky.social · 19d

We are so excited to have this great review from another teacher who received a copy of SuperQuesters Mission: River Crest Rescue by @pauliancross.bsky.social from @readforgood.bsky.social. 📚

Find out more:
tinyurl.com/AmazonSQRM

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QuestFriendz @questfriendz.bsky.social · 20d

Check out the geography lesson plan by @pauliancross based on SuperQuesters Mission: River Crest Rescue. 🗺️

It is in the September issue of @teachprimarymag.bsky.social. Perfect timing as the book has been shortlisted for the #TeachAwards 2025.🏆

Check it out now here:
tinyurl.com/4cwuxhh5

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QuestFriendz @questfriendz.bsky.social · 21d

Join @pauliancross.bsky.social next Tuesday at 10am for a FREE @mathsweek.scot virtual schools event. 📐

This interactive event will include a reading from SuperQuesters Mission: River Crest Rescue. Perfect for P2-P5/Y3-Y6 pupils.

Sign-up now:
tinyurl.com/mrx3e2r4

#MathsWeekScot

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QuestFriendz @questfriendz.bsky.social · 22d

You can win a copy of SuperQuesters Mission: River Crest Rescue AND our new book SuperQuesters Mission: Rainforest Magic both by @pauliancross.bsky.social in the Autumn Edition of Creative Steps Magazine. 🎉

Enter the competition here:
tinyurl.com/2rvkbdmy

📅Closing date 30 November.

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QuestFriendz @questfriendz.bsky.social · 23d

Eek we are so excited about
@jacquisydney.bsky.social taking part in our blog tour for SuperQuesters Mission: Rainforest Magic!🦜

Look out for more details of the tour coming soon! 🎉

Jacqui Sydney 📚 @jacquisydney.bsky.social · 25d

Huge thanks to @questfriendz.bsky.social for sending me a copy of #SuperQuesters Mission: Rainforest Magic by @pauliancross.bsky.social, illustrated by Katarina Gasko. Out 06/11 for 6-9 readers, I can’t wait to read this and share my thoughts in the upcoming blog tour! 🥰

#KidlitUK #UKKidlit #STEM

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QuestFriendz @questfriendz.bsky.social · 26d

You still have time to finish the #SummerReadingChallenge. 📚

Grab a copy of SuperQuesters Mission: River Crest Rescue by @pauliancross.bsky.social! It also includes experiments you can try at home or share with your teacher at school. 🧪

Check it out now:
tinyurl.com/4bwhvurb

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