Goldies Teachers

Here are some links to the main areas we covered at the Lead Teacher meeting... The families section has been updated and now includes... An  introductory video  for parents Maths at our house section  - good for classroom themes (includes gardening/recycling/reading and more). Knowledge activities  which could be good for homework Math Kete  - ideas for parents about creating a kete of equipment to support maths at home. Other resources  – extra links - check out the ECE section for activities which could support our discovery activities and questioning. Under the math houses/reading theme is a list of picture books at each level and strand. These include activities to go with the books. e-ako maths Designed for year 7 & 8 students who are struggling with place value, basic facts, fractions but could be used at middle/senior primary. We looked at place value 2. It uses commonly used materials in each questi...

A resource finder has been added to nzmaths. 'Figure it out' books are now online. Unfortunately some of the older books are not available. When they were published permission wasn't collected to post the children's photos online.  Check out the books and teachers notes here... Position and Orientation - Most of the activities we looked at for Level 2/3 were from figure it out books and were fun hands on activities.  This book was recommended for teaching angles... We looked at the unit Scatter Cat from nzmaths and how it can be adapted to use across the school. It was suggested to use video as a change from the book to engage the children. If you are wanting to clarify where your children should be working at in relation to the strands/national standards it is clearly set out on nzmaths. There are also illustrations of the standards across the levels here. The accelerating learning in maths project intervention materials are now available in draft form. ...