In the classroom

The other day I taught a lesson about simple division and factors to a class of year 5/6s. It wasn't particularly noteworthy, no firewor...

For many months there has been an ongoing conversation in our classroom about the fact that despite what Sanitarium wants us to believe, not...

We're working on statistics and data at the moment.  I threw the kiddos in the deep end by providing a  pile of data displays and letti...

Mini confession... This time last year I thought one was a prime number. Honestly. I had never really considered any other option so it was ...

Some lessons just work well don't they?  A few weeks back I had one such lesson that I came home and raved about to my husband.  His re...

Our current unit of learning in maths requires my young people to work with time. Our pre-assessment showed that many of them have somehow ...

I teach one of four year 6/7 classes at Hackham East Primary School . It's a pretty awesome gig: amazing kids; part of a great team; sma...

In my year 3/4 class our last major push in maths for 2013 was FRACTIONS. Yep, we thought we'd go out on a high note. Actually, the kids...

A few days ago I blogged about composite classes ( here ). I really enjoy the challenges associated with composite classes but I don't a...

One of our numeracy areas of focus recently has been multiplicative thinking. It's fascinating to watch the range of abilities in the cl...

One of the first things my students ever learn about me  - because I tell them - is that I LOVE chocolate. All that other good stuff about c...

Early this week our class declared war. Well, not really but it was fun pretending.  As part of a whole school 'Maths Games Day' we ...

The last couple of weeks have been an absolute roller coaster for me. I've started my new contract and LOVE my class. I think I've m...

It seems fitting that in a class with a rabid avid ABBA fan that one of the two maths topics I had to cover was money. Even more fitting is...