Wednesday September 16th

Numeracy Night and Disco

Last Friday we had our Numeracy Night and Disco.  Parents were invited along to listen to a presentation about Numeracy (maths) while the children danced the night away at a disco.  Thanks to Mrs Ramsay for organising this fabulous event.  We have had wonderful feedback from the parents that came and the children loved the disco!  The Numeracy presentation was relaxing.  The audience joined in, playing some simple games while enjoying nibbles and refreshments.  Each family got a pack of games to take home to play and we are pleased to hear that some families have been playing them!  Thanks to everyone who helped out with this night in any way and all those that came along, it was a huge success! 

Here is a copy of the presentation that was shared.

Monday August 24th

Maths - Numeracy

We just love doing maths in the Middle Room!  At the moment we are learning about Multiplication and Division.  There are four maths groups in our class and Miss Ward takes two and Miss Chapman takes two.  We use materials with the maths strategies we learn about as this helps us for a start to understand new things.  Then we have to work out problems using the new strategy we have been taught, in our heads.  This is called imaging.

Here are some photos of us hard at work in maths:

The Totallies working with Miss Ward using materials to help them share equally.

More equal sharing!

What the Totallies were doing on the Apple TV.

Bree recording her working out on the iPad.

Plusies getting their work done!

 The Subbies working hard.

Taylor recording her answer on Notability on the iPad.  This shows up on the Apple TV.

Working out on the Apple TV.

George using the number board to help out with his maths.

Some more working out on the iPad.

Georgia showing her working out on the iPad.

Tuesday May 12th

Our TV!

Miss Ward and Miss Chapman have started to use the TV in our class to teach lessons to groups through.  They plan their lessons on their iPads on an app called Notability.  This replaces using modelling books.  Then they mirror their iPads through the Apple TV and the lesson comes up on the TV for the group to see.  This is one way the TVs are being used in classrooms, it is very cool!  The children in the groups also use the iPad to write answers on or brainstorm ideas,  just like they use to do in a modelling book.

Check out the photos below of Miss Ward teaching one of her numeracy groups through it:

The Addies maths group using materials with their maths lesson on the TV.

Cooper and George using number tiles to help with their maths lesson today.  The lesson was completed through the TV.

Here is what part of the lesson looked like.  The app used to make lessons is called Notability.  In this app you can import photos and annotate over top of photos, it is very cool!

Miss Ward explaining maths to George and Cooper.  George is waiting patiently to answer a question.