Tag: maths
Mentoring a Student Teacher
I have a student teacher in my classroom. So I thought I would reflect this week on why I take students, what I think I offer them and on what I think they can bring to the classroom. Firstly, why do I take a student? I think that essentially it is because I am trying to give […]
Sticking my neck out
Last year, when I discovered something new, I would send ideas and links to my fellow staff members and present items in my staff meetings. I knew that it often made no real difference to my colleagues use of technology. They all listened politely and then in the hustle and bustle of classroom life, carried on following their own […]
Fresh starts
It is officially the last day of the holidays for my family, here in Sydney. I returned to work yesterday for a professional development day and will do so tomorrow after our Australia Day public holiday. My own children though also return to school tomorrow. So it is ‘fresh start‘ time. I love the start of a […]
Teaching Year 5 Mathematics
I went into my classroom today to try and get my head around some of the work I must do before term starts. It was a bad move. We are getting some new classrooms this year courtesy of the government stimulus spending package and the builders were using a jack hammer. Then the network was down so I could […]
Planning and teaching Maths
Do you teach maths in a primary school? If so I need your help? The decision to drop a single student mathematics text book from all grades was made several years ago at my school. As a result we use a variety of resources when planning and delivering maths lessons. In stage three this year, […]